Aaron Cervantes

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Aaron Cervantes
Personal information
Full name Aaron Christopher Cervantes [1]
Date of birth (2002-03-20) March 20, 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Chino Hills, California, United States
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Austin FC II
Number 20
Youth career
2015–2017 LA Galaxy
2017–2018 Pateadores SC
2020–2021 Rangers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2020 Orange County SC 17 (0)
2021–2023 Rangers 0 (0)
2022 → Partick Thistle (loan) 0 (0)
2023 LA Galaxy II 1 (0)
2024– Austin FC II 0 (0)
International career‡
2018–2019 United States U17 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:35, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 02:14, 13 October 2019 (UTC)

Aaron Christopher Cervantes (born March 20, 2002) is an American soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for MLS Next Pro side Austin FC II. [2] Cervantes previously played for Orange County SC of the USL Championship. [3]

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Professional career

Orange County SC

Cervantes signed his first professional deal with Orange County SC on March 15, 2018, at the age of 15. [4] He was the youngest ever player to sign a professional deal with the club. [4] Cervantes did not make any appearances in his first season with the club. [3] In his second season with the club, Cervantes broke into Orange County's first team, making 11 league appearances and 1 further appearance in the U.S. Open Cup. [3] His professional debut came against New Mexico United on March 23, 2019. [2] In between his second and third seasons with the club, Orange County and Rangers F.C. signed a partnership agreement that would result in the movement of players, due to this partnership Cervantes trained with the Glasgow side in December 2019. [5] In his third season with the club, Cervantes made 6 appearances in a season that was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [3] In October 2020 it was announced that Cervantes would leave Orange County for Scottish club Rangers for a deal that could rise to the high six figures. [6]

Rangers

On October 7, 2020, it was announced that Cervantes would move to Rangers of the Scottish Premiership. [2] It was noted that due to the surrounding issues of COVID-19 that Cervantes would train with Orange County through December and then Rangers would loan him to another European team for the latter half of the 2020–21 season. [2]

On January 22, 2022, Cervantes joined Scottish Championship side Partick Thistle on a seven-day emergency loan deal. [7]

LA Galaxy II

In March 2023, Cervantes returned to the United States to join MLS Next Pro club LA Galaxy II. [8] Due to injuries, Cervantes appeared on the bench for LA Galaxy's Major League Soccer fixture against Seattle Sounders FC on April 1, 2023. [9]

International career

Born in the United States, Cervantes is of Mexican descent. He is a youth international for the United States, having played for the United States U17s. [10]

Career statistics

As of October 7, 2020 [11]

ClubSeasonLeagueCupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Orange County SC 2018 USL Championship 00000000
2019 1101000120
2020 60–0060
Total1701000180
Career total1701000180

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References

  1. ↑ "FIFA U-17 World Cup Brazil 2019: List of Players: USA" (PDF). FIFA. October 31, 2019. p. 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "U.S. youth GK Cervantes joins Scottish side Rangers". ESPN.com. October 7, 2020. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "USA – A. Cervantes – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  4. 1 2 Communications, Orange County SC (March 15, 2018). "15-Year-Old Goalkeeper Aaron Cervantes Signs Professional Contract with Orange County SC". Orange County Soccer Club. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  5. ↑ Cusick, Aiden (March 3, 2020). "Club say Rangers took on 3 of their young stars, Ibrox coaches gave positive feedback on one". HITC. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  6. ↑ "U.S. youth GK Cervantes joins Scottish side Rangers". ESPN.com. October 7, 2020. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Aaron Cervantes joins on 7-day emergency loan". Partick Thistle FC. January 22, 2022. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
  8. ↑ "LA Galaxy II Announce 2023 Player Signings". www.lagalaxy.com. March 23, 2023. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  9. ↑ "LAvsSEA 04-01-2023 Lineups | MLSsoccer.com". mlssoccer.
  10. ↑ "Mexico looking to woo U.S. youth international Sagir Arce | Goal.com US". www.goal.com. October 14, 2019.
  11. ↑ "Aaron Cervantes Stats". FBref.com. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
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