What is Deportivo Toluca FC?

Deportivo Toluca Fútbol Club S.A. de C.V. that is commonly known as Deportivo Toluca or just Toluca is a Mexican football club. This club plays in the Liga MX which is the top-flight of Mexican football. Estadio Nemesio Díez is the stadium used by Toluca which is located in Toluca, the State of Mexico in Mexico. Toluca FC was founded in 1917.

Toluca has won the Mexican Primera División 10 times, and is the third most winning team, behind América and Guadalajara. The team has also won two domestic cups and two CONCACAF Champions’ Cup aside from the Mexican Primera Division.

Toluca is the eighth most popular team in Mexico according to a 2018 poll.

Deportivo Toluca

Players of Deportivo Toluca

First-team squad

  • 1              Alfredo Talavera
  • 2              Fernando Tobio
  • 3              Santiago García
  • 4              Adrián Mora
  • 5              Jonatan Maidana
  • 6              Aníbal Chalá
  • 7              Alan Medina
  • 8              William da Silva
  • 9              Emmanuel Gigliotti
  • 10           Diego Rigonato
  • 11           Federico Mancuello
  • 12           Ramón Pasquel
  • 15           Antonio Ríos (captain)
  • 17           Felipe Pardo
  • 22           Luis Manuel García
  • 23           Richard Ruíz (on loan from Cruz Azul)
  • 24           Ricardo Cruz
  • 25           Alexis Canelo
  • 27           Luis López
  • 28           Víctor Jaramillo
  • 29           Rodrigo Salinas
  • 30           Luis Hernández (on loan from Necaxa)
  • —           Gastón Sauro

 

Deportivo Toluca

Out on loan

  • Juan Mercado (at UAEM)
  • Carlos Galeana (at Venados)
  • Andy García (at Durango)
  • Fabián Monilla (at Malleco Unido)
  • Juan Carlos Morales (at UAEM)
  • Mario Quezada (at Sonora)
  • Carlos Gerardo Rodríguez (at Puebla)
  • Diego Aguilar (at Tlaxcala)
  • Edy Brambila (at Juárez)
  • Carlos Esquivel (at UAEM)
  • Diego González (at Herediano)
  • Brian López (at Irapuato)
  • Michel Navarro (at La Piedad)
  • Alan Rodríguez (at UdeC)
  • Renato Román (at Zacatecas)
  • Arturo Tapia (at UAEM)
  • Moisés Velasco (at Oaxaca)
  • Iván Zamora (at UAEM)
  • Diego Abella (at Puebla)
  • Martín Abundis (at UAEM)
  • Diego Gama (at Tlaxcala)
  • Alexis Ochoa (at UAEM)
  • Jonathan Osuna (at Murciélagos)

 

World Cup players

The following players have represented their country at the World Cup whilst playing for Toluca:

  • Mexico Carlos Carus (1954), as well as
  • Mexico Jorge Romo (1958), as well as
  • Enrique Sesma (1958), as well as
  • Mexico Manuel Camacho (1958), as well as
  • Mexico Carlos Blanco (1958), as well as
  • Alfredo del Águila (1962), as well as
  • Mexico Pedro Romero (1962), as well as
  • Mexico José Vantolrá (1970), as well as
  • Rigoberto Cisneros (1978), as well as
  • Mexico Javier Cárdenas (1978), as well as
  • Mexico Mario Medina (1978), as well as
  • Marcelino Bernal (1994), as well as
  • Mexico Jorge Rodríguez (1994), as well as
  • Chile Fabián Estay (1998), as well as
  • Mexico Jaime Ordiales (1998), as well as
  • Paraguay José Cardozo (1998, 2002), as well as
  • Mexico Salvador Carmona (1998, 2002), as well as
  • Mexico Rafael García (2002), as well as
  • Sinha (2006), as well as
  • Paraguay Paulo da Silva (2006), as well as
  • Mexico Miguel Ángel Ponce (2014), as well as
  • Isaác Brizuela (2014), as well as
  • Mexico Alfredo Talavera (2014, 2018)

 

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Olympic players

The following players have represented their country at the Summer Olympic Games whilst playing for Toluca:

  • Mexico Albino Morales (1964, 1968)
  • Furthermore, Mexico Vicente Pereda (1968)
  • Furthermore, Mexico Jorge Arévalo (1968)
  • Also, Mexico Alberto Macías (1992)
  • Also, Mexico Enrique Alfaro (1996)
  • Furthermore, Mexico José Manuel Abundis (1996)
  • Also, Mexico Israel López (2004)
  • Also, Mexico Sinha (2004)
  • Furthermore, Mexico Sergio Amaury Ponce (2004)
  • Furthermore, Paraguay José Cardozo (2004)
  • Also, Mexico Alfredo Talavera (2016)
  • Also, Mexico Jordan Silva (2016)