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{{short description|Mexican footballer (born 1983)}}
{{family name hatnote|Medina|Briseño|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Alberto Medina
| image = Alberto Medina-Chivas.jpg
| caption = Medina playing for [[C.D. Guadalajara|Guadalajara]]
| fullname = Alberto Medina Briseño
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|5|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Culiacán]], [[Sinaloa]], Mexico
| height = 1.72 m
| currentclub  = 
| position = [[Midfielder#Winger|Winger]]
| years1 = 2000–2012
| clubs1 = [[C.D. Guadalajara|Guadalajara]]
| caps1  = 323
| goals1 = 54
| years2 = 2006
| clubs2 = [[Coras FC|Chivas Coras Tepic]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ligamx.net/cancha/jugador/23794 | title=LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional }}</ref>
| caps2  = 1
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2007
| clubs3 = [[C.D. Tapatío|Tapatío]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ligamx.net/cancha/jugador/23794 | title=LIGA MX - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional }}</ref>
| caps3  = 1
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2012
| clubs4 = [[C.F. Pachuca|Pachuca]]
| caps4  = 6
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2013–2014
| clubs5 = [[Club Puebla|Puebla]]
| caps5 = 31
| goals5 = 1
| years6 = 2014–2015
| clubs6 = → [[Chiapas F.C.|Chiapas]] (loan)
| caps6  = 4
| goals6 = 0
| clubs7 = [[Alebrijes de Oaxaca|Oaxaca]]
| caps7  = 25
| goals7 = 1
| years7 = 2015–2016
| clubs8 = [[Coras F.C.|Coras]]
| caps8  = 23
| goals8 = 2
| years8 = 2016–2017
| totalcaps = 414
| totalgoals = 58
| nationalyears1 = 2003–2010
| nationalteam1 = [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]]
| nationalcaps1 = 55
| nationalgoals1 = 6
| medaltemplates       =
{{Medal|Country | {{flagu|Mexico}} }}
{{Medal|W|[[CONCACAF Gold Cup]]|[[2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2009]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[CONCACAF Gold Cup]]|[[2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2007]]}}
{{Medal|3rd|[[Copa América]]|[[2007 Copa América|2007]]}}
}}

'''Alberto Medina Briseño''' (born 29 May 1983) is a Mexican former professional [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Midfielder#Winger|winger]]. He is known as ''El Venado'' (The Deer) due to his speed.

==Club career==
Medina made his professional debut for [[Chivas de Guadalajara|Chivas]] on 8 August 2000 at 17 years. Alberto "El Venado" Medina (at time of reporting) had seven goals in the Apertura 2006, alongside his partners [[Adolfo Bautista]] and [[Omar Bravo]], and he was a major factor in [[Chivas de Guadalajara|Chivas]]' Championship win for the Apertura 2006 Tournament. Medina had the game – winning assist in the championship game of the Apertura 2006 Tournament.

Beto (Medina) had a tremendous start to the Clausura 2007 Tournament, he scored six goals in eighteen games in the league. One of his more amazing goals came in the Super Clasico game against rivals [[Club América|America]]. A lob pass came from [[Diego Martínez (Mexican footballer, born 1981)|Diego Martínez]] which Medina controlled in the box and with a perfect technique, cut and finished excellently with a powerful shot over America's goalie Guillermo Ochoa. Chivas went on to win 2–0 at home. Medina is part of attacking duo in the pitch alongside his teammate [[Omar Bravo]], often switching sides on either wing to confuse the rival team. Alberto has shown that he is an important part of [[Chivas de Guadalajara|Chivas]] with his blistering speed, ball control and accurate crosses.

On June 2, 2012, Chivas sold Medina to Pachuca due to the poor last two seasons he had. Medina played for Chivas from 2000 to 2012 where he registered 323 caps on the Mexican League with 52 goals, and 39 assists.

Later that year, on November 28, Pachuca confirmed that Medina was sold to Puebla F.C. for the next season.

==International career==
[[Ricardo Lavolpe]] called Medina to Mexico's national team many times, be it for friendly matches in 2003, the [[2004 Summer Olympics|Athens Olympic Games]] in 2004, or for the [[2005 Confederations Cup]] in Germany as a substitute for senior players such as [[Jared Borgetti]] or fellow Chivas player [[Ramón Morales]].

He was called upon once again to represent the [[Mexico national football team|Selección de fútbol de México]] (Mexico national team) during [[Hugo Sánchez]]'s tenure as coach. He represented his country in the 2007 Gold Cup tournament where they were finalist. He also played in Venezuela in the Copa América 2007 where his country won 3rd place and only losing to Argentina in the semi-finals.

Alberto was recalled to the national team under coach [[Javier Aguirre]]'s second stint. Medina made Aguirre's squad for the [[2010 FIFA World Cup]], scoring in all the friendlies before the start of the tournament, but did not appear in any matches.

==Career statistics==
===International===
{{updated|match played 3 June 2010|<ref name="NFT">{{NFT player|id=9729}}</ref>}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! National team !! Year !! Apps !! Goals
|-
|rowspan="7" valign="center"|[[Mexico national football team|Mexico]]
| 2003 || 2 || 0
|-
| 2004 || 3 || 1
|-
| 2005 || 18 || 1
|-
| 2006 || 1 || 0
|-
| 2007 || 11 || 0
|-
| 2009 || 11 || 0
|-
| 2010 || 9 || 4
|-
! colspan="2" | Total !! 55 !! 6
|}

===International goals===
:''Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first.''
{| class="wikitable"
! Goal !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1. ||November 10, 2004 || [[Alamodome]], [[San Antonio]], United States || {{fb|GUA}} || align=center|'''2'''–0 || align=center|2–0 || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| 2. || July 13, 2005 || [[NRG Stadium|Reliant Stadium]], [[Houston]], United States || {{fb|JAM}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center|1–0 || [[2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup]]
|-
| 3. || May 10, 2010 || [[Soldier Field]], [[Chicago]], United States || {{fb|SEN}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center|1–0 || Friendly
|-
| 4. || May 16, 2010 || [[Estadio Azteca]], [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]] || {{fb|CHI}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center|1–0 || Friendly
|-
| 5. || May 30, 2010 || [[Hans-Walter-Wild-Stadion]], [[Bayreuth]], Germany || {{fb|GAM}} || align=center|'''5'''–1 || align=center|5–1 || Friendly
|-
| 6. || June 3, 2010 || [[King Baudouin Stadium]], [[Brussels]], Belgium || {{fb|ITA}} || align=center|'''2'''–0 || align=center|2–1 || Friendly
|}

==Honours==
'''Guadalajara'''
*[[Liga MX|Mexican Primera División]]: [[Primera División de México Apertura 2006|Apertura 2006]]
* [[InterLiga 2009]]
*[[Copa Libertadores]] runner-up: [[2010 Copa Libertadores|2010]]

'''Mexico'''
*[[Copa América]] third place: [[2007 Copa América|2007]]
*[[CONCACAF Gold Cup]]: [[2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup|2009]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Liga MX player|23794/alberto-medina-briseño|Alberto Medina (Alberto Medina Briseño)}}
* {{MedioTiempo|alberto-medina|Alberto Medina (Alberto Medina Briseño)}}
* {{NFT|9729<!--/Alberto_Medina-->|Alberto Medina (Alberto Medina Briseño)}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110516144534/http://www.chivasdecorazon.com.mx/ ''Chivas de Guadalajara'' official site] {{in lang|es}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120207004434/http://www.footballdatabase.com/index.php?page=player&Id=831&pn= Alberto Medina at FootballDatabase.com]

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