Midfield - Defensive Midfield ·Mexico

Jesús Zavala

Age39 BornJul 21, 1987 Height1.90 m FootRight

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At a glance

Career snapshot

9Clubs played for

04/05Debut season

0.08Goals per match

MonterreyTop club · 307 apps

Career highs

€2.30mPeak value · 2013

-Top transfer fee

5Best season · 05/06

31 / 2Caps / int'l goals

Born the same day5 players

Chris McCannMidfield - Defensive Midfield · 1874 Northwich FC

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AdalbertoDefender - Centre-Back · Without Club

Lubos HruskaDefender - Centre-Back · Retired

Everyone born Jul 21, 1987

483Appearances

37Goals

10Assists

111Yellow cards

4Red cards

139Full matches (90′)

Full name	Jesús Zavala
Name in home country	Jesús Eduardo Zavala Castañeda
Date of birth	1987-07-21 (39 yrs)
Place of birth	Monterrey, Mexico
Citizenship	Mexico
Position	Midfield - Defensive Midfield (main: Midfield)
Foot	right
Height	190.00 m
Current club	Retired
Joined	2023-02-19
Contract expires	-
Agent	Elite ...

Feb 2023

Transfer: Without Club → Retired

22/23 · Transfer

Jul 2022

Transfer: Mazatlán FC → Without Club

22/23 · Transfer

Jul 2021

Transfer: FC Juárez → Mazatlán FC

21/22 · Transfer

Jul 2021

21/22 - Mazatlán FC

14 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2020

20/21 - FC Juárez, FC Juárez U20

17 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jul 2020

Transfer: Puebla FC → FC Juárez

20/21 · Transfer

Jul 2019

19/20 - Puebla FC

26 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jan 2019

Transfer: Min. Zacatecas → Puebla FC

18/19 · Transfer

Aug 2018

Transfer: Monterrey → Min. Zacatecas

18/19 · Transfer

Jul 2018

18/19 - Mineros de Zacatecas, Puebla FC

21 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 5 competitions

Jul 2017

17/18 - CF Monterrey, CF Monterrey U20

15 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 7 competitions

May 2016

Injury: unknown

21 games missed

Jul 2015

15/16 - CF Monterrey

40 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 5 competitions

Jul 2014

14/15 - CF Monterrey

38 matches · 4 G · 0 A · across 5 competitions

Jul 2014

2014 - CF Monterrey

2 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2013

13/14 - CF Monterrey

34 matches · 3 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions

Sep 2012

Injury: unknown

18 games missed

Jul 2012

12/13 - CF Monterrey

34 matches · 3 G · 4 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2012

2012 - CF Monterrey

2 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2011

11/12 - CF Monterrey

46 matches · 3 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2010

10/11 - CF Monterrey

47 matches · 3 G · 3 A · across 5 competitions

Jul 2010

2010 - CF Monterrey

4 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 1 competition

Jul 2009

09/10 - CF Monterrey, CF Monterrey U20

33 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 6 competitions

Jul 2008

08/09 - CF Monterrey, Rayados A

21 matches · 3 G · 1 A · across 5 competitions

Jul 2008

Transfer: Rayados A → Monterrey

08/09 · Transfer

Jul 2007

07/08 - CF Monterrey, Rayados A

30 matches · 3 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions

Jul 2006

06/07 - Rayados A, CF Monterrey

10 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions

Jul 2005

05/06 - Rayados A, CF Monterrey

40 matches · 5 G · 0 A · across 5 competitions

Jul 2005

Transfer: Monterrey U20 → Rayados A

05/06 · Transfer

Jun 2005

Transfer: Cobras → Monterrey U20

04/05 · Return from loan

Jan 2005

Transfer: Monterrey U20 → Cobras

04/05 · Loan

Jul 2004

04/05 - Cobras de Ciudad Juárez, CF Monterrey

9 matches · 3 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions

Jan 1970

Peak market value: €2.30m

Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Minutes played by club

Mazatlán FC 0.0%

CF Monterrey 62.0%

FC Juárez 0.0%

FC Juárez U20 0.7%

Puebla FC 1.4%

Mineros de Zacatecas 0.0%

CF Monterrey U20 2.5%

Rayados A 32.2%

Cobras de Ciudad Juárez 1.1%

Club	Seasons	First	Last	Matches	Goals	Assists	Minutes
Mazatlán FC	1	21/22	21/22	14	0	0	0
CF Monterrey	16	04/05	2014	307	19	10	7,782
FC Juárez	1	20/21	20/21	16	0	0	0
FC Juárez U20	1	20/21	20/21	1	1	0	90
Puebla FC	2	18/19	19/20	44	1	0	180
Mineros de Zacatecas	1	18/19	18/19	3	0	0	0
CF Monterrey U20	2	09/10	17/18	10	2	0	315
Rayados A	4	05/06	08/09	79	11	0	4,038
Cobras de Ciudad Juárez	1	04/05	04/05	9	3	0	137

