MEXICO — Jonathan González made his desire to represent the Mexican Soccer Team official and after resigning from the United States team, he fully enters the race for a place to Russia 2018. The holding midfielder could go down in history as one of the youngest to go to the World Cup.
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The one born in California is just 18 years and eight months old, but if he goes to the biggest soccer party, he will be able to add minutes from the team’s first meeting, scheduled for June 17, 2018, when he will have just turned 19 years, two months and four days of being born.
González’s youth is such that he would become the second youngest player to represent Mexico in the entire history of World Cups. The Rayados de Monterrey element would only be surpassed by Manuel ‘Jackets’ Pink in the first global fair: Uruguay 1930.
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The most recent antecedent of a Mexican player who attended the World Cup at the age of 19 is Andrés Guardado, who was taken by Ricardo La Volpe to the 2006 World Cup in Germany; At that time, the «Little Prince» was 19 years and eight months old and even added minutes against the Argentine National Team.
While Jonathan could become the youngest footballer in the squad he will put together Juan Carlos Osorio, other elements in history were taken to different World Cups despite their inexperience, as happened with Pável Pardo, 21 years old in France 1998; ‘Grandfather’ Cruz, 20 years old in Mexico 1986 and Enrique Borja, also with two decades in England 66.
The cases closest to the one that González would fulfill would be carried out by Hugo Rodríguez, a striker of 19 years, two months and 18 days in Argentina 1978; Antonio Mota, goalkeeper aged 19 years and three months in Chile 1962 and finally, Raúl Arellano, striker aged 19 years and three months in Switzerland 1954.
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In the official register of FIFA Other famous names of Mexican soccer are also recognized as the youngest of their generation, although not every litter had a promise under 20 years of age, as happened with Ramón Ramírez, already 24 when the 1994 World Cup was played and Gerardo Torrado, 23 and still the youngest for Korea-Japan 2002.
Despite its extensive record of soccer players, the official site of the International Federation of Soccer Association has certain gaps in terms of the official data of some players of yesteryear, as in the case of Brazil 1950, where Antonio Carbajal appears as the most youngest member of the squad at 21 years old, although Carlos Guevara would have only been 20 in the same edition of the international tournament.
Youngest Mexicans in World Cups
JugadorEdadMundialJonathan González19 años, dos meses y cuatro díasRusia 2018Diego Reyes21 añosBrasil 2014Gio dos Santos21 añosSudáfrica 2010Andrés Guardado19 años y 8 mesesAlemania 2006Gerardo Torrado23 añosCorea-Japón 2002Pável Pardo21 añosFrancia 1998Ramón Ramírez24 añosEstados Unidos 1994Francisco Cruz20 añosMéxico 1986Hugo Rodríguez19 años, dos meses y 18 díasArgentina 1978Horacio López Salgado21 añosMéxico 1970Enrique Borja20 yearsEngland 1966Antonio Mota19 years, three months and 30 daysChile 1962Jesús del Muro20 yearsSweden 1958Raúl Arellano19 years, three months and 16 daysSwitzerland 1954Antonio Carbajal21 yearsBrazil 1950Carlos Guevara20 yearsBrazil 1950Manuel Rosas18 years and 88 daysUruguay