Signings Report — Liga MX 2019

Clubs' accuracy in the market · Published on December 23, 2019

We identified 197 real signings across the 19 clubs of Liga MX; 194 are included in the hit-rate calculation (3 youth investments set aside). Signings without relevant game time are classified as unsuccessful. League average hit rate: 31%.

Hit rate by club

1º Necaxa (5th in the league · 12 eval.)
58%
2º Monarcas (6th in the league · 9 eval.)
50%
3º Monterrey (9th in the league · 3 eval.)
50%
4º Club Queretaro (8th in the league · 13 eval.)
42%
5º Club America (1st in the league · 11 eval.)
41%
6º Leon (2nd in the league · 5 eval.)
40%
7º U.N.A.M. - Pumas (12th in the league · 9 eval.)
39%
8º Atletico San Luis (13th in the league · 20 eval.)
35%
9º FC Juarez (15th in the league · 24 eval.)
33%
10º CF Pachuca (11th in the league · 13 eval.)
31%
11º Atlas (17th in the league · 10 eval.)
30%
12º Santos Laguna (3rd in the league · 5 eval.)
30%
13º Cruz Azul (7th in the league · 6 eval.)
25%
14º Club Tijuana (14th in the league · 16 eval.)
22%
15º Toluca (18th in the league · 8 eval.)
19%
16º Puebla (16th in the league · 12 eval.)
17%
17º Guadalajara Chivas (10th in the league · 7 eval.)
14%
18º Tigres UANL (4th in the league · 4 eval.)
12%
19º Veracruz (19th in the league · 7 eval.)
0%

Detailed ranking

ClubLeague positionSigningsEvaluatedSuccessfulFairUnsuccessfulHit rate %
Necaxa121270558%
Monarcas9925250%
Monterrey3311150%
Club Queretaro131351742%
Club America111125441%
Leon6520340%
U.N.A.M. - Pumas12º9923439%
Atletico San Luis13º2020461035%
FC Juarez15º2524641433%
10ºCF Pachuca11º131324731%
11ºAtlas17º101014530%
12ºSantos Laguna6511330%
13ºCruz Azul6603325%
14ºClub Tijuana14º161607922%
15ºToluca18º8811619%
16ºPuebla16º121204817%
17ºGuadalajara Chivas10º7702514%
18ºTigres UANL4401312%
19ºVeracruz19º770070%

Season Highlights

PlayerClubMinG+ANotaRating
Mauro QuirogaNecaxa274918+77.32Excellent
Darío LezcanoFC Juarez217312+47.14Excellent
Luis MendozaMonarcas21574+87.06Excellent
Ismael SosaLeon176610+67.03Excellent
Alonso EscobozaClub Queretaro17923+47.34Excellent

Methodology

Only genuine signings for the first-team squad are considered — academy promotions, loan returns and internal moves are excluded. Each evaluated signing is classified into five tiers from a score that combines match ratings, attacking output adjusted for game time and consistency over the season, in comparison with the other players in the competition. Successful signings count as a full point; Fair ones, half a point.

Appendix — Signings by club

* Youth investment (under-23, no game time) — outside the calculation.

Atlas (10 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Camilo Vargas28252000Good
Hugo Nervo26228600Below expectations
Jesús Angulo15130600Below expectations
Javier Correa21112931Fair
Mauricio Cuero1799134Fair
Luciano Acosta1081011Fair
Ignacio Jeraldino977420Below expectations
Germán Conti763000Fair
José Abella859410Did not deliver
Rodolfo Vilchis0000Did not deliver

