Gilberto Mora wrote his name in the history of the Mexican national team by becoming the youngest player to debut in an official match for the Tricolor when he was used by coach Javier “Vasco” Aguirre from the start in the match where they eliminated Saudi Arabia from the Gold Cup 2-0.

A fact significant where the young player of the Xolos de Tijuana placed his name alongside elements such as Rafael Marquez, Carlos Vela and Giovani dos Santos, in the most recent stage of the national team and where the youngster with 16 years and 257 days surpassed the record of Carlos Laviada who had done the same with 18 years and 215 days.

Even Gilberto Mora surpassed the records also of players like Luis Chino Estrada in the 70s and Diego Reyes, current player of the Tigres de la UANL who were also called up to the national team at a young age.

Other players who debuted very young

Within this privileged list of players at a young age who made their appearance with the national team in official matches we can include in the last two decades elements such as Giovani dos Santos who debuted at 18 years, 3 months and 29 days in 2007 after that brilliant stage as world champion in the Under-17 category in 2005.

There also appears the misunderstood Carlos Vela, who appeared with the national team at 18 years, 6 months and 14 days also in 2007 and who two years earlier had appeared with special brilliance alongside Giovani dos Santos in the forward line that was crowned at the 2005 Children's World Cup in Peru.

Another element that made his appearance at a young age is Diego Lainez, who appeared in the senior team at 18 years old, after his debut with the Aguilas del America, while Jonathan Gonzalez did so at 18 years, 9 months and 19 days in a duel against Bosnia in 2008.

For his part, Luis Velez did so in 1999 at 17 years, 11 months and six days in a duel against Ecuador, While Rafael Marquez appeared at 17 years old at the beginning of a great career that made him an icon of the national team with five World Cups.