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My Take
Gerardo Arteaga interests me because he's a current Mexico international holding down one of football's most thankless jobs. Born in 1998 in Zapopan, Jalisco, he plays left-back for Liga MX powerhouse Monterrey, a role that demands sprinting up the flank, recovering, and doing it again for ninety minutes. It's unglamorous work, yet a team's whole balance leans on whether that side is locked down. The legs and lungs it took to reach the national team deserve real credit. He won't grab headlines, but players who reliably do the dirty work are the ones I want to praise, and I expect him to remain a fixture for Mexico.
Overview
Gerardo Daniel Arteaga Zamora (born 7 September 1998) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays left-back for Liga MX club Monterrey and the Mexico national team.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Gerardo Arteaga
- Name (Japanese)
- ヘラルド・アルテアガ
- Reading
- へらるど・あるてあが
- Born
- September 7, 1998 (age 27)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Tiger
- Origin
- Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 2 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · More people from Mexico →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.