Alejandro Zendejas

FC Dallas

On October 1, 2014, Zendejas signed a homegrown player contract with FC Dallas, making him the 13th homegrown signing in club history. However, he was not eligible to play for the first team until the 2015 season. Zendejas made his professional debut on May 1, 2015, in a 4–1 victory over Houston Dynamo.

Guadalajara

2016–17: Debut season, Copa MX title, and first league title

On June 23, 2016, Zendejas signed with Liga MX Guadalajara. In order to meet with the club's tradition of only using Mexican players, Zendejas agreed to reject future U.S. national team call-ups and accept Mexico national team call-ups if they ever occur. Zendejas was registered with the first team and was given the number 29 jersey, the same kit he had at Dallas. Zendejas made his Liga MX debut on August 6, in a match against Querétaro.

2017–18: Loan to Zacatepec

In a press conference, Chivas coach Matías Almeyda confirmed some youth players would be sent out on loan to sister club Zacatepec to get playing time. On June 8, 2017, Zacatepec announced they had signed Zendejas on loan. Zendejas scored his first professional goal in a Copa MX match against Cruz Azul. He scored his first Ascenso MX goal on August 12, 2017, against Murciélagos F.C. Zacatepec would go on to win 1–0 with his goal.

Necaxa

On June 29, 2020, Zendejas joined Club Necaxa on a free transfer.

América

On January 17, 2022, Zendejas joined América for $3 million.

United States U15 and U17

Zendejas was a member the United States under-17 squad that competed at the 2015 CONCACAF U-17 Championship playing alongside future USMNT stars Christian Pulisic and Tyler Adams. Overall, he gained 27 caps and scored four goals for the U-17 national team. After joining Mexican club C.D. Guadalajara, Zendejas agreed to reject future U.S. national team call-ups and accept Mexico national team call-ups if they occur.

Mexico

In August 2017, Zendejas was called up to the Mexico under-21 squad for games in China and Qatar, the start of preparation for the Olympics in Tokyo in 2020. Zendejas received his first call-up to the national team by Gerardo Martino, and made his debut on October 27, 2021, in a friendly match against Ecuador, coming in as a substitute in the 65th minute for Uriel Antuna.

National team controversy

In late August 2022, FIFA issued an investigation probe on the Mexican Football Federation regarding Zendejas' call-ups to friendly matches in October 2021 and April 2022, against Ecuador and Guatemala respectively, the matches themselves were non-FIFA regulated matches but nevertheless, Zendejas' national team allegiance was still under the 'legal' jurisdiction of the United States Soccer Federation, meaning that Zendejas had taken part in friendly matches for Mexico without consulting or filing a one-time switch to FIFA in order to switch national team allegiances, a violation of FIFA regulations. On November…

Club

As of May 10, 2026

International

As of match played June 25, 2026

Scores and results list the United States' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Zendejas goal.

Zendejas was born in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, his parents Alfredo Zendejas and Mónica Saavedra are originally from Toluca, State of Mexico, he has two older siblings a sister named Ana Lucia and a brother named Alfredo Jr. When Zendejas was 6 months old his family moved to El Paso, Texas, where he was raised. He holds both U.S. and Mexican citizenship. The MLS, U.S. Soccer, and FC Dallas websites all listed him as being born in El Paso, Texas, but FC Dallas later confirmed that Zendejas had been born in Mexico.