Personal information | |||
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Full name | Pedro Jesús Aquino Sánchez | ||
Date of birth | 13 April 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Lima, Peru | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Santos Laguna | ||
Number | 18 | ||
Youth career | |||
2002–2013 | Sporting Cristal | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2017 | Sporting Cristal | 70 | (2) |
2017–2018 | Monterrey | 0 | (0) |
2017–2018 | → Lobos BUAP (loan) | 28 | (0) |
2018–2020 | León | 50 | (2) |
2020–2023 | América | 73 | (3) |
2023– | Santos Laguna | 15 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2011 | Peru U17 | 2 | (0) |
2011 | Peru U18 | 3 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Peru U20 | 12 | (1) |
2015 | Peru U22 | 2 | (0) |
2016– | Peru | 44 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:07, 28 December 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:07, 28 December 2023 (UTC) |
Pedro Jesús Aquino Sánchez (born 13 April 1995) is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Liga MX club Santos Laguna and the Peru national team.
He made his senior league debut for Sporting Cristal on 2 June 2013 in a Peruvian Primera División 0–2 away loss at Cienciano.[2]
On 29 May 2017, Aquino signed for Liga MX club Monterrey,[3] with the club buying 80% of the player's rights.[4]
On 8 June 2017, Aquino joined Lobos BUAP on loan, alongside his compatriot Luis Advíncula from Tigres UANL.[5] On 22 July 2017 Aquino made his Liga MX debut against Santos Laguna playing 76 minutes in a 2–2 draw.[6]
On 24 May 2018, he signed for Club Léon.[7] He made his debut on 21 July 2018, in a 2–0 defeat against Tigres UANL.[8]
On 1 January 2021, Aquino signed for Liga MX side Club América on a permanent deal from Club León.[9] Aquino has been a regular and reliable player for America throughout his time there.[10]
On 12 June 2023, Aquino joined Santos Laguna.[11]
He made his debut for the senior national team on 1 September 2016 in a 0–2 loss to Bolivia in the 2018 World Cup qualifying round.[12]
In May 2018, he was named in Peru’s provisional 24 man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[13] Aquino started Peru’s second match of the World Cup against France,[14] playing well and hitting the crossbar with a powerful, curving shot from long distance.[15]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Sporting Cristal | 2013 | Peruvian Primera División | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
2014 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | |||
2015 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||||
2016 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | — | 41 | 1 | |||
2017 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6[a] | 0 | — | 19 | 1 | |||
Total | 76 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 2 | ||
Lobos BUAP (loan) | 2017–18 | Liga MX | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 0 | ||
Léon | 2018–19 | Liga MX | 16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 2 | ||
2019–20 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | |||
2020–21 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 0 | ||||
Total | 50 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 2 | ||
Club América | 2020–21 | Liga MX | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 3 | ||
2021–22 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6[b] | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
2022–23 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 0 | ||||
Total | 73 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 80 | 3 | ||
Santos Laguna | 2023–24 | Liga MX | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[d] | 0 | 17 | 1 | |
Career total | 242 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 273 | 8 |
Peru | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2016 | 3 | 0 |
2017 | 6 | 0 |
2018 | 12 | 3 |
2019 | 3 | 0 |
2020 | 4 | 0 |
2021 | 6 | 0 |
2022 | 4 | 0 |
2023 | 6 | 0 |
Total | 44 | 3 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 6 September 2018 | Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands | Netherlands | 1–0 | 1–2 | Friendly |
2. | 12 October 2018 | Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, United States | Chile | 2–0 | 3–0 | |
3. | 3–0 |
León
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