Francisco Paúl Uscanga Gutiérrez[a] (born 25 March 1991) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Cancún.

Paúl Uscanga
Personal information
Full name Francisco Paúl Uscanga Gutiérrez
Date of birth (1991-03-25) 25 March 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Cancún
Number 27
Youth career
2007–2008 Tiburones Boca del Rio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008 León 4 (0)
2009 Potros Chetumal 10 (1)
2009–2018 Atlante 183 (27)
2010León (loan) 8 (0)
2011–2013Mérida (loan) 51 (1)
2018 Queretaro 0 (0)
2019–2020 Venados 37 (7)
2020–2021 Tlaxcala 33 (6)
2021– Cancún 37 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 October 2022

Career

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Uscanga began his young career with the Tiburones Rojos de Boca del Rio, scoring 12 goals in 33 games. He moved up to Club León in 2008, but never found the back of the net during 4 games. He later signed with Potros Chetumal, the filial team to Atlante F.C. He impressed Atlante's coach José Guadalupe Cruz, and called him up to the first team on January 24, 2009, during a 2–0 loss to Monarcas Morelia. Uscanga played only 1 minute, plus injury time in this game. He later logged 22 minutes against CF Atlas in another loss, this time 1–0.

His older brother, Óscar, also plays for Atlante and like Paúl, he is a striker.

Notes

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  1. ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Uscanga and the second or maternal family name is Gutiérrez.
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