Raúl Enríquez

Raúl Enríquez
	Enríquez playing for Tijuana
Personal information
Full name	Raúl Enríquez Arámbula
Date of birth	20 May 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	Armeria, Colima, Mexico
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
2005–2006	Chiapas
2006–2007	Petroleros
2007–2013	Tijuana
2013–2015	Sinaloa
2016	Zacatecas
2016–2018	FC Juárez
2020	Halcones de Zapopan
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 April 2017

Raúl Enríquez Arámbula (born 20 May 1985) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Career

In 2007, Enríquez signed for second division side Club Tijuana. Enríquez quickly became an integral member of the first-team, being the club's first-choice striker. During the 2010 Apertura, he helped the club gain promotion to the first division as Tijuana finished in first place in the regular campaign before defeating Veracruz 3–0 in the two-legged Liguilla final. Two years later, Enríquez was lifting another league title with Tijuana, this time the Liga MX Apertura. He is currently the club's all-time top goalscorer with 77 goals.

In 2013, Enríquez was loaned to Dorados de Sinaloa after six years with Tijuana; however, he returned to Tijuana after playing two matches with Sinaloa. After being loaned over the last two seasons, Raul was loaned to Juarez where he scored 19 goals and was the joint scorer in the league. He was link with clubs giant like Loros and Tampico Maderos, but he chose to stay with Juarez as his dream is to play with Tijuana again.

Personal life

On 12 September 2022, Enríquez was arrested^[1] at the Otay Mesa, San Diego, California checkpoint for allegedly trying to smuggle two undocumented individuals in the truck he was driving. He was reportedly driving a Cadillac pickup truck on his way to a game in Santa Ana, but was questioned by an agent when attempting to cross the border line, according to documents^[2] filed with the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.

Honours

Tijuana

Dorados de Sinaloa

Ascenso MX: Clausura 2015

Individual

Top goalscorer: Primera A Apertura 2008, Copa MX Clausura 2015

References

^ "Enriquez arrested for human trafficking". ADNAmerica.com. 15 September 2022. Archived from the original on 16 September 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
^ "Court arrest information". NBCSanDiego.com. 15 September 2022. Archived from the original on 16 September 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.

External links

Raúl Enríquez Arámbula at Liga MX (archive) (in Spanish)
Raúl Enríquez Arámbula at Ascenso MX at the Wayback Machine (archived 15 June 2016) (in Spanish)
Raúl Enríquez – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)
Raúl Enríquez at ESPN FC
Raúl Enríquez at Soccerway

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[1] "Enriquez arrested for human trafficking". ADNAmerica.com. 15 September 2022. Archived from the original on 16 September 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.

[2] "Court arrest information". NBCSanDiego.com. 15 September 2022. Archived from the original on 16 September 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.

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