Their 2026 World Cup
Four games and 315 minutes in the hosts' defence.
Match by match
C. Montes played 4 matches for Mexico, starting every one.
| Round | Match | His game |
|---|---|---|
| Group A | vs South Africa 2-0 | Started, played the full match · 🟥 |
| Group A | vs Czech Republic 3-0 | Started, played the full match |
| Round of 32 | vs Ecuador 2-0 | Started, played the full match |
| Round of 16 | vs England 2-3 | Started, off on 46′ |
Who he is
- Born
- 24 February 1997 · aged 29 at the World Cup
- Birthplace
- Hermosillo
- Height
- 1.91 m
Data: Wikidata (CC0).
Biography
César Jasib Montes Castro (born 24 February 1997) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Russian Premier League club FC Lokomotiv Moscow and the Mexico national team.
Monterrey During a youth league playoff match with Pobablo Miguel Alemán FC against Monterrey, he caught the attention of the opposing team. He was eventually brought onto Monterrey's youth team and on 2 August 2015, Montes played his first match with Monterrey against the Portuguese team Benfica on the inauguration of the Estadio BBVA Bancomer. Montes came in as a substitute for the second half, and at the 48th minute he scored the first ever-goal in the Estadio BBVA Bancomer. Monterrey defeated Benfica 3–0. Montes made his official debut for Monterrey on 29 July 2015, against Correcaminos UAT in an Apertura 2015 Copa MX group stage match, where Monterrey defeated Correcaminos 3–1. At the end of the 2016 Clausura, he was listed in the Best XI. At the end of December 2019, Montes would win the 2019 Apertura finals against América.
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · opening summary of the article.
Tournament data from API-Football. See more rankings on the World Cup data hub.
Photo: Selección Nacional de México · Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0)