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Erik Lira

Erik Lira

Defender · Cruz Azul · 26 · Mexico

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Season score
49.9
Int. Friendly Games 2026, 11 matches
Last 5 weeks
52.9
average of weeks with 60+ minutes
Market value
€14.0M
+€2.0M (+17%) since 20 May 2026
Transfermarkt, 22 Jul 2026

Photo: Selección Nacional de México, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Born
8 May 2000
Height
172 cm
Foot
R
Contract until
30 Jun 2029
Wikipedia views
3,204 4 weeks

Wikipedia Wikidata Transfermarkt

Every week

1–7 Jul 2025 to 27 Oct – 2 Nov 2026

15 of 70 weeks with 60+ minutes, averaging 49.8 (minutes-weighted); 0 of them 70 or better.

no matchunder 60′under 4545–5555–7070+

Every week as a table
WeekMatchesMinutesScoreExpectedUnderlying
6–12 Oct 202616466.949.266.0
29 Sep – 5 Oct 202618154.448.854.2
22–28 Sep 202618861.247.860.7
30 Jun – 6 Jul 2026218048.847.448.7
16–22 Jun 202619041.547.841.4
9–15 Jun 202617647.247.847.2
2–8 Jun 202614532.648.333.4
26 May – 1 Jun 202613054.248.154.0
19–25 May 202617144.248.344.1
31 Mar – 6 Apr 202619042.348.742.2
24–30 Mar 202617839.149.439.0
24 Feb – 2 Mar 202616655.049.060.4
20–26 Jan 2026211348.149.048.0
18–24 Nov 202519054.548.454.3
11–17 Nov 202512444.048.544.3
14–20 Oct 202519039.249.439.7
7–13 Oct 202517744.449.944.7
9–15 Sep 202519064.748.064.0
2–8 Sep 202515845.148.145.3

Against expectation

How it's expected

Each week's score beside what the player's earlier matches led to expect. Over the last 10 weeks with 60+ minutes: level with expectation (+1.3 a week).

30.040.050.060.070.09 Sep14 Oct20 Jan24 Mar19 May16 Jun22 Sep6 OctScore 66.9Expected 49.2

Market value

Where these come from
Transfermarkt €14.0M +€2.0M (+17%) since 20 May 2026 22 Jul 2026 · its own valuation, revised a few times a year
Current estimate €15.3M no change recorded 24 Oct 2026 · BSD, seen when squads refresh
Next summer, if it goes like similar cases €8.4M–€15.4M −12% median of 40 similar past cases; players the same age +0% Closest cases, what their Transfermarkt value then did in a year: Justin Bijlow at 26 (€13.0M, scoring 50.1) −62%; Nicolás Domínguez at 26 (€17.0M, scoring 50.0) −6%; Jérémie Boga at 26 (€14.0M, scoring 50.7) +7%.
0€5.0M€10M€15M€20M202120222023202420252026€14.0M€15.3M
Every value as a table
DateSourceValue
24 Oct 2026Current estimate (BSD)€15.3M
22 Jul 2026Transfermarkt€14.0M
20 May 2026Transfermarkt€12.0M
26 Mar 2026Transfermarkt€12.0M
29 Dec 2025Transfermarkt€9.0M
22 Sep 2025Transfermarkt€8.5M
26 May 2025Transfermarkt€8.0M
11 Dec 2024Transfermarkt€7.5M
10 Oct 2024Transfermarkt€6.0M
14 Jun 2024Transfermarkt€5.0M
29 Dec 2023Transfermarkt€4.5M
29 Jun 2023Transfermarkt€4.5M
30 Mar 2023Transfermarkt€4.5M
31 Oct 2022Transfermarkt€3.5M
8 Sep 2022Transfermarkt€3.5M
11 Apr 2022Transfermarkt€4.0M
15 Oct 2021Transfermarkt€2.0M
21 Apr 2021Transfermarkt€2.0M
18 Dec 2020Transfermarkt€1.8M

Two different estimates, so each is its own line and each change is measured within its own line.

