A decade later, and with new leadershipBlue Cross put back a academy player in European football; the last time he achieved it was in the year 2012 con Xavier Aquino.
Today, in the 2022The front Santiago Gimenez is the representation of a basic forces project that resumes power, with the aim of returning to be important in the creation of homemade talent.
Gimenez will emigrate to Netherlands to play with him Feyenoord de la Eredivisie; the deal is 90 percent done of ownership for the Dutch box and the 10 for the cruzazulinos, that they will receive profits in future movements of the 22-year-old youth, and it started from a little school in La Maquina.
When in January 2013, La Maquina made official the sale of Javier Aquino to Villarreal of Spain -which was in the Second Division-, Santiago began to show his talent, with the support of his father, Christian “Chaco” Gimenezfigure of Cruz Azul (2010-2017).
John Francis Palencia It is an example of the export capacity of Cruz Azul; formed in the inferiors of La Maquina, he made his professional debut on December 23, 1994. Paco stayed with the team until 2001when following a superb performance in the Copa Libertadores de América he was signed by Espanyol Barcelonawhere he played for 2002 and then returned to the cradle.
former player Ricardo Osorio It is another example of those times in which La Maquina exported talent; After the 2006 World Cup in Germany, the VfB Stuttgart paid the Mexican club 4 million euros to play defense.
“I am happy. What a pity that it took so long to remove young people from that institution that I love so much! In fact, 90 percent of the young people who come to the quarry have no moneyWe went to a club like Cruz Azul that didn’t charge me anything, suddenly they gave me food and a clubhouse. I would love for him to come back. It would be a huge help for those of us who don’t have enough for shoes or food; It helped a lot.”
For osoriothe important thing for an exporting club is that, “In the end, if four or five players are sold, you get what little you gave themI don’t know how much I cost when I was young, or what they gave me, but when they sold me to Germany they got back three or four times what they invested. all i want is thatlet them go to Europe, let them be more and more every day. There aren’t enough yet. we were Pavel Pardo (2006. America al Stuttgart), Rafael Marquez (1999. Atlas to Monaco), a server, the same Chicharito Hernandez (2010. Chivas to Manchester United). We are very few”, he recalled. Ricardo Osorio.
THE DEPARTURE OF JAVIER AQUINO
It was in the winter of the year 2012when in La Noria the arrival of Xavier Aquino23 years old, at Villarreal for the 2012-2013 season, in search of promotion to the First Division in Spain.
“This is a great club, despite what is said. I’m proud to come here to play. I didn’t hesitate, because I believe that a player should look for new challenges and these are the ones that make you grow and be better. This challenge is very niceI want to promote Villarreal”, he said at the time Aquinowith the illusion of contributing to the club in its objectives.
Villarreal achieved the taskbut Javier Aquino was no longer regular in the First Division and in the summer of 2014 passed to Rayo Vallecano; in 2015, Tigres was in charge of repatriating him to Mexico.
WHAT HAPPENED WITH NÉSTOR ARAUJO
Nestor Araujo He is part of that last litter of players from Cruz Azul who managed to play football in Europe.
After the Closing Tournament Final 2013 once morest America, the player sought new airs and in Santos took off with a great soccer level, which earned him that in 2018 he was catapulted to the Celtic of Vigountil his return once more to Liga MX, via the America in this 2022.
