Who are the top scorers for the Mexican team in history?

Chicharito Hernández: I would love to go to the World Cup in Qatar 2:01

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Mexico will arrive at the Qatar 2022 World Cup with a great absentee and who, until now, is the top scorer for El Tri: Javier "Chicharito" Hernández was not called up by Gerardo "Tata" Martino for the world championship and since 2019 does not play with the Mexican team.

"I would love to go. If I didn't want to be in the Mexican team, I would have retired and said so openly," Hernández confessed in an interview with Elizabeth Pérez of CNN en Español last August, due to the controversy surrounding his absence. in the announcement.

Those who are expected to play alongside the Mexican team in Qatar are Raúl Jiménez and Andrés Guardado, two of the players who make up the top 10 top scorers below Chicharito.

Mexico's forward Javier Hernandez celebrates with his teammates after they scored their first goal during the Russia 2018 World Cup Group F football match between Germany and Mexico at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on June 17, 2018. (YURI CORTEZ /AFP via Getty Images)

Chicharito has scored 52 goals in his history with the Mexican national team, in 109 games to be specific.

The Los Angeles Galaxy forward is above great figures of Mexican soccer such as Jared Borgetti and Cuauhtémoc Blanco, both already retired from the fields.

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Jiménez, current striker for England's Wolverhampton Wanderers, has 29 goals in 96 games played with the Mexican team.

While Guardado, midfielder for the Spanish team Real Betis Balompié, has 28 goals in 177 games.

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These are the players who complete the top 10 of the top scorers in the history of the Mexican team, according to data from the specialized Transfermarkt site.

Mexico's top 10 scorers

With information from CNN's Elizabeth Perez 

Javier "Chicharito" HernándezMexico soccer team