Carlos Acevedo
 Acevedo with Mexico in 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Carlos Acevedo López | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 19 April 1996 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Santos Laguna | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2017 | Santos Laguna | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016– | Santos Laguna | 195 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Mexico | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22 May 2026 | |||||||||||||||||
Carlos Acevedo López (born 19 April 1996) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga MX club Santos Laguna, which he captains, and the Mexico national team.[2]
Club career
Acevedo made his Liga MX debut with Santos Laguna on 20 August 2016 in a match against Cruz Azul which resulted in a 3–1 defeat.[3]
Prior to the start of the 2021 Guardianes tournament, club manager Guillermo Almada named him as captain following the departure of former captain Julio Furch to sibling club Atlas.[4]
On 10 September 2022, Acevedo scored a header against Querétaro during the 99th minute of the match, helping Santos secure a 3–3 draw.[5]
International career
In December 2021, Acevedo received his first call-up to the senior national team by Gerardo Martino, and made his debut on 8 December 2021, in a friendly match against Chile.[6]
In June 2024, Acevedo was called up by Jaime Lozano to the 2024 Copa America following the injury of the starting goalkeeper Luis Malagón. He was not involved in any games during the tournament.
Acevedo was named in Javier Aguirre's 26-man squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, hosted on home soil.[7][8]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 8 November 2025[9]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Santos Laguna | 2015–16 | Liga MX | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 2017–18 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | ||||
| 2018–19 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | 42 | 0 | — | — | — | 42 | 0 | |||||
| 2021–22 | 29 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 0 | — | 31 | 0 | ||||
| 2022–23 | 37 | 1 | — | — | — | 37 | 1 | |||||
| 2023–24 | 25 | 0 | — | — | — | 25 | 0 | |||||
| 2024–25 | 33 | 0 | — | — | 3[b] | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||||
| 2025–26 | 17 | 0 | — | — | 2[b] | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 195 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 226 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 195 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 226 | 1 | ||
- 1 2 Appearances in CONCACAF Champions League
- 1 2 Appearances in Leagues Cup
International
- As of match played 19 April 2023[10]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 6 | 0 | |
Honours
Santos Laguna
Mexico
- CONCACAF Nations League third place: 2022–23[11]
Individual
See also
References
- ↑ "Carlos Acevedo". Santos Laguna. Archived from the original on 16 February 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
- ↑ "Carlos Acevedo".
- ↑ "Historia de vida: Carlos Acevedo fue corrido por Santos y ahora es titular". TUDN (in Spanish). 6 August 2020.
- ↑ "Guillermo Almada reveló las razones por las que Carlos Acevedo fue el capitán de Santos contra Cruz Azul". Infobae (in Spanish). 11 January 2021.
- ↑ "¡INCREÍBLE! Gol de Carlos Acevedo rescata a Santos de Querétaro". Infobae (in Spanish). 11 September 2021.
- ↑ "¡Checa la convocatoria de México para enfrentar a Chile!". fanbolero.com. December 6, 2021. Archived from the original on December 7, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
- ↑ "Al Llamado | Convocatoria de la SNM para la Copa Mundial de la FIFA 2026" [Call-up | Mexico national team squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup] (in Spanish). Mexican Football Federation. 31 May 2026. Archived from the original on 1 June 2026. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
- ↑ "World Cup 2026 squad lists: England, Scotland, Brazil, USA, Spain, France, Germany, Netherlands, Argentina, Portugal and more". Sky Sports. Archived from the original on 2026-06-01. Retrieved 2026-08-02.
- ↑ Carlos Acevedo at Soccerway
- ↑ Carlos Acevedo at National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ "Mexico 1-0 Panama (Jun 18, 2023) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 2025-03-24.
- ↑ "LIGA MX announces Carlos Acevedo as the 26th player of LIGA MX's All-Star team to face MLS All-Stars Aug 10 in Minnesota". Major League Soccer. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ↑ "2026 LIGA MX All-Star Team Roster". Major League Soccer. July 25, 2026. Retrieved July 28, 2026.
- ↑ https://x.com/LigaBBVAMX/status/1997448588985512028
External links
- Carlos Acevedo (Carlos Acevedo López) at Liga MX (archive) (in Spanish)
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- 1996 births
- Living people
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Mexico men's international footballers
- 2024 Copa América players
- 2026 FIFA World Cup players
- Santos Laguna footballers
- Liga MX players
- Liga Premier de México players
- Mexican men's footballers
- Footballers from Torreón
- 21st-century Mexican sportsmen