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Alberto Medina
Personal information
Full name	Alberto Medina Briseño
Date of birth	May 29, 1983 (age 26)
Place of birth	Culiacán, Mexico
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 71⁄2 in)
Playing position	Forward; Right Wing Midfielder; Left Wing Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Chivas de Guadalajara
Number	10
Senior career*
National team‡
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 June 2007.; † Appearances (Goals).; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 July 2009

This is a Spanish name; the first family name is Medina and the second is Briseño.

Alberto Medina Briseño (born May 29, 1983 in Culiacán, Sinaloa) is a Mexican football player for Chivas de Guadalajara alternating between Forward and Attacking Midfielder wearing number 10. Nicknamed by fans as El Venado (The Deer).

[edit] Biography

Medina made his professional debut for Chivas on August 8, 2000 at only 17 years old, and won an award for most promising player. 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' Championship win for 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 recent amazing goals was a spectacular lob over Atlante's goalkeeper Federico Vilar from the far right side of the pitch. 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.

[edit] Mexican national team

Ricardo Lavolpe called Medina to be in Mexico's national team many times, be it for friendly matches in 2003, the 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 has been called upon once again to represent the Mexican national football team this time by new head coach Hugo Sánchez. 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.