Atletico San Luis (20 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Carlos Rodriguez27243001Fair
Luis Reyes27240815Excellent
Matías Catalán26228221Good
Camilo Mayada26222801Fair
Ian González Nieto23153121Fair
Germán Berterame23134360Good
Dionicio Escalante17133201Did not deliver
Unai Bilbao14126010Good
Jorge Sánchez19107101Below expectations
Joaquín Laso1194500Did not deliver
Oscar Macias1676512Fair
Noé Maya1075900Did not deliver
Oscar Benitez1167610Below expectations
Felipe Gallegos865200Fair
Javier Cortés636701Fair
Diego Hernández528701Below expectations
Ricardo Centurión928500Did not deliver
Mario de Luna826000Did not deliver
Axel Werner19000Did not deliver
Diego Valdez34110Did not deliver

CF Pachuca (13 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Gustavo Cabral26219910Fair
Rubens Sambueza24199515Excellent
Rodrigo Rey18162000Below expectations
Romario Ibarra20122642Good
Luis Chavez2082622Below expectations
Jonathan Copete1378812Fair
Colin Kazim-Richards956321Fair
Óscar Ustari545000Fair
Cristian Souza512800Did not deliver
Juan Iturbe412400Did not deliver
Christian Cueva23300Did not deliver
Heriberto Olvera0000Did not deliver
Franco Torgnascioli0000Did not deliver

Club America (11 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Guillermo Ochoa28252000Good
Richard Sánchez21170814Excellent
Fernando González26137800Did not deliver
Giovani Dos Santos20119622Fair
Federico Viñas1480671Fair
Luis Fuentes978420Fair
Leonardo Suárez945210Fair
Óscar Jiménez327000Fair
Alonso Escoboza625400Did not deliver
Leonel López623201Did not deliver
Santiago Cáseres519500Did not deliver

Club Queretaro (13 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Clifford Aboagye30241710Good
Fabian Castillo28188653Good
Alonso Escoboza20179234Excellent
Jair Pereira16135330Good
Jeison Lucumí20130044Excellent
Cadete18119500Did not deliver
Julián Velázquez1088500Did not deliver
Enrique Triverio1980221Below expectations
Ariel Nahuelpán864951Fair
Omar Arellano1439600Did not deliver
Jefferson Orejuela423300Did not deliver
Michael Perez412300Did not deliver
Antonio Nava19000Did not deliver

Club Tijuana (16 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Aldo Cruz19153201Below expectations
Mauro Laínez23150533Fair
Leonel Miranda17142330Fair
Vladimir Loroña17141511Did not deliver
Camilo Sanvezzo20133460Fair
Leandro Gonzalez Pirez1090010Fair
Jordan Silva1184700Did not deliver
Christian Rivera1077100Did not deliver
Miguel Barbieri863501Fair
Washington Camacho1155221Fair
Ángel Sepúlveda1951220Did not deliver
César Falletti843000Did not deliver
Alfonso Sanchez631700Did not deliver
Alexis Castro629320Fair
Edwin Cardona415500Did not deliver
Jorge Rojas38500Did not deliver

Cruz Azul (6 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Juan Escobar22175112Fair
Luís Romo981020Fair
Pol Fernández1249601Fair
Alex Castro515701Did not deliver
Pablo Ceppelini512200Did not deliver
Lucas Passerini43300Did not deliver

FC Juarez (25 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Edmundo Vazquez28252000Good
Victor Velazquez27243010Good
Israel Jiménez27240702Below expectations
Darío Lezcano252173124Excellent
Jefferson Intriago23206515Excellent
Mauro Fernandez25185923Fair
Joaquin Esquivel22179011Good
Angelo Sagal24145431Below expectations
Diego Rolán18142980Good
Flavio Santos26138131Fair
Alberto Acosta14120800Below expectations
Jonathan Lacerda13104500Did not deliver
Elio Castro1687100Did not deliver
Bruno Romo864620Fair
Edy Brambila1352700Did not deliver
Elsinho850500Did not deliver
Eder Borelli650200Did not deliver
Maximiliano Olivera646912Fair
Gabriel Hachen1530000Did not deliver
William Mendieta626701Below expectations
Lucas Xavier526300Did not deliver
Joaquín Noy416900Did not deliver
Eduardo Perez37900Did not deliver
Brian Rubio *66310Investment
Gael Sandoval14500Did not deliver