Career trajectory, goals, assists & market value

Goals by season

Assists by season

Season	Competition	Club	Matches	Goals	Assists	YC	RC	Minutes
21/22	Liga MX Apertura	Mazatlán FC	12	0	0	2	0	0
21/22	Liga MX Clausura	Mazatlán FC	2	0	0	0	0	0
2014	Club World Cup	CF Monterrey	2	0	0	1	0	0
2012	Club World Cup	CF Monterrey	2	1	0	0	0	210
2010	Libertadores	CF Monterrey	4	0	0	0	0	0
20/21	Liga MX Apertura	FC Juárez	13	0	0	1	0	0
20/21	Liga MX Clausura	FC Juárez	3	0	0	0	0	0
20/21	Liga MX Sub-20 Clausura	FC Juárez U20	1	1	0	0	0	90
19/20	Copa MX	Puebla FC	2	0	0	0	0	0
19/20	Liga MX Apertura	Puebla FC	16	0	0	2	1	0
19/20	Liga MX Clausura	Puebla FC	8	0	0	2	0	0
18/19	Ascenso MX Ap.	Mineros de Zacatecas	2	0	0	1	0	0
18/19	Copa MX Apertura	Mineros de Zacatecas	0	0	0	0	0	0
18/19	Copa MX Clausura	Puebla FC	2	1	0	1	0	180
18/19	Liga MX Clausura	Puebla FC	16	0	0	4	0	0
18/19	Liguilla Asc. Ap	Mineros de Zacatecas	1	0	0	0	0	0
17/18	Copa MX Apertura	CF Monterrey	1	0	0	0	0	0
17/18	Copa MX Clausura	CF Monterrey	2	0	0	0	0	0
17/18	Liga MX Apertura	CF Monterrey	1	0	0	0	0	0
17/18	Liga MX Clausura	CF Monterrey	1	0	0	0	0	0
17/18	Liga MX Sub-20 Apertura	CF Monterrey U20	7	2	0	0	0	315
17/18	Liga MX Sub-20 Clausura	CF Monterrey U20	1	0	0	0	0	0
17/18	Liguilla Apertura	CF Monterrey	2	0	0	0	0	0
15/16	Copa MX Apertura	CF Monterrey	5	0	0	1	0	0
15/16	Copa MX Clausura	CF Monterrey	5	0	1	1	0	0
15/16	Liga MX Apertura	CF Monterrey	12	0	0	1	0	0
15/16	Liga MX Clausura	CF Monterrey	14	0	0	3	0	0
15/16	Liguilla Clausura	CF Monterrey	4	0	0	0	0	0
14/15	Copa MX Apertura	CF Monterrey	1	0	0	0	0	0
14/15	Copa MX Clausura	CF Monterrey	2	0	0	2	0	0
14/15	Liga MX Apertura	CF Monterrey	16	3	0	6	0	477
14/15	Liga MX Clausura	CF Monterrey	15	1	0	3	0	1,249
14/15	Liguilla Apertura	CF Monterrey	4	0	0	1	0	0
13/14	Copa MX Apertura	CF Monterrey	2	1	0	0	0	180
13/14	Copa MX Clausura	CF Monterrey	1	0	0	1	0	0
13/14	Liga MX Apertura	CF Monterrey	14	2	0	2	0	603
13/14	Liga MX Clausura	CF Monterrey	17	0	0	7	0	0
12/13	CONCACAF CL	CF Monterrey	7	0	3	2	0	0
12/13	Liga MX Apertura	CF Monterrey	8	0	1	1	0	0
12/13	Liga MX Clausura	CF Monterrey	15	3	0	5	0	343
12/13	Liguilla Clausura	CF Monterrey	4	0	0	1	0	0
11/12	CONCACAF CL	CF Monterrey	11	0	0	1	0	0
11/12	Liguilla Clausura	CF Monterrey	6	1	0	2	0	480
