In recent years, the Eredivisie has opted for Mexican players, who have become champions with various teams
He PSV of the Mexican Hirving Lozano He is virtually champion of the Netherlands. With an advantage of 9 points (with three games to play) over the Feyenoord of the Mexican Santiago Gimenezthe fans of the Eindhoven squad are excited to celebrate their first league title since 2018.
The Eredivisie has managed to earn a special place in the hearts of Mexican fans due to the commitment of Dutch clubs to sign Aztec footballers. In the last 18 seasons, the First Division of the Netherlands has had Mexican representatives in 17 campaigns.
Next, we invite you to remember the Mexican players who have gone through the Eredivisie between 2006 and 2024 as well as the season in which Dutch soccer did not have Mexicans on its fields.
Mexicans who have played in the Eredivisie between 2006 and 2024 ESPN.com
Carlos Salcido Seasons in the Eredivisie: 4 (2006/07, 2007/08, 2008/09 and 2009/10)
In the summer of 2006, Salcido, after an outstanding performance with the Mexican team in the Germany World Cup 2006was signed by the PSV. The former Chivas player became the first Mexican player to wear the Eindhoven squad’s shirt and his performances allowed PSV to bet on more Mexican footballers in subsequent years.
With the Eindhoven squad, Salcido played more than 160 official matches, scoring three goals and getting five assists. During his period in the Netherlands. Carlos was twice Eredivisie champion and won the Dutch Super Cup in 2009.
In the Champions League, Salcido played 21 games for PSV and his best performance came in the 2006/07 campaign with the club advancing to the quarterfinals, when Liverpool eliminated them from the competition.
Hector Moreno | Seasons in the Eredivisie: 4 1/2 (2008, 2008/09, 2009/10 and 2010/11 – 2015/16 and 2016/17)
A year and a half after Salcido’s arrival in the Netherlands, Moreno was signed by the THE Alkmaar at the beginning of 2008 and the center back managed to quickly establish himself with the “De Kaasboeren” and was part of the team that won the Eredivisie in 2009 and the Dutch Super Cup in 2010.
In 2011, Moreno left the THE to sign with Espanyol and after four years with Espanyol in Spain, Moreno decided to return to the Eredivisie to play with the PSV. With the Farmers, Moreno played 80 official games, scored 13 goals and provided two assists. At the cup level, the Aztec center back won the Eredivisie with PSV in 2015/16.
In the Champions League, Moreno played 14 games for PSV and in the 2015/16 season he helped the team qualify for the round of 16, when they were eliminated by Atlético de Madrid. In 2017, Moreno signed with Roma and was honored along with Guardado by PSV.
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Francisco Rodríguez | Seasons in the Eredivisie: 3 (2008/09, 2009/10 and 2010/11)
The former Chivas player arrived in Eindhoven in the summer of 2008 after establishing himself as one of the most outstanding defenders in Mexican soccer and thanks, in part, to the good work that his compatriot Carlos Salcido was doing in the Eredivisie. According to data from Transfermarkt, PSV spent around three million dollars for the signing of the red-and-white centre-back.
With the Eindhoven team shirt, Rodríguez He played more than 80 games and highlights that despite playing fewer games than Salcido, ‘Maza’ managed to score one more goal than his teammate with PSV. During his time in Dutch football, Francisco celebrated the league that the Tulip team won in 2009.
Regarding the UEFA competition, ‘Maza’ had the opportunity to play the Champions y Europea League. In the ‘Orejona’ competition, Rodríguez only played three games for PSV in the 2008/09 campaign and in the Europa League, Francisco represented PSV on 12 occasions and in 2010/11 he was part of the Dutch squad that reached the Quarterfinals of the competition.
Ulises Dávila | Seasons in the Eredivisie: 1 (2011/12)
Dávila is a product of Chivas’ basic forces and the qualities of the red-and-white attacker convinced Chelsea to buy him in the summer of 2011. The Blues squad decided to send him to Vitesse of the Eredivisie that same summer so that the Aztec could better adapt to the Old continent.
In the Eredivisie, Ulysses experienced difficult times because he had little activity and only played three games. At the level of titles, Dávila failed to win trophies with Vitesse and at the end of his loan he returned to Chelsea, but the London team loaned him to Sabadell.
2012-13: Season without Mexicans
With the departures of Carlos Salcido, ‘Maza’ Rodríguez and Dávila, Mexico was left without representatives in the Eredivisie in the 2012-13 season. In that campaign, Ajax became champion of the Netherlands, PSV finished in second place and Feyenoord in third position.
Jesus Crown | Seasons in the Eredivisie: 2 (2013/14 and 2014/15)
‘Tecatito’ had an outstanding performance in a Club World Cup with the Rayados and his performance in the FIFA tournament aroused the interest of several European clubs, but he was the Twente of the Eredivisie the team that managed to gain his services.
Corona played more than 50 official matches with the Twente shirt and registered 13 goals and five assists. Jesús’ performances on Dutch soil led him to sign with Porto in the summer of 2015. In the area of titles, ‘Tecatito’ failed to lift cups.
