Pablo Monroy

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Pablo Monroy
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Monroy with UNAM in 2025
Personal information
Full name Pablo Alfonso Monroy Reyes
Date of birth (2002-07-22) 22 July 2002 (age 23)
Place of birth Pachuca, Mexico
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Full-back
Team information
Current team
UNAM [1]
Number 13
Youth career
2019-2022 UNAM
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022– UNAM 52 (0)
International career
2023– Mexico U23 9 (1)
2024– Mexico 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 March 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 31 May 2024

Pablo Alfonso Monroy Reyes (born 22 July 2002) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a full-back for Liga MX club UNAM.

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Club career

Monroy is a homegrown player from the Pumas UNAM youth academy [2] and made his debut for the Pumas senior team on 16 February 2023, playing 75 minutes in a 3-1 Liga MX Clausura loss against Necaxa. [3] While Monroy has primarily been deployed as a right-back, he has proven to be a key utility player as he has filled in as a left-back as well. [4]

International career

Monroy made his debut for the Mexico U-23 team on 12 June 2023 in a 2-0 loss to Australia at the 2023 Maurice Revello Tournament. [5] He also participated for Mexico at the 2023 Pan American games, [6] providing an assist in the bronze-medal match to help Mexico earn a bronze medal at the tournament [7] [8] before returning to Pumas for club duty. [9]

Monroy made his senior national team debut on 31 of May 2024, in a friendly match against Bolivia, played at Chicago's Soldier Field, the match ended with a 1–0 Mexican win. [10]

In June 2024, he took part in the Maurice Revello Tournament in France [11] with Mexico.

Career statistics

Club

As of 17 March 2024
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
UNAM 2022–23 Liga MX 100100
2023–24 260260
2024–25 000000
Total36000360
Career total360000000360

    International

    As of match played 31 May 2024 [12]
    Appearances and goals by national team and year
    National teamYearAppsGoals
    Mexico 202410
    Total10

    Honours

    Mexico U23

    References

    1. "Pablo Monroy". liga mx.net. liga mx. 13 March 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
    2. "Chivas, el grande que más canteranos utiliza en Liga MX". TELEMUNDO.com (in Spanish). 2023-10-24. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
    3. "Necaxa 3-1 Pumas UNAM (Feb 15, 2023) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
    4. "Pumas: Las otras POSICIONES en las que jugaba Alfonso Monroy". Bolavip Mexico (in Mexican Spanish). 2023-04-27. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
    5. "Mexico U23 0-2 Australia U23 (Jun 12, 2023) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
    6. rhzunam80 (2023-10-20). "Mexico name U23 squad for Pan American Games". FMF State Of Mind. Retrieved 2023-11-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
    7. Buckley, Thomas (2023-11-05). "Historic gold for Mexico's women, men earn bronze at Pan Am Games". Playing for 90. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
    8. "U.S. Men's Pan American Team Finishes Fourth at 2023 Pan American Games after 4-1 Loss to Mexico | U.S. Soccer Official Website". www.ussoccer.com. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
    9. Gómez, Sebastián (2023-11-06). "Pumas recupera a José Caicedo y Alfonso Monroy para el partido ante Chivas". Diario AS (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-20.
    10. Reséndiz, Mac (1 June 2024). "Selección Mexicana: ¿Quiénes debutaron ante Bolivia?". ESPNDeportes.com. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
    11. "Festival International Espoirs Football Tournoi Maurice Revello Toulon". tournoimauricerevello.com (in French). Maurice Revello Tournament. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
    12. Pablo Monroy at National-Football-Teams.com