José Juan "JJ" Macías Guzmán (born 22 September 1999) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga MX club Santos Laguna.

José Juan Macías
Personal information
Full name José Juan Macías Guzmán[1]
Date of birth (1999-09-22) 22 September 1999 (age 25)[1]
Place of birth Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Santos Laguna
Number 21
Youth career
2011–2017 Guadalajara
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2024 Guadalajara 76 (23)
2018–2019León (loan) 38 (19)
2021Getafe (loan) 7 (0)
2024– Santos Laguna 2 (0)
International career
2017 Mexico U18 5 (9)
2018–2019 Mexico U20 14 (11)
2018 Mexico U21 5 (0)
2021 Mexico U23 7 (1)
2019 Mexico 5 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 July 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 June 2021

Club career

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Guadalajara

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In 2011, Macías joined C.D. Guadalajara's youth academy. Six years later, now aged 17, coach Matías Almeyda called up Macías to form part of the first team.[2] On 16 July, he made his official debut in the 2017 Campeón de Campeones match against Tigres UANL.[3] Six days later, he made his league debut against Toluca in a scoreless draw.[4] On 8 August, Macías scored his first professional goal for Guadalajara in a Copa MX match against Juárez.[5] On 28 October, he scored his first brace against Tijuana in a 3–1 home win.[6]

On 11 January 2020, he played his first match with Guadalajara since his loan stint against Juárez, and scored in the team's 2–0 win.[7]

Prior to the start of the 2020–21 season, Guadalajara participated in the friendly preseason tournament 2020 Copa por México. In the semi-final match against rivals Club América, Macías scored within 19 seconds of the start, marking it as the fastest goal in a Súper Clásico as Guadalajara won 4–3.[8] He finished as the top scorer of the tournament with four goals but did not participate in the final against Cruz Azul due to injury,[9] where the Guadalajara finished as runner-ups.

Loan to León

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In December 2018, Macías joined León on a loan with an option to buy.[10] He scored his first brace against Querétaro in a 4–0 away victory.[11] He scored eight goals during the regular phase of the 2019 Clausura, making him the top-scoring Mexican player in the tournament at only 19 years old.[12] Macías scored another two goals in the championship stage to take his total goal tally to ten as León progressed to the finals. He missed the finals against Tigres UANL due to receiving a call-up to play with the Mexico national under-20 team at the World Cup in Poland.[13] He was listed on the Best XI of the 2019 Clausura.[14] He finished the 2019 Apertura with eight goals under his name. Despite León willingness to activate his release clause, Macías chose to return to Guadalajara at the end of his loan.[15]

Loan to Getafe

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On 5 July 2021, Macías joined La Liga club Getafe on a season-long loan.[16] He featured in eight matches overall for the side before having his loan terminated early on 31 January 2022.[17]

Return to Guadalajara

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On 30 June 2022, Macías suffered a major knee injury in training.[18] On 3 December 2023, he made his first competitive appearance in 18 months.[19] On 20 June 2024, Guadalajara released Macías.[20]

Santos Laguna

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On 23 June 2024, Macías joined Santos Laguna.[21] After a series of injury setbacks, on 27 September, Macías was ruled out indefinitely.[22]

International career

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Youth

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On 25 October 2018, Macías was called up by Diego Ramírez to participate in the 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[23] He scored 10 goals in the tournament, including 4 against Aruba,[24] winning him the Golden Boot of the tournament.[25] As Mexico would finish runner-up in the tournament, he was listed in the Best XI of the tournament.[26] In April 2019, Macías was included in the 21-player squad to represent Mexico at the U-20 World Cup in Poland.[27]

Macías was included in the final roster that participated at the 2018 Toulon Tournament.[28] He would go on to appear in three matches as Mexico finished runners-up.[29]

Macías was included in the final roster that participated in the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games.[30] He appeared in two group stage matches as Mexico finished last in their group with one point.

Macías was called up by Jaime Lozano to participate at the 2020 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship, scoring one goal in four appearances, where Mexico won the competition.[31] He was in the final roster for 2020 Summer Olympics but withdrew due to injury, being subsequently replaced by Adrián Mora.[32]

Senior

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On 2 October 2019, under Gerardo Martino, Macías earned his first cap with the senior national team in a friendly match against Trinidad and Tobago, scoring on his debut in the team's 2–0 victory.[33] A couple of days later, he would score in both 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League fixtures. The first against Bermuda, scoring his first brace with the national team winning 5–1,[34] and the second against Panama, coming on as a substitute to help break a 1–1 deadlock, scoring Mexico's second goal in an eventual 3–1 victory.[35]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 13 March 2024[36]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Guadalajara 2016–17 Liga MX 1[b] 0 1 0
2017–18 16 3 5 1 6[c] 2 27 6
2018–19 1 0 4 1 5 1
2019–20 8 4 1 0 9 4
2020–21 33 12 33 12
2021–22 11 4 11 4
2022–23
2023–24 7 0 1[c] 0 8 0
Total 76 23 10 2 7 2 1 0 94 27
León (loan) 2018–19 Liga MX 18 10 2 0 20 10
2019–20 20 9 20 9
Total 38 19 2 0 40 19
Getafe (loan) 2021–22 La Liga 7 0 1 0 8 0
Santos Laguna 2024–25 Liga MX 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 121 42 13 2 7 2 1 0 142 46
  1. ^ Includes Copa MX and Copa del Rey
  2. ^ Appearance in Campeón de Campeones
  3. ^ a b Appearances in CONCACAF Champions Cup