11/12	Primera Apertura	CF Monterrey	13	1	0	1	1	875
11/12	Primera Clausura	CF Monterrey	16	1	1	5	0	1,114
10/11	CONCACAF CL	CF Monterrey	9	0	1	5	0	0
10/11	Liguilla Apertura	CF Monterrey	6	0	0	3	0	0
10/11	Liguilla Clausura	CF Monterrey	1	0	0	0	0	0
10/11	Primera Apertura	CF Monterrey	14	1	2	1	0	981
10/11	Primera Clausura	CF Monterrey	17	2	0	6	0	507
09/10	InterLiga	CF Monterrey	1	0	0	0	0	0
09/10	Liga MX Sub-20 (09/10)	CF Monterrey U20	2	0	0	1	0	0
09/10	Liguilla Apertura	CF Monterrey	4	0	0	0	0	0
09/10	Liguilla Clausura	CF Monterrey	2	0	0	0	0	0
09/10	Primera Apertura	CF Monterrey	12	0	0	5	1	0
09/10	Primera Clausura	CF Monterrey	12	1	0	2	0	601
08/09	Liguilla Clausura	CF Monterrey	2	0	0	1	0	0
08/09	Prim. A Clausura	Rayados A	4	0	0	4	0	0
08/09	Primera A Apert.	Rayados A	4	2	0	3	0	180
08/09	Primera Apertura	CF Monterrey	5	1	0	0	0	162
08/09	Primera Clausura	CF Monterrey	6	0	1	1	0	0
07/08	Liguilla Clausura	CF Monterrey	0	0	0	0	0	0
07/08	Prim. A Clausura	Rayados A	14	2	0	5	0	624
07/08	Primera A Apert.	Rayados A	16	1	0	4	1	1,213
07/08	Primera Clausura	CF Monterrey	0	0	0	0	0	0
06/07	Prim. A Clausura	Rayados A	6	1	0	2	0	439
06/07	Primera Clausura	CF Monterrey	4	0	0	1	0	0
05/06	Liguilla Pr.A Cl	Rayados A	3	0	0	1	0	0
05/06	Prim. A Clausura	Rayados A	15	1	0	3	0	1,307
05/06	Primera A Apert.	Rayados A	17	4	0	1	0	275
05/06	Primera Apertura	CF Monterrey	0	0	0	0	0	0
05/06	Primera Clausura	CF Monterrey	5	0	0	0	0	0
04/05	Liguilla Pr.A Cl	Cobras de Ciudad Juárez	2	0	0	0	0	0
04/05	Prim. A Clausura	Cobras de Ciudad Juárez	7	3	0	2	0	137
04/05	Primera Clausura	CF Monterrey	0	0	0	0	0	0

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Market value	Fee
04/05	2005-01-01	Monterrey U20	Cobras	Loan	0	-
04/05	2005-06-30	Cobras	Monterrey U20	Return from loan	0	-
05/06	2005-07-01	Monterrey U20	Rayados A	Transfer	0	-
08/09	2008-07-01	Rayados A	Monterrey	Transfer	50000	-
18/19	2018-08-30	Monterrey	Min. Zacatecas	Transfer	1000000	-
18/19	2019-01-01	Min. Zacatecas	Puebla FC	Transfer	1000000	-
20/21	2020-07-01	Puebla FC	FC Juárez	Transfer	800000	-
21/22	2021-07-02	FC Juárez	Mazatlán FC	Transfer	600000	-
22/23	2022-07-01	Mazatlán FC	Without Club	Transfer	400000	-
22/23	2023-02-19	Without Club	Retired	Transfer	200000	-

