Ricardo Monreal (footballer)

Ricardo Monreal
Monreal with Necaxa in 2025
Personal information
Full name Ricardo Saúl Monreal Morales
Date of birth (2001-02-10) 10 February 2001
Place of birth Zacatecas, Mexico
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
Tigres UANL
Youth career
2014 Oaxaca
2016–2017 Atlas
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Oaxaca 10 (1)
2019–2026 Necaxa 115 (12)
2020–2021 → Oaxaca (loan) 30 (5)
2021–2022 → Pumas Tabasco (loan) 25 (2)
2026– Tigres UANL 0 (0)
International career‡
2019 Mexico U18 2 (1)
2020 Mexico U20 2 (0)
2023 Mexico U23 3 (0)
2024 Mexico 1 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Mexico
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place2023 San SalvadorTeam
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 September 2023
‡ National team caps and goals as of 31 May 2024

Ricardo Saúl Monreal Morales (born 10 February 2001) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga MX club Tigres UANL.[1]

Club Career

Born in Zacatecas, Monreal made his professional debut at just 16 years old with Alebrijes de Oaxaca, in Ascenso MX.

He joined Necaxa for the Apertura 2018 and made his Liga MX debut on February 23, 2019, in a match against Tijuana. In June 2020, he returned to Oaxaca on loan, and a year later, in June 2021, he was sent to Pumas Tabasco for the entire season.

In August 2026, Monreal joined Tigres UANL.[2]

International career

Monreal made his debut for the Mexico national team on 31 May 2024, in a friendly against Bolivia.[3]

Career statistics

International

As of match played 31 May 2024[4]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Mexico 202410
Total10

Honours

Mexico U23

References

  1. ↑ "Ricardo Monreal". LigaMX.net. LIGA BBVA Bancomer MX. 2017-03-13. Retrieved 2017-09-29.
  2. ↑ "Nuevo delantero para Tigres: Ricardo Monreal llega al conjunto felino". TELEMUNDO.com (in Spanish). 2026-08-28. Retrieved 2026-08-28.
  3. ↑ "Mexico v Bolivia game report". ESPN. 31 May 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  4. ↑ Ricardo Monreal at National-Football-Teams.com