International

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As of match played 19 November 2019[36][37]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Mexico 2019 5 4
Total 5 4
Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Macías goal.[37]
List of international goals scored by José Juan Macías
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 2 October 2019 Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca, Mexico   Trinidad and Tobago 1–0 2–0 Friendly
2 11 October 2019 Bermuda National Stadium, Devonshire Parish, Bermuda   Bermuda 2–0 5–1 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League A
3 3–0
4 15 October 2019 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico   Panama 2–1 3–1 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League A

Honours

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Guadalajara

Mexico U23

Individual

References

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  1. ^ a b c "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Mexico" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Jose Macías". chivaspasion.com.mx. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  3. ^ MX, LIGA MX / ASCENSO. "LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga del Fútbol Profesional en México .: Bienvenido". ligamx.net.
  4. ^ "El campeón Chivas debuta a dos jóvenes frente a Toluca" (in Spanish). AS. 22 July 2017. Archived from the original on 7 October 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  5. ^ C.V., Chivas de Corazon S.A. de. "Misión cumplida en la frontera". Chivas.
  6. ^ "CHIVAS: Goles de JJ Macías, garantía de triunfo para el Rebaño" (in Spanish). Récord. 5 March 2020.
  7. ^ Grajedo, Paulina (12 January 2020). "Gana y gusta Chivas en su debut del Clausura 2020". TUDN.
  8. ^ "J.J. Macías hace el gol más rápido en un Clásico Nacional". TUDN. 16 July 2020.
  9. ^ "José Juan Macías se pierde la final de Chivas ante Cruz Azul". TUDN. 19 July 2020.
  10. ^ Moritz, Ernaldo (9 December 2018). "Chivas presta a José Juan Macias a León". ESPN Deportes.
  11. ^ "La Fiera devora a los Gallos Blancos con doblete de José Juan Macías" (in Spanish). Marca Claro. 27 January 2019.
  12. ^ Martinez, Jahir M. (22 April 2019). "J.J. Macias, top Mexican scorer in Liga MX, is only 19". VivaLigaMX.com.
  13. ^ "León sin Rubens Sambueza ni José Juan Macías en la Final". ESPN Deportes (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  14. ^ "El once ideal de la Liga MX en el Clausura 2019". Goal.com. 27 May 2019.
  15. ^ "José Juan Macías más cerca de Chivas; León no lo da por terminado". ESPN México. 2 December 2019.
  16. ^ "Comunicado oficial: Macías" (in Spanish). Getafe C.F. 5 July 2021.
  17. ^ "COMUNICADO OFICIAL | Macías" [OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT | Macías] (in Spanish). Getafe CF. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  18. ^ "JJ Macías es baja de Chivas para todo el Apertura 2022". El Universal (in Spanish). 30 June 2022.
  19. ^ "José Juan Macías vuelve a las canchas con Chivas". ESPN México (in Spanish). 3 December 2023.
  20. ^ "Chivas se despide del delantero José Juan Macías en redes sociales". ESPN México (in Spanish). 20 June 2024.
  21. ^ "José Juan Macías llega a Santos Laguna para el Apertura 2024" (in Spanish). El Universal. 23 June 2024.
  22. ^ "José Juan Macías es baja una vez más por lesión ahora con Santos Laguna" (in Spanish). TUDN. 27 September 2024.
  23. ^ "With the surprise of Diego Lainez, Mexico release call up for CONCACAF U-20 Championship". FMF State of Mind. 26 October 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  24. ^ Bastidas, Juan Miguel (10 November 2018). "Juan José Macías es el goleador del campeonato sub-20 con 10 tantos luego de marcarle cuatro a Aruba". Chivas Pasión.
  25. ^ Ramírez, Diego Jara (22 November 2018). "José Macías fue premiado como goleador del Premundial con la Selección Mexicana Sub 20". Chivas Pasión.
  26. ^ "TSG announces the 2018 CU20 Best XI". CONCACAF.com. 21 November 2018.
  27. ^ "Convocatoria de la Selección Nacional de México Sub-20". MiSeleccion.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  28. ^ "Revelan convocatoria del Tri Sub-21 para el torneo Esperanzas de Toulon". ESPN (in Spanish). 22 May 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  29. ^ Simpson, Christopher. "England Beat Mexico to Win 2018 Toulon Tournament Final, 3rd Straight Title". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  30. ^ "Diego Lainez to lead team for the Central American and Caribbean Games". FMF State of Mind. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  31. ^ "México derrotó a Honduras en penales y se alzó como campeón de Concacaf rumbo a Tokio". Infobae. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  32. ^ "Macías se despide de Juegos Olímpicos; escribió una emocionante y desgarradora carta". 25 June 2021.
  33. ^ "José Juan Macías marca su primer gol con la Selección" (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  34. ^ "JJ Macías marca su primer doblete con el Tri". TUDN.
  35. ^ "José Juan Macías con impacto inmediato en selección mexicana". Marca. 15 October 2019.
  36. ^ a b "J. Macías". Soccerway.
  37. ^ a b "José Juan Macías". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  38. ^ "¡CAMPEONES DE CONCACAF!". chivasdecorazon.com.mx. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
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