player · data as of 2026-09-20 03:54 UTC
Érik Lira
Be the first in the standsMidfielderage 265' 8"
Mexicocurrently Cruz Azul
Mexicocurrently Cruz AzulCareer goals
3
all competitions, from the season archive · club 3 · country 0 — season by season in The Record below
Career appearances
295
all competitions, from the season archive — the same total The Record shows
World Cup 2026
0g 1a
counted live from our own match timelines
Team trophies
7
team silverware — the cabinet below
Career totals from the ESPN season archive — all competitions, the same numbers The Record below shows (Wikidata's senior spells fill in when the archive is thin — never the youth years, which stay listed on their own below); live World Cup stats from our own match timelines. Individual awards are counted separately from team trophies, so the headline count can't inflate.
Érik Antonio Lira Méndez is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Liga MX club Cruz Azul, which he captains, and the Mexico national team. — Wikipedia's own summary; its figures are theirs
Honours
7 team trophies · Wikipedia + Wikidata, community-updatedMarquee honours
Supercopa de la Liga MX
2022
CONCACAF Nations League
2024–25
| Team honours7 | ||||
| Supercopa de la Liga MX | ×1 | 2022 | Cruz Azul | |
| CONCACAF Nations League | ×1 | 2024–25 | Mexico | |
| Campeón de Campeones | ×1 | 2026 | Cruz Azul | |
| CONCACAF Champions Cup | ×1 | 2025 | Cruz Azul | |
| CONCACAF Gold Cup | ×1 | 2025 | Mexico | |
| Liga MX | ×1 | 2026 | Cruz Azul | |
| Pan American Bronze Medal | ×1 | 2023 | Mexico U23 | |
| Individual honours6 | ||||
| More honours · 6 | ||||
| Liga MX All-Star | ×4 | 2021, 2022, 2025, 2026 | ||
| Liga MX Best Center-back | 2025–26 | |||
| Liga MX Best XI | 2021 | |||
The Record
season by season · 30 competition-seasons · ESPN archive| Season | Competition | Team | Apps | Goals | Assists | Shots | YC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | all competitions | all teams | 295 | 3 | 6 | 89 | 43 |
| 2026 | CONCACAF Champions Cup | Cruz Azul | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2026 | Campeones Cup | Cruz Azul | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | FIFA World Cup | Mexico | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | Friendlies | Mexico | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 | Leagues Cup | Cruz Azul | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 | MLS | Liga MX All-Stars | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | Mex 1 | Cruz Azul | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 | Mex Campeon | Cruz Azul | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | CONCACAF Champions Cup | Cruz Azul | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | FIFA Intercontinental Cup | Cruz Azul | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Career
league apps & goals · Wikidata, community-updated (national-team rows can lag a match or two)| Years | Team | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–now | Mexico | — | — |
The Stands
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