Andrés Guardado | Seasons in the Eredivisie: 4 (2014/15, 2015/16 and 2016/17)
The ‘Little Prince’ boasts of being one of the Mexican soccer players with the longest careers in the Old Continent. Guardado arrived in Europe in 2007 to play with the Deportivo La Coruña and ended his European adventure at the beginning of 2024 to play with León. During his more than 15 years in football on the Old Continent, Guardado lived some of his best years with the team’s shirt. PSV.
After a complicated stage with the Valencia y Bayer Leverkusen, Guardado arrived at PSV on loan in 2014 and in the Eredivisie managed to recover his best version to the point of becoming one of the main references of the Eindhoven squad. During his stay at PSV, Andrés played more than 100 official matches, scored 4 goals and provided 22 assists. In the area of titles, Guardado was proclaimed two-time champion of the Netherlands by winning the Eredivisie in 2015 and 2016 and was also proclaimed two-time champion of the Super Cup of the Netherlands. Netherlands winning it in 2016 and 2017.
Guardado’s time in Eindhoven was spectacular, so much so that PSV paid him a tribute as part of his farewell after he agreed to join Betis in Spain in the summer of 2017. It should be noted that PSV called Guardado the “most influential” player ” during his stay at the club.
Andrés Guardado and Héctor Moreno during their time at PSV Eindhoven. getty
Hirving Lozano | Seasons with PSV: 3 (2017/18, 2018/19 and 2023/24)
‘Chucky’ exploded in Liga MX with Pachuca and his good performances with the Tuzos led him to sign with PSV. During his first period in the Netherlands, Lozano He managed to establish himself as one of the best players in the championship and his level led him to star in a historic sale to Italian football.
With the PSV squad, Lozano He played more than 70 games in his first two seasons in Dutch football and scored 40 goals. Hirving became champion of the Netherlands in the 2017/18 campaign and after maintaining his level in the second season, ‘Chucky’ became Napoli’s most expensive signing. The Italian club paid around $50 million for the Aztec.
After four years in Italy, Lozano returned to Eindhoven last summer and the former Pachuca player has found it difficult to show his best version on his return to the Eredivisie.
Uriel Antuna | Seasons in the Eredivisie: 1 1/2 (2017/18 and 2018/19)
Antuna experienced a situation similar to that of Ulises Dávila. The Santos youth squad was bought by Manchester Citybut he never managed to make his debut in Pep Guardiola’s team with the Premier League club, deciding that the best thing for Antuna was to have minutes in a less competitive league like the Eredivisie.
Uriel was loaned to Fc Groningen from the Netherlands and the Aztec attacker had minutes in the Eredivisie as well as in the Groningen youth team. In the First Division, Antuna played 20 games while in the youth categories he played 19 games.
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Erick Gutierrez | Seasons with PSV: 5 (2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 and 2022/23)
Before ‘Chucky’ He left for Napoli in 2019, Lozano He was able to enjoy playing a campaign with his friend Erick Gutiérrez in Eindhoven. ‘Guti’ had a long career with PSV and although it was not easy for him to become an important part of the team, Erick had good moments in the Netherlands.
Gutiérrez played more than 140 games and is, below Carlos Salcido, the Mexican footballer with the most appearances for the PSV squad. ‘Guti’ scored 12 goals and registered 12 assists during his period with the Tulip team. Unfortunately, Erick was unable to win the Eredivisie title during his time in the Netherlands, but he managed to be crowned two-time Dutch Cup champion and also won the Super Cup.
In 2023, Gutiérrez decided to return to Liga MX to play with Chivas and PSV fired him on social networks calling him “Aztec Warrior.”
Edson Alvarez | Seasons in the Eredivisie: 4 (2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 and 2022/23)
In the same summer that ‘Chucky’ Lozano left the Eredivisie to play in Italy, Ajax paid more than 15 million dollars for Álvarezwho would become one of the best players on the Amsterdam squad to the point of being considered one of the main references.
The ‘Machín’ played 147 games with the Ajax shirt and during his time in Dutch football he won the Eredivisie twice and also won the Dutch Cup. Edson scored 13 goals and six assists for Ajax and last summer, after not being transferred to Chelsea a year earlier, Ajax decided to sell him to West Ham for more than 40 million dollars.
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Jorge Sánchez | Seasons in the Eredivisie: 1 (2022/23)
The former Santos and América player arrived at Ajax in the summer of 2022 after his good performances in Liga MX, but also thanks to the good role of Edson Álvarez in Amsterdam. However, Sánchez experienced difficult moments in his first season in the Netherlands to the point of being singled out as one of Ajax’s worst signings.
Jorge played 26 games with him Ajax in all competitions in the 2022/23 campaign, but his level did not convince the fans or the club, so the Ajax board made the decision to loan him to Porto last summer, but at Los Dragones he has not managed to regain his best level.
Santiago Gimenez | Seasons in the Eredivisie: 2 (2022/23 and 2023/24)
El ‘Chaquito is shaping up to become one of the best businesses in the world. Feyenoorda team that signed him in 2022 for less than 10 million dollars and in the next transfer window could beat him for more than 40 million dollars.
With the Rotterdam squad, Giménez has 47 goals and 10 assists in 85 games. This season, Santi has more than 21 goals in the Eredivisie and his numbers have aroused the interest of some of the best clubs in Europe. According Dennis in Kloesedirector of Feyenoord, several teams follow ‘Bebote’ and revealed that the Mexican does not have the doors closed to leaving the club.
