Alejandro Zendejas Saavedra
USA
Age
28
Appearances
0
Goals
0
About Alejandro Zendejas Saavedra
Alejandro Zendejas Saavedra is named in Mauricio Pochettino's confirmed 26-man United States squad for the 2026 World Cup, where he lines up as a right winger. The 28-year-old plays his club football for Club América, where he was a productive attacker this season with 12 goals and seven assists in 33 appearances across all competitions.
He has won three Liga MX titles with Club América and was named the league's Player of the Month in January 2025, and has 14 senior caps for the United States. The United States are at the finals as one of the three co-hosts, and the draw has placed them in Group D alongside Paraguay, Australia and Turkey, with their campaign opening against Paraguay on 12 June.
He has won three Liga MX titles with Club América and was named the league's Player of the Month in January 2025, and has 14 senior caps for the United States. The United States are at the finals as one of the three co-hosts, and the draw has placed them in Group D alongside Paraguay, Australia and Turkey, with their campaign opening against Paraguay on 12 June.
World Cup 2026 Stats
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Playing Style
A left-footed right winger, Zendejas can operate on either flank and is a productive attacker for Club América, a regular source of goals and assists from wide areas. His end product showed through in the Liga MX Clausura playoffs this season, where he scored three goals. He stands 1.67 m, is left-footed and has logged 2,443 club minutes this season, going into the group stage in Mauricio Pochettino's squad at 28.
World Cup History
The 2026 World Cup is set to be Alejandro Zendejas Saavedra's first at senior level, with no senior World Cup on his record. His international career to date runs to 14 senior caps, with two goals, for the United States. Mauricio Pochettino has named him in the 26-man squad for the finals, where he is part of the group-stage squad. He stays among the United States' forward options on the final list.
National Team
USA
Tier 3
£17m
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Goal Rush Impact
Zendejas brings goals and chances from the wing to the United States: 12 goals and seven assists in 33 appearances across all competitions this season for Club América. That return of goals and assists is the wide attacking output he gives the side going forward at the finals, a winger who can both score himself and set up chances for others. On the Goal Rush card the United States are a Tier 3 side at £17m.
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Zendejas at the 2026 World Cup
Zendejas is a confirmed right winger in Mauricio Pochettino's 26-man United States squad for the 2026 World Cup, in line for his first finals. He is part of the USA side that opens its Group D campaign in June.
Picking USA in Goal Rush
The United States are a Tier 3 side at £17m on the Goal Rush card. Pochettino's side open Group D against Paraguay on 12 June, and Zendejas is among the attackers in the confirmed 26.
Alejandro Zendejas Saavedra World Cup 2026 FAQs
The United States are a Tier 3 side at £17m on the Goal Rush card. Alejandro Zendejas is in Mauricio Pochettino's confirmed 26 as a right winger, so his role is the quick reference at that team price.
Zendejas is a right winger for the United States and plays his club football for Club América. Mauricio Pochettino has named him in the final 26 for the 2026 World Cup, where the USA line up in Group D.
No. He has no previous senior World Cup appearances. The 2026 World Cup would be his first, with his place confirmed in Mauricio Pochettino's 26-man United States squad as one of the attacking options.
Zendejas plays his club football for Club América, where he has won three Liga MX titles. He is named among the United States' forwards in Mauricio Pochettino's final 26, with the USA opening their Group D campaign against Paraguay in mid-June.
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