Gibrán Lajud

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Lajud and the second or maternal family name is Bojalil.

Gibrán Lajud

Lajud with Santos Laguna in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Manuel Gibrán Lajud Bojalil[1]
Date of birth	(1993-12-25) 25 December 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Mexico City, Mexico
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Guanacasteca
Youth career
	Cruz Azul
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014	Cruz Azul	0	(0)
2014–2015	→ Tijuana (loan)	1	(0)
2015–2020	Tijuana	125	(0)
2020–2024	Santos Laguna	19	(0)
2025–	Guanacasteca	0	(0)
International career
2013	Mexico U20	1	(0)
2014	Mexico U21	4	(0)
2015–2016	Mexico U23	23	(0)
2018	Mexico	1	(0)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Mexico Pan American Games 2015 Toronto Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 October 2023

Manuel Gibrán Lajud Bojalil (born 25 December 1993) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Guanacasteca.

Club career

Early career

Lajud joined the youth academy of Cruz Azul in 2009, and made his way up the ranks through the academy, playing for the under-17 and under-20 squads. He was called up to the first team.[2]

Tijuana

Lajud joined Tijuana on loan for the 2014–15 season.[3] On 26 July 2014, he made his professional debut against Club América. He came on as a substitute for the injured Cirilo Saucedo in the 73rd minute.

After the retirement of Federico Vilar, Lajud was named the starting goalkeeper for Tijuana.

Santos Laguna

On 10 July 2020, Lajud joined Santos Laguna.[4]

Guanacasteca

In December 2024, ahead of the 2025 season, Lajud signed with Costa Rican Liga FPD side A.D. Guanacasteca.[5]

International career

Mexico

Lajud was called up to the senior Mexico squad for a friendly against Bosnia and Herzegovina in January 2018.[6] He did not appear in the match. He made his debut for Mexico in a 3–2 friendly win over Costa Rica on 10 December the same year.[7]

Lebanon

During the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification, the Lebanese Football Association attempted to include Lajud to play for Lebanon, after Lebanon qualified for the third round; Lajud has yet to complete the FIFA one-time switch requirement in order to join the Lebanon national football team.[8]

Personal life

Lajud is of Lebanese descent.[9] He received his Lebanese passport on 6 November 2021.[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of 1 February 2024[11]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Tijuana (loan)	2014–15	Liga MX	1	0	12	0	—		13	0
Tijuana	2015–16	Liga MX	4	0	14	0	—		18	0
	2016–17		21	0	4	0	—		25	0
	2017–18		38	0	1	0	4[a]	0	43	0
	2018–19		35	0	3	0	—		38	0
	2019–20		27	0	0	0	1[b]	0	28	0
	Total		125	0	22	0	5	0	152	0
Santos Laguna	2021–22	Liga MX	8	0	—		2	0	10	0
	2022–23		2	0	—		—		2	0
	2023–24		9	0	—		2	0	11	0
	Total		19	0	—		4	0	23	0
Career total			145	0	34	0	9	0	175	0

1. Appearances in CONCACAF Champions League
2. Appearances in Leagues Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[12]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Mexico	2018	1	0
Total		1	0

Honours

Mexico Youth

• CONCACAF U-20 Championship: 2013
• Central American and Caribbean Games: 2014
• CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship: 2015
• Pan American Silver Medal: 2015

Individual

• CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship Best XI: 2015
• CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship Golden Glove: 2015

References

1. "FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013 List of Players: Mexico" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 23 June 2013. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2013.
2. "Manuel Gibran Lajud Bojalil". LigaMX.net (in Spanish). LIGA BBVA Bancomer MX. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
3. "Todos los fichajes del Draft Apertura 2014 de la Liga MX | TUDN Liga MX | TUDN". www.tudn.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 February 2024.
4. Editorial (7 October 2020). "Gibrán Lajud, nuevo arquero de Santos Laguna". Mediotiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 February 2024.
5. Gibrán Lajud firma con el Guanacasteca de Costa Rica, telediario.mx, 19 December 2024
6. "Mexico vs Bosnia and Herzegovina". ESPN. 9 January 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
7. "Mexico vs. Costa Rica - Football Match Report - October 11, 2018 - ESPN".
8. "Gibran Lajud could play the World Cup with Lebanon". Today in 24 English. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
9. Said Rodriguez (14 June 2014). "Refuerzo Xolos - Manuel Gibran Lajud de Cruz Azu" (in Spanish). San Diego Red. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
10. Gibran Lajud [@gibranlajud] (6 November 2021). "Con mucho orgullo les comparto que he recibido mi pasaporte Libanes" – via Instagram.
11. Gibrán Lajud at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
12. "Gibrán Lajud". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 18 June 2021.

External links

• Gibrán Lajud at Soccerway
• Gibrán Lajud at Liga MX (archive) (in Spanish)
• Gibrán Lajud at ESPN FC
• Gibrán Lajud at Olympics.com
• Gibrán Lajud on Twitter