| Cristian Calderón | |
| Full Name: | Cristian Yonathan Calderón Del Real[1] |
| Birth Date: | 1997 5, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico |
| Height: | 1.77 m |
| Position: | Left-back |
| Currentclub: | América |
| Clubnumber: | 18 |
| Youthyears1: | 2012–2013 |
| Youthclubs1: | Nayarit |
| Youthyears2: | 2013–2014 |
| Youthclubs2: | De los Altos |
| Youthyears3: | 2014–2016 |
| Youthclubs3: | Atlas |
| Years1: | 2015–2018 |
| Clubs1: | Atlas |
| Caps1: | 33 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2019 |
| Clubs2: | Necaxa |
| Caps2: | 36 |
| Goals2: | 10 |
| Years3: | 2020–2023 |
| Clubs3: | Guadalajara |
| Caps3: | 105 |
| Goals3: | 9 |
| Years4: | 2020 |
| Clubs4: | → Tapatío (loan) |
| Caps4: | 3 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2024– |
| Clubs5: | América |
| Caps5: | 37 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2018–2019 |
| Nationalteam1: | Mexico U21 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2019 |
| Nationalteam2: | Mexico U23 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2019 |
| Nationalteam3: | Mexico |
| Nationalcaps3: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 24 August 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 16 January 2020 |
Cristian Yonathan Calderón Del Real (born 24 May 1997), commonly known as "Chicote Calderón", is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Liga MX club América.
Calderón participated in the youth teams of Coras de Nayarit FC and C.D. De los Altos before joining Altas FC's youth team.[2] He made his professional debut with Altas on 21 October 2015 against Club Tijuana in a Copa MX quarter-finals match, ultimately winning 5–4 in a penalty shoot-out after a 2–2 tie. He made his Liga MX debut on 7 May 2016 against Tijuana, finishing in a scoreless draw.[3] He became a starter for the first team in the 2018 Apertura.
He was signed by Club Necaxa for the 2019 Clausura. He made his debut for Necaxa on 5 March 2019, scoring his first goals as a brace against Club América, winning 3–1.[4] At the end of the 2019 Apertura, he was listed in the Best XI of the tournament.[5] According to a poll held by Mexican sports newspaper Récord, its readers voted Calderón as the best player of the tournament.[6]
On 11 December 2019, Guadalajara reached an agreement to sign Calderón.[7] [8] On 18 January 2020, he made his league debut with the club coming on as a substitute against Pachuca in a 0–0 tie.[9] Three days later, he would score his first goal with the club, scoring a stoppage-time header in a 2–1 loss against Dorados de Sinaloa during the first round-of-16 leg of the Copa MX.[10] A week later in the second leg, he would score a bicycle kick in a 1–0 victory,[11] helping send Guadalajara to a penalty shoot-out that was eventually lost.[12]
On 15 August 2020, Calderón scored the winning goal against Atlético San Luis in a 2–1 home victory, his first league goal with the club and giving newly appointed manager Victor Manuel Vucetich his first win with the club.[13] In November 2020, facing rivals Club América during the Guardianes championship quarter-finals, he scored three times, all long-range shots from outside of the box, in the span of two legs giving Guadalajara a 3–1 aggregate victory.[14] [15]
On 3 January 2024, Calderón joined Club América on a free transfer.[16]
In May 2019, Calderón was called up by Jaime Lozano to participate in that year's Toulon Tournament.[17] In the third-place match against the Republic of Ireland, he would score during the penalty shoot-out, helping Mexico win 4–3.[18]
In September 2019, Calderón received his first call-up to the senior national team by Gerardo Martino and on 2 October 2019 in a friendly against Trinidad & Tobago, he made his debut. He started the game and was substituted at half-time.[19]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Atlas | 2015–16 | Liga MX | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | — | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 2017–18 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | |||||
| 2018–19 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 21 | 0 | 15 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 0 | |||||
| Necaxa | 2018–19 | Liga MX | 18 | 5 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5 | |||
| 2019–20 | 18 | 5 | — | — | — | 18 | 5 | ||||||
| Total | 36 | 10 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 37 | 10 | |||||
| Guadalajara | 2019–20 | Liga MX | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 6 | 2 | |||
| 2020–21 | 26 | 4 | — | — | — | 26 | 4 | ||||||
| 2021–22 | 27 | 4 | — | — | — | 27 | 4 | ||||||
| 2022–23 | 33 | 1 | — | — | — | 33 | 1 | ||||||
| 2023–24 | 15 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 105 | 9 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 0 | 109 | 11 | ||||
| Tapatío (loan) | 2020–21 | Liga de Expansión MX | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2021–22 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| América | 2023–24 | Liga MX | 20 | 0 | — | 6 | 1 | — | 26 | 1 | |||
| 2024–25 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 20 | 0 | — | 6 | 1 | — | 26 | 1 | |||||
| Career total | 185 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 211 | 22 | |||
| Mexico | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals | |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 4 | 0 | |
América
Clausura 2024[20]
Individual