Moves

All transfers
DateMoveFee
4 Jan 2022UNAM Pumas CD Cruz Azul€4.0M

What the score is made of

Int. Friendly Games 2026, 726 minutes. Each part as a percentile against 547 top-five-league defender seasons of 900+ minutes since 2025/26: 50 is the middle of them (the dashed ring).

Shooting81Creating40Progressing51Keeping the ball60Defending97Aerial2Finishing1
As a table
PartPercentilePer 90 vs average
Shooting81+0.23
Creating40−0.21
Progressing51−0.14
Keeping the ball60+0.25
Defending97+0.34
Aerial2−0.77
Finishing1−0.54

Attention

English Wikipedia views per week, the article and its redirects, last 52 weeks.

020K40K60K28 Oct16 Dec3 Feb24 Mar12 May30 Jun18 Aug6 Oct

Plays most like

same position, last 12 months: the shape of their play, not its level
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Recent score: the last six months. Cheaper: valued at less than 60% of Erik Lira.

Seasons

SeasonCompetitionTeamMatchesMinutesScoreUnderlying
Int. Friendly Games 2026International FriendliesMexico1172649.950.2
World Cup 2026World Cup 2026Mexico434646.646.5
Int. Friendly Games 2025International FriendliesMexico853048.448.5
Int. Friendly Games 2024International FriendliesMexico19035.135.7
Int. Friendly Games 2023International FriendliesMexico111100.0100.0

Latest matches

21 since July 2025
DateCompetitionOpponentResultMinGoalsAssistsxGxAScore
7 Oct 2026International FriendliesChileL 0–26400––66.9
4 Oct 2026International Friendliesat USAL 0–38100––54.4
27 Sep 2026International FriendliesColombiaD 1–18800––61.2
6 Jul 2026World Cup 2026EnglandL 2–39000–0.0851.9
1 Jul 2026World Cup 2026EcuadorW 2–09000–0.0545.6
19 Jun 2026World Cup 2026South KoreaW 1–09000–0.0141.5
11 Jun 2026World Cup 2026South AfricaW 2–07601–0.0047.2
5 Jun 2026International FriendliesSerbiaW 5–14500––32.6
31 May 2026International FriendliesAustraliaW 1–03000––54.2
23 May 2026International FriendliesGhanaW 2–07100––44.2
All 21 matches
DateCompetitionOpponentResultMinGoalsAssistsxGxAScore
7 Oct 2026International FriendliesChileL 0–26400––66.9
4 Oct 2026International Friendliesat USAL 0–38100––54.4
27 Sep 2026International FriendliesColombiaD 1–18800––61.2
6 Jul 2026World Cup 2026EnglandL 2–39000–0.0851.9
1 Jul 2026World Cup 2026EcuadorW 2–09000–0.0545.6
19 Jun 2026World Cup 2026South KoreaW 1–09000–0.0141.5
11 Jun 2026World Cup 2026South AfricaW 2–07601–0.0047.2
5 Jun 2026International FriendliesSerbiaW 5–14500––32.6
31 May 2026International FriendliesAustraliaW 1–03000––54.2
23 May 2026International FriendliesGhanaW 2–07100––44.2
1 Apr 2026International FriendliesBelgiumD 1–19000––42.3
29 Mar 2026International FriendliesPortugalD 0–07800––39.1
26 Feb 2026International FriendliesIcelandW 4–066000.50–55.0
25 Jan 2026International Friendliesat BoliviaW 1–09000––48.6
23 Jan 2026International Friendliesat PanamaW 1–02300––46.2
19 Nov 2025International FriendliesParaguayL 1–29000––54.5
16 Nov 2025International FriendliesUruguayD 0–02400––44.0
15 Oct 2025International FriendliesEcuadorD 1–19000––39.2
12 Oct 2025International FriendliesColombiaL 0–47700––44.4
10 Sep 2025International FriendliesSouth KoreaD 2–29000––64.7
7 Sep 2025International FriendliesJapanD 0–05800––45.1