Ronaldo Cisneros Morell (born 8 January 1997) is a Mexican professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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on loan from

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Early life

Ronaldo Cisneros Morell was born in Torreón, Coahuila, to Mario Cisneros. Mario named him Ronaldo because of the Brazilian football icon during the time,

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. Showing talent at a young age he caught the attention of a

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 ...

youth recruiter.

Club career

Youth

Cisneros joined Santos youth academy in 2011. He continued through all the ranks from Santos Youth Academy successfully going through U-15, U-17, and U-20. He managed to become top scorer for the U-17 and U-20s squads. Portuguese coach

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promoted Ronaldo to the first the team.

Santos Laguna

Cisneros made his professional debut in the

on October 24, 2014, in a 1–1 draw against

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. He scored a hat trick against Juárez in the

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on September 13, 2017. After Santos began to struggle, Cisneros was not being considered in the first team as he was too young to take on big responsibilities and only played in the Copa MX and under-20s squad. His number was first 132, but a while after, it was changed to 97.

Guadalajara

On December 13, 2017, Cisneros was signed by

. He scored his first

goal on his debut for the club on January 20, 2018, against

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International career

Youth

Cisneros was called up to the under-20 squad which participated in the

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. He went on to score 6 goals in only 5 appearances becoming one of the top scorers in the tournament. Cisneros was also called up to the

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and scored 2 goals in 5 appearances scoring against

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and

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. In May 2019, Cisneros was called up by

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to participate in that year's

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, where Mexico finished third in the tournament.

Honours

Guadalajara *

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Individual *

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Golden Boot:

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Best XI:

References

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Ronaldo Cisneros
at Medio Tiempo * 1997 births Footballers from Torreón Living people 21st-century Mexican sportsmen Men's association football forwards Mexican men's footballers Mexico men's youth international footballers Mexico men's under-20 international footballers Santos Laguna footballers C.D. Guadalajara footballers Zacatepec F.C. players Mineros de Zacatecas (football) players Atlanta United FC players Querétaro F.C. footballers Liga MX players Liga de Expansión MX players Major League Soccer players Mexican expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Mexican expatriate sportspeople in the United States {{Mexico-footy-forward-1990s-stub