Carlos Acevedo
Mexico
GK
Age
30
Appearances
0
Clean sheets
0
About Carlos Acevedo
Carlos Acevedo is one of Javier Aguirre's 26 for the 2026 World Cup, a goalkeeper in the Mexico squad. Mexico take their place in the finals as one of the co-hosts, and the Santos Laguna keeper goes into the tournament aged 30 and valued at around €2.8 million.
An experienced Liga MX goalkeeper who has been at Santos Laguna since 2017, Acevedo brings a settled club career to Aguirre's goalkeeping options and has been a regular in the Santos Laguna goal this season. At 30, he gives Mexico an experienced option in the goalkeeping department for the group stage, the kind of reliability a squad values heading into a home World Cup. Mexico open their Group A campaign against South Africa on 11 June 2026, with South Korea and the Czech Republic to follow in the group.
An experienced Liga MX goalkeeper who has been at Santos Laguna since 2017, Acevedo brings a settled club career to Aguirre's goalkeeping options and has been a regular in the Santos Laguna goal this season. At 30, he gives Mexico an experienced option in the goalkeeping department for the group stage, the kind of reliability a squad values heading into a home World Cup. Mexico open their Group A campaign against South Africa on 11 June 2026, with South Korea and the Czech Republic to follow in the group.
World Cup 2026 Stats
Appearances
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Minutes played
0
Clean sheets
0
Goals conceded
0
Saves
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Playing Style
Carlos Acevedo is a commanding shot-stopper, an experienced Liga MX goalkeeper known for his reflexes and for his calm distribution under pressure. Settled at Santos Laguna since 2017, he brings that profile between the posts for Mexico, the qualities of a goalkeeper who has spent years as a top-flight number one. He is listed at 1.85 m and is right-footed. This season he has logged 2,860 minutes of Liga MX football, a full workload that points to his regular role in club goal.
World Cup History
The 2026 World Cup will be Carlos Acevedo's second. He was part of Mexico's squad at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, where the team went out at the group stage, and Javier Aguirre has named him in the 26 once more for 2026. The goalkeeper arrives with 12 senior caps for Mexico. Being named in a second World Cup squad underlines the standing he has built as one of the country's goalkeeping options.
National Team
Mexico
Tier 3
£17m
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Goal Rush Impact
Acevedo's value to Mexico is the work of a goalkeeper: shot-stopping and distribution from a keeper with a long Liga MX grounding. His club season this term reads 32 appearances for Santos Laguna, the form of a regular number one. On the Goal Rush card Mexico are a Tier 3 side at £17m. That goalkeeping experience and reliability between the posts is what Mexico get from him at the finals.
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Acevedo at the 2026 World Cup
Acevedo is a confirmed goalkeeper in Javier Aguirre's 26-man Mexico squad for the 2026 World Cup. As co-hosts, Mexico open Group A against South Africa on 11 June, with South Korea and the Czech Republic to come.
Picking Mexico in Goal Rush
A Tier 3 team, Mexico are set at £17m for the tournament. Acevedo is one of the goalkeepers in Aguirre's 26, part of the Mexico squad for the group stage.
Carlos Acevedo World Cup 2026 FAQs
Mexico are a Tier 3 team at £17m on the Goal Rush card. Acevedo is one of their goalkeepers, named in Javier Aguirre's confirmed 26, so for Goal Rush he is a squad name at that mid-tier team price rather than a goalscoring pick.
Acevedo is a goalkeeper for Mexico. He plays his club football for Santos Laguna and is part of Javier Aguirre's national-team squad for the 2026 World Cup, named in Mexico's final 26-man group as one of the goalkeepers.
Acevedo was named in Mexico's squad for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, making 2026 his second World Cup as part of the squad. Javier Aguirre has selected him in the 26 again, with Mexico in the finals as co-hosts.
Acevedo plays his club football for Santos Laguna. He is named among Mexico's goalkeepers in Javier Aguirre's final 26, with the co-hosts opening their Group A campaign against South Africa in mid-June.
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