 Medina playing forGuadalajara | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Alberto Medina Briseño | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1983-05-29)29 May 1983 (age 42) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Culiacán,Sinaloa, Mexico | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Winger | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2012 | Guadalajara | 324 | (51) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Chivas Coras Tepic[1] | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Tapatío[2] | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Pachuca | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Puebla | 31 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | →Chiapas (loan) | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Oaxaca | 25 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Coras | 23 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 414 | (58) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2010 | Mexico | 55 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
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Alberto Medina Briseño (born 29 May 1983) is a Mexican former professionalfootballer who played as awinger. He is known asEl Venado (The Deer) due to his speed.
Medina made his professional debut forChivas on 8 August 2000 at 17 years. Alberto "El Venado" Medina (at time of reporting) had seven goals in the Apertura 2006, alongside his partnersAdolfo Bautista andOmar Bravo, and he was a major factor inChivas' Championship win for the Apertura 2006 Tournament. Medina had the game – winning assist in the championship game of the Apertura 2006 Tournament.
Beto (Medina) had a tremendous start to the Clausura 2007 Tournament, he scored six goals in eighteen games in the league. One of his more amazing goals came in the Super Clasico game against rivalsAmerica. A lob pass came fromDiego Martínez which Medina controlled in the box and with a perfect technique, cut and finished excellently with a powerful shot over America's goalie Guillermo Ochoa. Chivas went on to win 2–0 at home. Medina is part of attacking duo in the pitch alongside his teammateOmar Bravo, often switching sides on either wing to confuse the rival team. Alberto has shown that he is an important part ofChivas with his blistering speed, ball control and accurate crosses.
On June 2, 2012, Chivas sold Medina to Pachuca due to the poor last two seasons he had. Medina played for Chivas from 2000 to 2012 where he registered 323 caps on the Mexican League with 52 goals, and 39 assists.
Later that year, on November 28, Pachuca confirmed that Medina was sold to Puebla F.C. for the next season.
Ricardo Lavolpe called Medina to Mexico's national team many times, be it for friendly matches in 2003, theAthens Olympic Games in 2004, or for the2005 Confederations Cup in Germany as a substitute for senior players such asJared Borgetti or fellow Chivas playerRamón Morales.
He was called upon once again to represent theSelección de fútbol de México (Mexico national team) duringHugo Sánchez's tenure as coach. He represented his country in the 2007 Gold Cup tournament where they were finalist. He also played in Venezuela in the Copa América 2007 where his country won 3rd place and only losing to Argentina in the semi-finals.
Alberto was recalled to the national team under coachJavier Aguirre's second stint. Medina made Aguirre's squad for the2010 FIFA World Cup, scoring in all the friendlies before the start of the tournament, but did not appear in any matches.
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Mexico | 2003 | 2 | 0 |
| 2004 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 18 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2007 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 9 | 4 | |
| Total | 55 | 6 | |
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | November 10, 2004 | Alamodome,San Antonio, United States |  Guatemala | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 2. | July 13, 2005 | Reliant Stadium,Houston, United States |  Jamaica | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup |
| 3. | May 10, 2010 | Soldier Field,Chicago, United States |  Senegal | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 4. | May 16, 2010 | Estadio Azteca,Mexico City,Mexico |  Chile | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 5. | May 30, 2010 | Hans-Walter-Wild-Stadion,Bayreuth, Germany |  Gambia | 5–1 | 5–1 | Friendly |
| 6. | June 3, 2010 | King Baudouin Stadium,Brussels, Belgium |  Italy | 2–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
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