Alexis Cerritos
Cerritos in action with Central Valley Fuego
Personal information
Full name Ronald Alexis Cerritos Castañeda
Date of birth (2000-10-02) 2 October 2000
Place of birth Bowie, Maryland, United States
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Central Valley Fuego
Number 11
Youth career
2015–2018 D.C. United
2019 Pachuca
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019 Loudoun United 1 (0)
2020 AD Oliveirense 2 (0)
2020 Orange County SC 3 (0)
2021 Rio Grande Valley FC 22 (1)
2022– Central Valley Fuego 50 (10)
International career‡
2016–2017 El Salvador U17 7 (3)
2018 El Salvador U20 6 (0)
2017– El Salvador 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 January 2020

Ronald Alexis Cerritos Castañeda (born 2 October 2000), better known as Alexis Cerritos, is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Central Valley Fuego. Born in the United States, he plays for the El Salvador national team.

Professional

Loudoun United acquired Cerritos for the remainder of Loudoun's 2019 season.[1]

After a short stint in Portugal with AD Oliveirense, Cerritos returned to the United States, joining USL Championship side Orange County SC on September 12, 2020.[2]

Following his release from Orange County at the end of the 2020 season, Cerritos moved to USL Championship side Rio Grande Valley FC on April 7, 2021.[3]

International

Cerritos was called up to the El Salvador national under-17 football team for the 2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship.[4] He played in all the matches El Salvador played in the tournament, and scored their only goal in the tournament.[5]

Cerritos debuted for the El Salvador national football team in a friendly 1-0 win over Canada.[6] At 17 years old and 6 days, Cerritos became the second youngest player to debut for El Salvador, and the first player born in the 21st century.[7]

Personal life

Cerritos' father, Ronald Cerritos, was also a professional footballer who played for the El Salvador national football team.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Loudoun United FC have acquired midfielder Alexis Cerritos and forward Elvis Amoh for the remainder of the 2019 inaugural season". July 28, 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-07-29. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Orange County SC sign teen attacking duo Alexis Cerritos, Raymond Drai". 12 September 2020. Archived from the original on 21 January 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  3. ↑ "CABEZAS AND CERRITOS BOOST TOROS MIDFIELD & ATTACKING FRONT". rgvfc.com. 8 April 2021. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  4. ↑ "Final 20-Player Rosters Announced for the CONCACAF Under-17 Championship Panama 2017". CONCACAF. Archived from the original on 2017-11-11. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
  5. ↑ "Under 17s – Men". CONCACAF. Archived from the original on 2017-11-12. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
  6. ↑ "Academy player Alexis Cerritos makes debut for El Salvador". 10 October 2017.
  7. ↑ "Ronald Cerritos Júnior podría hacer historia con selección salvadoreña".
  8. ↑ "Academy player Alexis Cerritos called up to El Salvadoran National Team". 5 October 2017.
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