Full name Hugo Ayala Castro Name Hugo Ayala Weight 78 kg Career start 2004 | Number 4 Height 1.86 m Playing position Role Footballer | |
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Date of birth (1987-03-31) March 31, 1987 (age 28) Similar People Jorge Torres Nilo, Javier Aquino, Jesus Duenas, Javier Guemez, Julio Dominguez Profiles | ||
Hugo Ayala (Mexico) - Match 11 Preview - 2018 FIFA World Cup™
Referee Blooper - Hugo Ayala (Tigres) bumps into Patricio Loustau
Hugo Ayala Castro (March 31, 1987) is a Mexican footballer who plays for the Liga MX club Tigres UANL.
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- Hugo Ayala Mexico Match 11 Preview 2018 FIFA World Cup
- Referee Blooper Hugo Ayala Tigres bumps into Patricio Loustau
- Club Atlas
- Tigres UANL
- International career
- Club
- Individual
- References
A centre back, Ayala has been a regular for the Mexico national football team.
Club Atlas
Hugo Ayala started his professional career with Atlas. He made his official debut in 2006 as a starter against C.D. Guadalajara. Although Atlas lost 3–1 he became an often used substitute ending the season. In the next season he starting showing great talent in defending and became a starter in Atlas's defensive line up, leading Atlas all the way to the quarter finals to face Club América, but lost to them in a global score of (7–4). Throughout his career with Atlas he was mostly used as a substitute until the coach, Ricardo La Volpe, took his place as coach of Atlas. Coach La Volpe then started having confidence in Ayala, and made Ayala a starter and captain for Atlas.
Tigres UANL
On 2010, he arrived to Tigres UANL and by 2011 he already was the starter centre-back along with Juninho, both key players for the Apertura 2011 championship. Ayala was named best defender of the Apertura 2011 season alongside teammate Jorge Torres Nilo. Ayala, a starter in Tigres since 2011, later would become champion with the team in the Apertura 2015 and Apertura 2016 seasons besides runner-up of the 2015 Copa Libertadores.
International career
Under new coach Juan Carlos Osorio, Hugo Ayala hopes to establish himself as a regular call-up for El Tri.