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| Full name | Gilberto Sepúlveda López[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1999-02-04) 4 February 1999 (age 25) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Guasave, Sinaloa, Mexico | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Guadalajara | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Diablos Azules de Guasave[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2019 | Guadalajara | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Guadalajara | 148 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Mexico U20 | 13 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Mexico U23 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020– | Mexico | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 June 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
Gilberto "Tiba" Sepúlveda López (born 4 February 1999) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Liga MX club Guadalajara.
Sepúlveda made his professional debut with Guadalajara on 8 January 2019, during a Copa MX group stage match against Cimarrones de Sonora in a 2–1 victory.[3] He made his Liga MX debut with the club on 1 September, playing the entire match in a 1–1 tie against Cruz Azul.[4]
On 25 October 2018, Sepúlveda was called up by Diego Ramírez to participate in that year's CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[5] As Mexico would finish runner-up in the tournament, he was listed in the tournament's Best XI.[6] In April 2019, Sepúlveda was included in the 21-player squad to represent Mexico at the U-20 World Cup in Poland.[7]
Sepúlveda participated at the 2020 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship, appearing in three matches, where Mexico won the competition.[8]
Sepúlveda received his first senior national team call up by Gerardo Martino for the 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League A matches against Panama and Bermuda in November 2019.[3] On 30 September 2020, he made his debut with the national team in a friendly match against Guatemala, coming on as a substitute during the second half for a 3–0 victory.[9]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Guadalajara | 2018–19 | Liga MX | – | 6 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 0 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 35 | 0 | – | – | – | 35 | 0 | |||||
| 2021–22 | 26 | 1 | – | – | – | 26 | 1 | |||||
| 2022–23 | 40 | 2 | – | – | — | 40 | 2 | |||||
| 2023–24 | 29 | 1 | – | – | 1[a] | 0 | 30 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 148 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 160 | 4 | ||
| Career total | 148 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 160 | 4 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Mexico | 2020 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 8 | 0 | |
Mexico U23
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