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| Full name | Javier Antonio Orozco Peñuelas | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1987-11-16) 16 November 1987 (age 36) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2005 | Cruz Azul | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2010 | Cruz Azul Hidalgo | 43 | (22) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2013 | Cruz Azul | 126 | (29) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2017 | Santos Laguna | 85 | (24) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 | → Chiapas (loan) | 12 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017 | → Veracruz (loan) | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2020 | Tampico Madero | 67 | (26) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Cancún | 15 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Xelajú | 23 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2015 | Mexico | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 December 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
Javier Antonio Orozco Peñuelas[a] (born 16 November 1987) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is popularly known by his nickname "Chuletita".[1]
Orozco made his debut on September 17, 2005, against Tigres, a game which resulted in a 1–2 victory for Cruz Azul. In the 2010 Apertura, he scored the first goal of the season, and currently leads the season with 6 goals. He scored 4 goals and had an assist against Real Salt LakeofMLS to defeat them 5–4.[2] He is also the top goalscorer in CONCACAF Champions League history, as he has netted 24 times.
On 8 June 2016, Jaguares made the signing of Chuletita official for the Apertura 2016.[3]
Orozco got his first call-up by interim coach Efraín Flores for friendly matches on September 4 and 7, 2010, against Ecuador and Colombia, respectively. He started for the first time on October 12, against Venezuela. In 2015 he was called up to represent Mexico in the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup after Javier Hernández suffered an injury in a friendly before the tournament, Mexico later went on to win that tournament
Javier Orozco is the son of Luis Antonio Orozco who played in Atletico Tecoman and Irapuato FC in the 1980s and also is brother to Luis Orozco that plays for Club Tijuana who is also a striker. Orozco is nicknamed "Chuletita" (little pork-chop). The nickname comes from his father, Luis Antonio Orozco, who earned the moniker "Chuleta" when he was six years old, by his father, who would tell him "vete por las chuletas" — a Mexican slang saying which roughly translates to "go get the money."
Cruz Azul
Santos Laguna
Mexico
Individual
As of 28 February 2016[5]
| Club | Season | League | Copa MX | Concachampions | Libertadores | Total | |||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Cruz Azul | 2005-06 | 3 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0 |
| 2006-07 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008-09 | 10 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 7 | - | - | 16 | 9 | |
| 2009-10 | 23 | 5 | - | - | 10 | 5 | - | - | 33 | 11 | |
| 2010-11 | 29 | 6 | - | - | 11 | 11 | - | - | 40 | 17 | |
| 2011-12 | 22 | 7 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 5 | 28 | 12 | |
| 2012-13 | 39 | 9 | 9 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 48 | 14 | |
| Total | 126 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 168 | 62 | |
| Santos Laguna | 2013-14 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 5 | 2 | 36 | 12 |
| 2014-15 | 36 | 12 | 13 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 49 | 17 | |
| 2015-16 | 19 | 2 | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | 23 | 3 | |
| Total | 85 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 108 | 32 | |
| Career totals | 211 | 53 | 23 | 10 | 31 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 276 | 94 | |
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Mexico | 2010 | 3 | 0 |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 14 | 0 | |
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