Eduardo Aguirre (footballer)
Eduardo Daniel Aguirre Lara (born 3 August 1998) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a striker for Liga MX club Santos Laguna. He represented Mexico in various youth levels, especially at the 2018 Toulon Tournament, representing the Mexico U21 team, where he was the top scorer with 7 goals. Club career. He started his youth career at Santos Laguna in 2013 and broke into the senior team in 2017. He subsequently joined Tampico on loan in 2017, where he would have his senior debut against Zacatepec on 22 July 2017, finishing with a 0–0 draw . On 14 February 2018, he would score his first senior goal against Universidad de Guadalajara in a 4–2 victory. On 16 February 2020, he scored his first goal against Tigres UANL in a 2–1 victory, managing to score both goals for his team. International career. Youth. He was part of the roster that participated in the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile. In the round-of-16 match against Chile, he would score Mexico's third goal at the 69th minute where the team won 4–1. He was part of the roster that participated at the 2018 Toulon Tournament. He  was the top scorer of the tournament with 7 goals. He was also part of the roster that participated at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games. He would score Mexico's 2 goals in the entire tournament, scoring a penalty in their 2–1 loss against Venezuela and giving Mexico the lead against Haiti but eventually tying 1–1, ending up as last in Group B with 1 point. He was called up to participate in the 2020 Summer Olympics. He won the bronze medal with the Mexican Olympic team. Senior. Aguirre received his first call-up to the Mexico national  team by Gerardo Martino, and made his debut on 27 October 2021 in a friendly match against Ecuador, coming in as a substitute in the 65th minute for Santiago Giménez. Honours. Mexico Youth Individual