# Gibrán Lajud

Manuel Gibrán Lajud Bojalil (born 25 December 1993) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Guanacasteca.

## Club career
### Early career

Lajud joined the youth academy of Cruz Azul in 2009, and made his way up the ranks through the academy, playing for the under-17 and under-20 squads. He was called up to the first team.

### Tijuana

Lajud joined Tijuana on loan for the 2014–15 season. On 26 July 2014, he made his professional debut against Club América. He came on as a substitute for the injured Cirilo Saucedo in the 73rd minute.
After the retirement of Federico Vilar, Lajud was named the starting goalkeeper for Tijuana.

### Santos Laguna

On 10 July 2020, Lajud joined Santos Laguna.

### Guanacasteca

In December 2024, ahead of the 2025 season, Lajud signed with Costa Rican Liga FPD side A.D. Guanacasteca.

## International career
### Mexico

Lajud was called up to the senior Mexico squad for a friendly against Bosnia and Herzegovina in January 2018. He did not appear in the match. He made his debut for Mexico in a 3–2 friendly win over Costa Rica on 10 December the same year.

### Lebanon

During the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification, the Lebanese Football Association attempted to include Lajud to play for Lebanon, after Lebanon qualified for the third round; Lajud has yet to complete the FIFA one-time switch requirement in order to join the Lebanon national football team.

## Personal life

Lajud is of Lebanese descent. He received his Lebanese passport on 6 November 2021.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of 1 February 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Continental | Continental | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Tijuana (loan) | 2014–15 | Liga MX | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 |
| Tijuana | 2015–16 | Liga MX | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 |
| Tijuana | 2016–17 | Liga MX | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 0 |
| Tijuana | 2017–18 | Liga MX | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 0 |
| Tijuana | 2018–19 | Liga MX | 35 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 0 |
| Tijuana | 2019–20 | Liga MX | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| Tijuana | Total | Total | 125 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 152 | 0 |
| Santos Laguna | 2021–22 | Liga MX | 8 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Santos Laguna | 2022–23 | Liga MX | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 |
| Santos Laguna | 2023–24 | Liga MX | 9 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Santos Laguna | Total | Total | 19 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 145 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 175 | 0 |
* ↑ Appearances in CONCACAF Champions League
* ↑ Appearances in Leagues Cup

### International

Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Mexico | 2018 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 1 | 0 |

## Honours

Mexico Youth
* CONCACAF U-20 Championship: 2013
* Central American and Caribbean Games: 2014
* CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship: 2015
* Pan American Silver Medal: 2015
Individual
* CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship Best XI: 2015
* CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship Golden Glove: 2015