Guadalajara Chivas (7 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Antonio Briseño14110711Fair
Oribe Peralta1568311Did not deliver
Uriel Antuna964501Fair
Cristian Calderon422400Did not deliver
Jose Madueña320500Did not deliver
Jesús Ricardo Angulo717500Did not deliver
Giovani Hernandez0000Did not deliver

Leon (6 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Ismael Sosa261766106Excellent
Leonardo Javier Ramos20109763Good
Jaine Barreiro872000Did not deliver
Jown Cardona723401Below expectations
José Godínez1321100Did not deliver
Nicolás Sosa *21200Investment

Monarcas (9 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Joaquín Martínez29232314Fair
Luis Mendoza30215748Excellent
Fernando Aristeguieta31210482Excellent
José Ortiz1591111Did not deliver
Martín Rodríguez1077630Fair
Lucas Villafanez1677322Fair
Gonzalo Jara654000Below expectations
Jorge Valdivia327001Fair
Carlos Vargas320110Fair

Monterrey (3 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Vincent Janssen24104052Good
Matías Kranevitter326100Fair
Aké Arnaud Loba312710Did not deliver

Necaxa (12 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Mauro Quiroga322749187Excellent
Claudio Baeza30256414Excellent
Ricardo Chávez30247602Good
Juan Delgado29227654Excellent
Rodrigo Noya26224220Good
Jesús Ricardo Angulo21178547Excellent
Maximiliano Salas30157483Good
Julio González654000Below expectations
Fernando Arce Jr.653200Did not deliver
Diego Chávez725210Did not deliver
Yerko Leiva416500Did not deliver
Guillermo Madrigal714300Did not deliver

Puebla (12 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Maximiliano Perg23202200Fair
Diego Abella1591810Below expectations
Javier Salas980900Below expectations
Angel Zaldívar970220Fair
Osvaldo Martínez1068512Fair
Rodolfo Salinas529900Did not deliver
Jorge Zarate827011Did not deliver
Cristian Menéndez726020Fair
Jesus Paganoni319600Below expectations
Daniel Lajud19000Did not deliver
Luis Noriega1800Did not deliver
Alejandro Zamudio0000Did not deliver

Santos Laguna (6 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Fernando Gorriarán28248403Good
Erick Castillo28221942Fair
Félix Torres13112500Did not deliver
Josecarlos van Rankin1089401Below expectations
Octavio Rivero1832830Below expectations
Alan Cervantes *32600Investment

Tigres UANL (4 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Diego Reyes863700Did not deliver
Jordan Sierra630702Fair
Nico López426500Did not deliver
Koffi Dakoi0000Did not deliver

Toluca (8 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Anibal Chalá26204402Below expectations
Luis Hernández24197325Good
Diego Rigonato1396400Did not deliver
Gastón Sauro1082400Below expectations
Javier Guemez968411Fair
Kevin Escamilla529700Did not deliver
Ricardo Cruz49000Did not deliver
Carlos Cisneros34900Did not deliver

U.N.A.M. - Pumas (9 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
Juan Vigón21155631Good
Nicolas Freire17141420Good
Johan Vásquez1090010Fair
Alejandro Mayorga1081002Below expectations
Favio Álvarez1066122Fair
Sebastian Saucedo1059512Fair
Juan Dinenno832840Below expectations
Martín Barragán419200Did not deliver
Leonel López416900Did not deliver

Veracruz (7 signings)

PlayerMatchesMinutesGoalsAssistsRating
L. Lozoya1499501Did not deliver
Abraham González1396100Did not deliver
Gaspar Iñíguez1081300Did not deliver
Jesus Henestrosa926802Below expectations
Leitón Jiménez210900Did not deliver
Federico Illanes28200Did not deliver
Julio González0000Did not deliver
Signings Report · Liga MX 2019 · December 23, 2019