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{{short description|Mexican footballer (born 1982)}}
{{family name hatnote|Saucedo|Nájera|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name        = Cirilo Saucedo
| image       = Cirilo Saucedo.jpg
| image_size  = 200
| caption     = Saucedo playing for [[Club Tijuana|Tijuana]]
| fullname    = Cirilo Saucedo Nájera
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1982|1|5|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Acámbaro]], [[Guanajuato]], Mexico<ref name="carrera">{{cite web |url=http://www.cirilosaucedo.com/carrera.php |title=Cirilo Saucedo |accessdate=2013-01-31 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130822084129/http://cirilosaucedo.com/carrera.php |archivedate=2013-08-22 }}</ref>
| height      = 1.88 m
| currentclub =  [[Dorados de Sinaloa|Sinaloa]] (Manager)
| position    = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]]
| years1 = 2001–2004 | clubs1 = [[Club León|León]]                          | caps1 = 26  | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2004–2006 | clubs2 = [[Dorados de Sinaloa|Sinaloa]]              | caps2 = 67  | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2006      | clubs3 = [[CD Veracruz|Veracruz]]                    | caps3 = 3   | goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2006–2011 | clubs4 = [[Tigres UANL]]                        | caps4 = 101 | goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2008–2009 | clubs5 = → [[Indios de Ciudad Juárez|Indios]] (loan) | caps5 = 33  | goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2011–2015 | clubs6 = [[Club Tijuana|Tijuana]]                    | caps6 = 141 | goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2015–2016   | clubs7 = [[Monarcas Morelia|Morelia]]                | caps7 = 14  | goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2016–2017 | clubs8 = → [[FC Juárez|Juárez]] (loan)                      | caps8 = 27  | goals8 = 0
| totalcaps = 412
| totalgoals = 0
| nationalyears1      = 2013–2015
| nationalteam1       = [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]]
| nationalcaps1       = 2
| nationalgoals1      = 0
| manageryears1  = 2021–2024
| managerclubs1  =  [[Club Tijuana Reserves|Tijuana Reserves and Academy]]
| manageryears2  = 2023
| managerclubs2  = [[Club Tijuana|Tijuana]] (caretaker)
| manageryears3 = 2024–2025
| managerclubs3 =  [[Club Tijuana|Tijuana]] (assistant)
| manageryears4 = 2025
| managerclubs4 =  [[Club Tijuana|Tijuana]] (caretaker)
| manageryears5 = 2025–
| managerclubs5 =  [[Dorados de Sinaloa|Sinaloa]] 
}}

'''Cirilo Saucedo Nájera''' (born 5 January 1982<ref name="carrera" />), known as '''Cirilo Saucedo''', is a Mexican football coach and a former [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]]. He is the current head coach of [[Dorados de Sinaloa|Dorados]].

==Club career==
Saucedo came to prominence playing for [[Club León]] of the [[Ascenso MX|Primera A]] in Mexico. After leading the team to a championship in the 2003 Clausura, Saucedo's team lost to [[Dorados de Sinaloa]] in the playoff to determine which team was promoted to the Primera División.  Nevertheless, Saucedo moved up, being contracted by the Dorados to reinforce their team.

In his first season in the first division, Saucedo started all 17 games for Sinaloa, allowing 32 goals. Following the 2006 Clausura season, Saucedo's team Dorados was relegated to the Mexican First Division "A". Rather than playing in the lower divisions of the lower leagues, Saucedo was snatched up by [[CD Veracruz]] prior to the Apertura 2006 season. A shoulder injury limited him to play in only 2 games for the ''Red Sharks''.
[https://web.archive.org/web/20110605233603/http://www.esmas.com/deportes/futbol/571320.html]

In 2007, he was traded to UANL Tigres for [[Sebastián González]]. He spent 3 "short" tournaments there before the 2008 Apertura when the arrival of [[Oscar Perez Rojas|Oscar Pérez]] prompted Saucedo's exit from the club.

Tigres loaned the goalkeeper to newly promoted [[Indios de Ciudad Juárez]] where he consolidated himself as a starter; he contributed to Indios' semi-final run of the Mexican championship, and more importantly staying at top flight of Mexican football.

With the conclusion of his loan, Saucedo returned to Tigres for the 2009 Apertura. Later he went to win the Superliga with UANL Tigres. After a tied game with Chicago Fire (1–1) and penalty kicks (4–3).

==Personal life==
His mother is a [[United States]] citizen and therefore, he had the option of playing for the [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Gomez |first=Eric |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/news/tijuana-goalkeeper-cirilo-saucedo-u-172900194--sow.html |title=Tijuana goalkeeper Cirilo Saucedo: U.S. Soccer has been in touch with my agent – Yahoo! Sports |publisher=Sports.yahoo.com |date= |accessdate=2012-08-26 |archive-date=2017-03-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331024820/https://sports.yahoo.com/news/tijuana-goalkeeper-cirilo-saucedo-u-172900194--sow.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===International===
{{updated|match played 16 April 2016|<ref name="NFT">{{NFT player|id=50935|accessdate=}}</ref>}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! National team !! Year !! Apps !! Goals
|-
|rowspan="2" valign="center"|[[Mexico national football team|Mexico]]
| 2013 || 1 || 0
|-
| 2015 || 1 || 0
|-
! colspan="2" | Total !! 2 !! 0
|}

==Honours==
'''Tijuana'''
*[[Liga MX]]: [[2012–13 Liga MX season#Torneo Apertura|Apertura 2012]]

'''Mexico U23'''
*[[CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship|CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship]]: [[2004 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament|2004]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Liga MX player|15304|Cirilo Saucedo Nájera}}
* {{MedioTiempo|cirilo-saucedo}}
* {{BDFA|<!-- CIRILO-SAUCEDO- -->33229}}
* {{ESPN FC|43336}}
* {{Soccerway}}
* {{NFT}}

{{Club Tijuana managers}}
{{Dorados de Sinaloa managers}}

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[[Category:1982 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Footballers from Guanajuato]]
[[Category:Dorados de Sinaloa footballers]]
[[Category:C.D. Veracruz footballers]]
[[Category:Club León footballers]]
[[Category:Tigres UANL footballers]]
[[Category:Indios de Ciudad Juárez footballers]]
[[Category:Club Tijuana footballers]]
[[Category:Atlético Morelia players]]
[[Category:Liga MX players]]
[[Category:Men's association football goalkeepers]]
[[Category:Mexico men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Mexican men's footballers]]
[[Category:Footballers at the 2003 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico]]
[[Category:Pan American Games footballers for Mexico]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists in football]]
[[Category:21st-century Mexican sportsmen]]
[[Category:Mexican football managers]]
[[Category:Club Tijuana managers]]
[[Category:Liga MX managers]]