Season	Injury	From	To	Days missed	Games missed
12/13	Cruciate ligament tear	2012-09-19	2012-12-19	92	18
15/16	Knee problems	2016-05-31	2016-12-31	215	21

Current-

Peak€2.30m

Low-

Δ since start−€50k

Date	Value
Jan 1, 1970	-
Jan 1, 1970	€400k
Jan 1, 1970	€200k
Jan 1, 1970	€600k
Jan 1, 1970	€600k
Jan 1, 1970	€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€800k
Jan 1, 1970	€800k
Jan 1, 1970	€800k
Jan 1, 1970	€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.80m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.80m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.30m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.30m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.30m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.50m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€2.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.80m
Jan 1, 1970	€1.00m
Jan 1, 1970	€750k
Jan 1, 1970	€600k
Jan 1, 1970	€100k
Jan 1, 1970	€50k

Team	Shirt	Matches	Goals	Debut	Age at debut	Status
Team #6303	-	31	2	-	-	former national player

Teammate	PPG played with	Joint goals	Minutes
Humberto Suazo	2	7	0
Omar Arellano	1	0	0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

Season	Competition	Club	Goals	Matches
05/06	Primera A Apert.	Rayados A	4	17
04/05	Prim. A Clausura	Cobras de Ciudad Juárez	3	7
12/13	Liga MX Clausura	CF Monterrey	3	15

Top assist seasons

Season	Competition	Club	Assists	Matches
12/13	CONCACAF CL	CF Monterrey	3	7
10/11	Primera Apertura	CF Monterrey	2	14
08/09	Primera Clausura	CF Monterrey	1	6

Every loan spell across this player's career.

Season	Date	From	To	Type	Fee	Value at transfer
04/05	2005-06-30	Cobras	Monterrey U20	Return from loan	-	-
04/05	2005-01-01	Monterrey U20	Cobras	Loan	-	-

Teams faced most often by Jesús Zavala's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals, see disclaimer above).

Opponent	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Santos Laguna	42	9	16	17	49	60	-11	21%
Atlas Guadalajara	38	18	7	13	43	29	+14	47%
UANL Tigres	38	9	13	16	31	51	-20	24%
CF América	38	9	11	18	43	59	-16	24%
Pumas UNAM	36	13	9	14	52	51	+1	36%
Cruz Azul	34	5	11	18	27	50	-23	15%
CF Pachuca	34	13	10	11	46	43	+3	38%
Club Tijuana	34	9	12	13	40	44	-4	26%
Gallos Blancos	32	19	7	6	55	34	+21	59%
Deportivo Toluca	32	10	10	12	47	50	-3	31%
Deportivo Guadalajara	32	15	7	10	49	39	+10	47%
Monarcas Morelia	30	12	9	9	39	32	+7	40%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / Year	Milestone	Date
04/05	Senior debut season
04/05	First senior goal

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

Season	Matches	Mins	YC	2nd YC	RC	Cards / 90′
21/22	14	0	2	0	0	0
2014	2	0	1	0	0	0
2010	4	0	0	1	0	0
20/21	17	90	1	0	0	1
19/20	26	0	4	0	1	0
18/19	21	180	6	0	0	3
17/18	15	315	0	1	0	0.29
15/16	40	0	6	2	0	0
14/15	38	1,726	12	0	0	0.63
13/14	34	783	10	0	0	1.15
12/13	34	343	9	0	0	2.36
11/12	46	2,469	9	0	1	0.36
10/11	47	1,488	15	0	0	0.91
09/10	33	601	8	0	1	1.35
08/09	21	342	9	0	0	2.37
07/08	30	1,837	9	0	1	0.49
06/07	10	439	3	0	0	0.62
05/06	40	1,582	5	0	0	0.28
04/05	9	137	2	0	0	1.31