Overview

• He began as Tijuana’s captain at Estadio Caliente and was substituted after a brief runout to a guard of honor and applause during the Jornada 11 fixture.
• His career finishes at 753 official matches with 222 clean sheets, plus 54 senior caps for Mexico and selections to the 2006, 2014 and 2018 World Cup squads without minutes.
• He is remembered for captaining Mexico’s London 2012 Olympic gold medal run and for lifting Cruz Azul’s 2021 Liga MX title that ended a 23‑year drought.
• Cruz Azul marked the occasion with an official tribute post lauding him as a multi‑title winner and enduring club leader.
• In interviews ahead of the send‑off, he endorsed Luis Ángel Malagón as Mexico’s best current option in goal for the 2026 World Cup.