Manuel Gibrán Lajud Bojalil (born 25 December 1993) is a Mexican professional

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who plays as a

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for Guanacasteca.

Club career

Early career

Lajud joined the youth academy of

Cruz Azul Club de Futbol Cruz Azul S.A. de C.V., commonly referred to as Cruz Azul, is a professional association football, football club based in Mexico City, Mexico. It competes in Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican football league system, Mexican footba ...

in 2009, and made his way up the ranks through the

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, playing for the under-17 and under-20 squads. He was called up to the first team.

Tijuana

Lajud joined

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on loan for the 2014–15 season. On 26 July 2014, he made his professional debut against

Club América Club de Fútbol América S.A. de C.V., commonly known as Club América, is a professional association football, football club based in Mexico City. Nicknamed ''Las Águilas'' (The Eagles), it competes in Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican football ...

. He came on as a substitute for the injured Cirilo Saucedo in the 73rd minute. After the retirement of Federico Vilar, Lajud was named the starting goalkeeper for Tijuana.

Santos Laguna

On 10 July 2020, Lajud joined

Santos Laguna Club Santos Laguna S.A. de C.V., simply known as Santos Laguna or Santos, is a Mexican professional football club based in Torreón, Coahuila. The club competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football. Founded in 1983 as Club Santos I ...

Guanacasteca

In December 2024, ahead of the 2025 season, Lajud signed with Costa Rican

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side A.D. Guanacasteca.

International career

Mexico

Lajud was called up to the senior

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squad for a friendly against

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in January 2018. He did not appear in the match. He made his debut for Mexico in a 3–2 friendly win over

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on 10 December the same year.

Lebanon

During the

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, the

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attempted to include Lajud to play for

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, after Lebanon qualified for the

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; Lajud has yet to complete the FIFA one-time switch requirement in order to join the Lebanon national football team.

Personal life

Lajud is of Lebanese descent. He received his Lebanese passport on 6 November 2021.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Mexico Youth * CONCACAF U-20 Championship:

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

Central American and Caribbean Games The Central American and Caribbean Games (CAC or CACGs) are a multi-sport regional championship event, held quadrennial (once every four years), typically in the middle (even) year between Summer Olympics. The games are for 32 countries and ...

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

* CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship:

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

* Pan American Silver Medal:

Individual * CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship Best XI:

* CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship Golden Glove:

References

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* * * * * 1993 births Living people Footballers from Mexico City Mexican people of Lebanese descent Mexican men's footballers Mexican expatriate men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Cruz Azul footballers Club Tijuana footballers Santos Laguna footballers A.D. Guanacasteca players Liga MX players Olympic footballers for Mexico Mexico men's international footballers Footballers at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists in football Pan American Games silver medalists for Mexico Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportspeople of Lebanese descent 21st-century Mexican sportsmen Mexican expatriate sportspeople in Costa Rica Expatriate men's footballers in Costa Rica {{Mexico-footy-goalkeeper-stub