Ricardo Peláez

Ricardo Peláez Linares started his career as an accountant. After finishing his studies in accounting, Ricardo started to work doing public accountancy which he believed was something extremely boring and tiresome. Football being his hobby and passion, he decided to go for trials at Club América. He was 23 when the club headhunters recognized his talents and decided to place him in the first team. He made his debut with Club America in 1985, winning the Prode 85 title. His best years came with Necaxa, with whom he won the league twice, in 1994-95 and 1995-96. He also won the Campeón de Campeones in 1994-95 and the Campeón de Copa in 1995-96. All of this led to Necaxa being named Team of the Decade. Pelaez scored 158 goals for Necaxa, many of them headers (his best quality), making him the club's all-time leading scorer. After a brief return to Club América between 1997 and 1998, Peláez decided to join Guadalajara, with whom he finished as runner-up to Necaxa in the Torneo Invierno 98. He retired from professional football in 2000.

Peláez was part of the Mexico national team at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, scoring two goals in the tournament. Peláez scored the equalizer against South Korea in a 3–1 win. Peláez scored his second goal of the tournament in a 2–2 draw against the Netherlands. Overall Peláez capped 43 times for Mexico and scored 16 goals.

International goals

América

Mexican Primera División: Prode-85 Necaxa

Mexican Primera División: 1994–95, 1995–96 Copa México: 1994–95 CONCACAF Cup Winners' Cup: 1994 Campeón de Campeones: 1995 Mexico

CONCACAF Gold Cup: 1996