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Paul Aguilar
	Aguilar playing for Mexico at the 2014 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Paul Nicolás Aguilar Rojas
Date of birth	6 March 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Concordia, Sinaloa, Mexico
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Right wing back
Team information
Current team	América
Number	22
Youth career
2002–2004	Pachuca
Senior career*
Years	Team
2004–2011	Pachuca
2004–2005	→ Indios (loan)
2011–	América
International career‡
2007–	Mexico
Medal record
Representing Mexico
CONCACAF Gold Cup
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 May 2014; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 June 2014

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Paul Nicolás Aguilar Rojas (Template:IPA-es; born 6 March 1986) is a Mexican footballer currently playing for América of the Liga MX mainly as a Right-back.^[1]

He was part of the Mexican team that participated in the 2010 FIFA World Cup held in South Africa. He was also part of the Mexican team that won the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup held in the United States.

Aguilar is known for being an offensive-minded defender with exceptional pace who can overlap other midfielders to join in an attacking play and who also has an accurate shot from long-distance.

Club career

Pachuca

Paul Aguilar began his career with Pachuca Club de Fútbol in 2002. He started off in Pachuca's affiliate (second division) team, Pachuca Juniors. In 2004 he was loaned to Indios de Ciudad Juárez for two seasons in order to gain more experience. After returning to Pachuca in 2005 and making 27 appearances with the "B team" (Pachuca Juniors), Aguilar finally made his first-team debut in the 2006 Apertura tournament on 6 August in a match against Cruz Azul, with the match ending in a 2–3 defeat.^[2] Paul Aguilar played the entire ninety minutes and scored a goal in the 56th minute of the game.^[3] Pachuca won the 2007 Clausura championship after defeating América in the final. Paul Aguilar became a mainstay within the squad and won the confidence of manager Enrique Meza. Aguilar would barely miss a game since earning a starting position at right-back during the 2008 Clausura. Paul Aguilar also participated in the 2008 and 2010 FIFA Club World Cups with Pachuca. His performance with the club earned him a spot in the final 23-man national team squad who would play the 2010 FIFA World Cup. After five years and ten seasons with Pachuca, Paul Aguilar was sold to América for the 2011 Apertura in exchange for Juan Carlos Silva and Enrique Esqueda.^[4]

América

Paul Aguilar was officially transferred from Pachuca to América on 23 May 2011 for the Apertura 2011 tournament.^[5] Aguilar made his debut with América on 31 July 2011 in a league match against Toluca, which ended in a 1–1 draw.^[6] Upon his arrival Aguilar became a popular player with the club's fans.^[7] He is also known for his acrobatic goal celebrations, doing peculiar dances and back-flips. Paul scored his first goal with América in the 90th minute against arch-rivals Guadalajara in the Súper Clásico which América won with a 1–0 score.

On 26 May 2013, Paul Aguilar won his first title with América after defeating Cruz Azul in the Clausura final, playing in both legs.^[8]

On 26 March 2014, Aguilar signed a two-year contract extension with América, which will keep him at the club until 2016.^[9] Aguilar had previously stated publicly that he would like to end his career at América.^[10]

Aguilar made his 100th league appearance for América on 30 May in the 4–0 win over Guadalajara.^[11]^[12]

International career

Mexico national team

In October 2007 Paul Aguilar received his first call-up by coach Hugo Sánchez to play a friendly match against Nigeria, however he received no playing time. In 2009 Aguilar was called up again, now by coach Javier Aguirre, and made his debut with the national team on 30 September 2009 in a friendly match against Colombia in Dallas, with the match ending in a 1–2 defeat for Mexico. Paul Aguilar played the entire ninety minutes and scored his first international goal on his debut.^[13] He scored a simple tap-in goal inside the box being assisted by Javier Hernández. In early 2010 Javier Aguirre called up Aguilar to play international friendlies in preparation for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Mexico's first game of 2010 was a 5–0 win over Bolivia, in which Paul scored his second goal for Mexico in only his second appearance. He scored off a corner-kick, being assisted by Braulio Luna.^[14] Paul Aguilar made the final cut for those participating in the 2010 World Cup.^[15] He started in Mexico's first game against South Africa, but was substituted out for Andrés Guardado. He did not participate in any of the next three matches. In 2011 Aguilar participated in the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup held in the United States, however only playing in one match in the competition (the semi-final match against Honduras). Aguilar also participated in the 2011 Copa America held in Argentina, playing in all three group matches as a right-back. In 2012 he saw no activity with the national team.

In 2013 Aguilar received a call up by new coach Miguel Herrera for the two World Cup intercontinental playoff matches against New Zealand. Aguilar would go on to score Mexico's first goal in the 5–1 win over New Zealand at the Estadio Azteca on 13 November. The playoff ended in a combined 9-3 win for Mexico, thus qualifying them to the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Aguilar would be included in the final 23-man squad for the tournament.

