Yasser Anwar Corona Delgado (born 28 July 1987) is a [2] Mexican former professional footballer and current manager of the Mexico national under-18 team.[3]

Yasser Corona
Corona with Mexico in 2015
Personal information
Full name Yasser Anwar Corona Delgado
Date of birth (1987-07-28) 28 July 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Mexico U17 (Assistant)
Youth career
Morelia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Morelia Primera A[1] 9 (1)
2006–2012 Morelia 25 (1)
2007–2009Mérida FC (loan)[1] 16 (0)
2009–2010Chiapas (loan) 27 (1)
2010–2011Puebla (loan) 34 (2)
2012–2013 Chiapas 10 (1)
2013San Luis (loan) 15 (1)
2013–2016 Querétaro 84 (7)
2016–2018 Tijuana 17 (1)
Total 246 (15)
International career
2015–2016 Mexico 7 (0)
Managerial career
2018–2019 Tijuana Reserves and Academy
2022–2023 Mexico U18
2022 Mexico U20 (Assistant)
2022 Mexico U17 (women) (Interim)
2023– Mexico U17 (Assistant)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Mexico
CONCACAF Gold Cup
Winner 2015 United States–Canada Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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Corona was born in Tepic. He started his Primera career with Morelia,[3] and was signed by Chiapas on 16 May 2010,[4] having made 24 Primera appearances for Chiapas.

He announced his retirement on April 30, 2018, because of an injury that occurred in 2017.

Personal life

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Corona is of Palestinian descent,[5] and is also a practicing Muslim.

Career statistics

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International

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As of match played 7 September 2016[6]
National team Year Apps Goals
Mexico 2015 2 0
2016 5 0
Total 7 0

Honours

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Mexico

References

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  1. ^ a b Yasser Anwar Corona Delgado- Ficha Jugador
  2. ^ "Yasser Corona anuncia su retiro del futbol profesional". 23 April 2018.
  3. ^ a b "soccernet.espn stats". Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
  4. ^ "Articole Puebla FC off-season signings" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 20 May 2010. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
  5. ^ "Football Palestine goes scouting for talent". 14 July 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  6. ^ Yasser Corona at National-Football-Teams.com
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