Hiram Ricardo Mier Alanís (born 25 August 1989) is a Mexican former professional

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who plays as a

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. He is an

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Club career

Mier started his career with home-town club,

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playing for their affiliate clubs in the Third and Segunda Divisions of Mexico football. He made his debut for the affiliate team in the Third Division in 2007. One year later Gerardo Jimenez called him to play for Rayados in the

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playing 11 games, 9 of them disputing the entire 90 minutes. He was promoted to the first team during the summer of 2010. On August 25, 2010, Mier debuted with the first team in a game of

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against

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. Finally on October 2, 2010, he debuted in the Primera División in a win 2–1 over

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. Mier became champion with his team in his debut season Apertura 2010 and then becoming champion in the

. He has recently slotted at right-back for Monterrey during the end of the Clausura 2013 season. On 14 December 2016, Mier joined

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on a season-long loan. His move became permanent after the club activated his release clause. On 7 December 2018,

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reached an agreement to sign Mier. On 7 December 2023, the club bid farewell to Mier.

International career

Youth

2011 Pan American Games

He was called up to participate in the

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, Mexico ended up winning the final against

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1–0.

2012 Olympic qualifying

Mier was a squad member during the 2012 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament and was selected as team captain. He led the Mexico team to win all of its matches including the final against Honduras, winning 2–1, in the tournament. He created a defensive doublet with

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. Mexico qualified to the

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after eight years, missing out on the 2008 edition.

2012 Toulon Tournament

Once again Mier was selected as team captain in this Pre-Olympic Games tournament held in France. Mexico would make it to the final against

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winning 3–0 with Mier also managed to score in the final. This was Mexico's first title in this competition.

2012 London Olympics

Mier made the final cut for those players participating in the 2012 Summer Olyimpics held in

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. Mexico would make it to the final against Brazil winning the match 2–1. Mier played an important role by demonstrating leadership and team work alongside

. Mier played all 6 matches.

Senior

2011 Gold Cup

Mier received his first call up to the senior national team after 5 players tested positive for

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. Coach Jose Manuel de la Torre called up Mier and 4 players as substitutes to compete for the Gold Cup; Mier did not make an appearance and Mexico would win the tournament final after defeating the United States 4–2.

2011 Copa America

On 23 May 2011, Mier was called up to the under-22 squad to participate in the

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, However Mexico was limited to take a team made entirely of players under age 22. Mier made his unofficial debut with the Mexico team, 4 July 2011 against

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, playing all 90' minutes. Chile won the match 1–2. Hiram would go on and play all of the group matches in a center-back position disputing all 90' minutes of the matches, Mexico did not reach the knock-out stage of the tournament and was placed last in their group. Mier officially made his debut with the

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31 May 2013 against

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, in the

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, coming in for Francisco Rodríguez at half time. The match ended in a 2–2 tie for Mexico.

2013 Confederations Cup

Mier was selected by coach Jose Manuel de la Torre to dispute the Confederation Cup held in

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. He made his debut in the Confederations cup against

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coming in as a substitute for

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in the 53rd minute of the match. Mier also played the full 90 minutes against

and

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playing as a right back.

2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifying

Mier only played one 2014 World Cup qualifying match against arch rivals,

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; 10 September 2013 in the

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in which Mexico lost 0–2. Mier was selected as one of the domestic league players to dispute the Intercontinental Play-off against

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by new coach

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, however an injury caused by a right knee ligament rupture during a League match left him out for 7 months missing the

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also.

Career statistics

International

Honours

Monterrey *

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: Apertura 2010 *

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, 2011–12,

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Querétaro *

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Mexico U23 *

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* CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship:

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Mexico *

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mier, Hiram 1989 births Living people Footballers from Nuevo León Footballers at the 2011 Pan American Games Mexico men's international footballers C.F. Monterrey players Querétaro F.C. footballers Liga MX players Men's association football defenders 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2011 Copa América players Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup players CONCACAF Gold Cup–winning players Olympic footballers for Mexico Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Mexico Olympic medalists in football Footballers from Monterrey Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico Pan American Games footballers for Mexico Pan American Games gold medalists in football Mexican people of Lebanese descent Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Sportspeople of Lebanese descent Mexican men's footballers CONCACAF Champions Cup–winning players 21st-century Mexican sportsmen