International goals

As of 13 November 2013^[16]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	30 September 2009	Cotton Bowl, Dallas, United States	Colombia	1–2	1–2	Friendly
2.	25 February 2010	Candlestick Park, San Francisco, United States	Bolivia	5–0	5–0	Friendly
3.	13 November 2013	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico	New Zealand	1–0	5–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Club

Pachuca

Primera División (1): Clausura 2007
Copa Sudamericana (2): 2006
CONCACAF Champions League (3): 2007, 2008, 2009–10

América

Liga MX (1): Clausura 2013

International

Mexico

CONCACAF Gold Cup (1): 2011

References

^ Paul Aguilar – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)
^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzr-uJFobOU
^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzr-uJFobOU
^ http://televisadeportes.esmas.com/futbol/futbolmexico/equipos/pachuca/291492/paul-aguilar-reforzara-al-america/
^ "Paul Aguilar llega al América". Medio Tiempo. Retrieved 23 May 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Toluca 1 - 1 América". Medio Tiempo. Retrieved 1 August 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ http://americamonumental.com/aguilas/las-travesuras-de-paul-aguilar-en-el-entrenamiento
^ "¡América es Campéon de la Liga MX!". Club América. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
^ "Paul Aguilar firma por dos años man con el América". Radio Fórmula. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
^ "Paul Aguilar quiere retirarse en el América". Diario Récord. Retrieved 18 February 2013. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Paul Aguilar por el centenario en el clásico". Club América. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
^ "Crónica: Chivas 0-4 América". Club América. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxqdpilJ_K4
^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZfma_43r-o
^ http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/players/player=289195/index.html
^ "Paul Aguilar International Goals".

External links

Transfermarkt profile
Paul Aguilar at National-Football-Teams.com

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[1] Paul Aguilar – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)

[2] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzr-uJFobOU

[3] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzr-uJFobOU

[4] ttp://televisadeportes.esmas.com/futbol/futbolmexico/equipos/pachuca/291492/paul-aguilar-reforzara-al-america/

[5] "Paul Aguilar llega al América". Medio Tiempo. Retrieved 23 May 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[6] "Toluca 1 - 1 América". Medio Tiempo. Retrieved 1 August 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[7] ttp://americamonumental.com/aguilas/las-travesuras-de-paul-aguilar-en-el-entrenamiento

[8] "¡América es Campéon de la Liga MX!". Club América. Retrieved 27 May 2013.

[9] "Paul Aguilar firma por dos años man con el América". Radio Fórmula. Retrieved 26 March 2014.

[10] "Paul Aguilar quiere retirarse en el América". Diario Récord. Retrieved 18 February 2013. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[11] "Paul Aguilar por el centenario en el clásico". Club América. Retrieved 28 March 2014.

[12] "Crónica: Chivas 0-4 América". Club América. Retrieved 31 March 2014.

[13] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxqdpilJ_K4

[14] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZfma_43r-o

[15] ttp://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/players/player=289195/index.html

[16] "Paul Aguilar International Goals".

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 ==International career==
 ===Mexico national team===
+[[File:Paul Aguilar.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Paul Aguilar in the [[2010 FIFA World Cup]].]]
 In October 2007 Paul Aguilar received his first call-up by coach [[Hugo Sánchez]] to play a friendly match against [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]], however he received no playing time. In 2009 Aguilar was called up again, now by coach [[Javier Aguirre]], and made his debut with the national team on 30 September 2009 in a friendly match against [[Colombia national football team|Colombia]] in [[Cotton Bowl (stadium)|Dallas]], with the match ending in a 1–2 defeat for [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]]. Paul Aguilar played the entire ninety minutes and scored his first international goal on his debut.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxqdpilJ_K4</ref> He scored a simple tap-in goal inside the box being assisted by [[Javier Hernández Balcazar|Javier Hernández]]. In early 2010 [[Javier Aguirre]] called up Aguilar to play international friendlies in preparation for the [[2010 FIFA World Cup]] in [[South Africa]]. Mexico's first game of 2010 was a 5–0 win over [[Bolivia national football team|Bolivia]], in which Paul scored his second goal for Mexico in only his second appearance. He scored off a corner-kick, being assisted by [[Braulio Luna]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZfma_43r-o</ref> Paul Aguilar made the final cut for those participating in the [[2010 World Cup]].<ref>http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/southafrica2010/players/player=289195/index.html</ref>
 He started in Mexico's first game against [[South Africa national football team|South Africa]], but was substituted out for [[Andrés Guardado]]. He did not participate in any of the next three matches. In 2011 Aguilar participated in the [[2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup]] held in the United States, however only playing in one match in the competition (the semi-final match against [[Honduras national football team|Honduras]]). Aguilar also participated in the [[2011 Copa America]] held in [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]], playing in all three group matches as a right-back. In 2012 he saw no activity with the national team.
 In 2013 Aguilar received a call up by new coach [[Miguel Herrera]] for the two [[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF – OFC play-off)|World Cup intercontinental playoff matches]] against [[New Zealand national football team|New Zealand]]. Aguilar would go on to score Mexico's first goal in the 5–1 win over New Zealand at the Estadio Azteca on 13 November. The playoff ended in a combined 9-3 win for Mexico, thus qualifying them to the [[2014 FIFA World Cup]]. Aguilar would be included in the final 23-man squad for the tournament.
 ===International goals===