Juan Carlos Mosqueda Andrade (born April 17, 1985 in Mexico

Mexico City

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 DF, Mexico

Mexico

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) is a footballer

Football (soccer)

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. He currently plays for Club Necaxa in the Liga de Ascenso

Liga de Ascenso

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A centre midfielder, Mosqueda received the opportunity to break into the first team squad at América on August 13, 2006 - in a game against UANL

UANL Tigres

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 played at América's home ground, the mythical Azteca

Estadio Azteca

Estadio Azteca is a stadium in Santa Ursula, Mexico City, Mexico. It is the official home stadium of the Mexico national football team and the Mexican team Club América.The stadium was the venue for football soccer in the 1968 Summer Olympics....

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The exodus of experienced midfielders from Club América following the Clausura 2006 season prompted Águilas' manager Luis Fernando Tena to dig into the youth squads for possible replacements coming into the Apertura 2006 season. Following a 0-1 victory at San Luis in Week 1 of the season in which the lack of offensive creation in the midfield was evident, the 21 year-old Mosqueda was given the chance to debut the following week, subbing for Fabián Peña

Fabián Peña

Fabián Peña González is a football midfielder who currently plays for Puebla F.C. in the Mexican First Division....

 at the beginning of the second half. Later that game, with four minutes remaining and América trailing 0-1 in their inaugural home game for the Apertura 2006 season - Mosqueda fired a scorcher into the upper right corner of the goal defended by Edgar Hernández. The spectacular goal gave his team the draw and cemented a dream debut.

In December 2008 he went on loan to Club Santos Laguna. In December 2009 he went on loan to Club Necaxa.

Individual Honours

• Mexican Primera División
  Primera División de México
  The Primera División Profesional , known simply as the Primera División, is the top level of the Mexican football league system and is administered by the Mexican Football Federation. It was established in 1943 and as of 2011 has 18 clubs. Up to June 2011, it was divided into three groups competing...
  
  : Best Rookie Player (Apertura 2006)

External links

• Juan Carlos Mosqueda profile, detailed club and national team statistics, honours (palmares) and timeline
• Stats/Profile (In Spanish)