Joel Huiqui

Joel Huiqui
Personal information
Date of birth (1983-02-18) February 18, 1983
Place of birth Los Mochis, Mexico
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Central Defender
Club information
Current team
 Tapachula
(on loan from Morelia)
Number 4
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2012 Cruz Azul 135 (4)
2003–2004 → Pachuca (loan) 38 (0)
2011–2012 → Morelia (loan) 57 (2)
2012– Morelia 104 (4)
2016– → Tapachula (loan) 4 (1)
National team‡
2005–2013 Mexico 14 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 October 2015.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 July 2013

Joel Adrián Huiqui Andrade (born February 18, 1983 in Los Mochis Sinaloa, Mexico) is Mexican football player who currently plays for Cafetaleros de Tapachula on loan from Morelia. His paternal surname is of Mayo origin (a group of indigenous of Sonora and Sinaloa); it means "eagle."

Joel Huiqui started his career in Cruz Azul Hidalgo in the Primera Division 'A' which is the youth team of Cruz Azul, but debuted with C.F. Pachuca as a loan from Cruz Azul who did not debut him. He debuted in a game over CF Querétaro in a 0-0 tie in the 2003 Apertura. Playing two tournaments with Pachuca in a total of 38 games, he was later given back to Cruz Azul, where he earned a starting eleven position in 2004. Huiqui played in Mexico minor U-23 and for the senior Mexico national team, in the qualification for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, as well as the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup, where Mexico placed 4th. At the final team, Argentine coach Ricardo La Volpe left Huiqui out of the 23 players who went to the 2006 World Cup.

He became infamous for an incident during the 2009 Liguilla semi-final against Morelia where he blatantly used his hand to prevent Wilson Tiago Mathías from scoring by tossing the ball away. Now ironically he plays for Monarcas Morelia.

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. December 14, 2005 Chase Field, Phoenix, United States  Hungary 2–0 2–0 Friendly

Honours

Pachuca
Morelia
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