Luis Miguel Noriega Orozco (born 17 April 1985) is a Mexican professional

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coach and a former

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Club career

His professional debut came during the Apertura 2007 season, on August 5, 2007 – in a game against

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. He scored his first professional goal in a match against

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. He was

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team captain until getting transferred after the Bicentenario 2010. Noriega was transferred to Monarcas Morelia on May 18, 2010. After 1 year of being with the club, he was then loaned out to

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International career

Noriega earned his first international cap with

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on June 24, 2009, against

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, he also was called up to play in the

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by Mexican coach

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. He scored his first international goal with

in the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup match against

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Career statistics

International

International goals

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Honours

Puebla * Primera A: Apertura 2006 *

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: 2007 *

Copa MX Copa MX, also known as Copa Corona MX for sponsorship reasons, was an association football competition in Mexico and the domestic cup tournament for clubs at the highest and second levels of Mexican football league system. Formerly known as Copa ...

: Clausura 2015 Morelia *

North American SuperLiga The SuperLiga was an annual association football competition in North America between four clubs from the Major League Soccer (United States and Canada) and four clubs from the Primera División (Mexico), the top professional league in each count ...

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

Querétaro *

: Apertura 2016 *

Supercopa MX Supercopa MX () was an association football competition in Mexico and the domestic super cup between the Copa MX champions of the ''Apertura'' and ''Clausura'' tournaments. Initially played in a two-legged and later with a single final match. It w ...

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Mexico *

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* * * 1985 births Footballers from the State of Mexico Living people 21st-century Mexican sportsmen Men's association football midfielders Mexican men's footballers Mexico men's international footballers Club Puebla players Atlético Morelia players Jaguares F.C. footballers Querétaro F.C. footballers C.D. Veracruz footballers Liga MX players Ascenso MX players CONCACAF Gold Cup–winning players 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup players {{Mexico-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub