Table of Biography
Jesús Manuel Corona is a young and talented Mexican footballer. Jesús Manuel Corona plays as a winger or right-back for Sevilla – the La Liga club – and Mexico’s national team.
Early Life
Jesús Manuel Corona was born on 6 January 1993 and he is currently 31 years old. He hails from Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, and his zodiac sign is Capricorn.
His parents are his father Narciso Corona and his mother Martha Elena Ruíz. Likewise, his full name is Jesús Manuel Corona Ruíz as ‘Ruíz’ is his maternal family name.
There is no information regarding Manuel’s educational journey, siblings, and other family details. Recently in August 2021, this player was naturalized as a Portuguese citizen.
With this, the player became free to play for any team in the European Union.
Career and Professional Life
Caption: Jesús Manuel Corona celebrating victory with his teammates of Porto. Source: Instagram
Professionally, Jesús is a footballer. He plays as a winger or right-back for Sevilla – a La Liga club as well as for the Mexico national team.
This personality started off his football career in the year 2010 with Monterrey. He played with this club for three years before he moved abroad.
Following this, the young footballer transferred to Dutch club FC Twente. This footballer then joined Porto (Futebol Clube do Porto) in the year 2015.
With this club, he spent 7 seasons where he made 287 appearances and won two Primeira Liga titles.
Moreover, this footballer became fully international in the year 2014. As such, he was a part of the national squad that won the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Likewise, this footballer represented his country – Mexico – at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the 2021 Gold Cup, and two Copa América tournaments.
More Details
Caption: Jesús was photographed while playing for his recently joined team – Sevilla. Source: Instagram
Recently, on 13 January 2022, this player joined La Liga side Sevilla FC on a 3-and-a-half-year deal. Before this, he played for Porto, and in his 246th overall display with the team, he moved up to 4th in the club’s all-time list of foreign players with the most appearances.
In the same event, this footballer became the Mexican with the most appearances in Portugal. With this record, Manuel surpassed the record of his former teammate Héctor Herrera.
Furthermore, he received the nickname “Tecatito” during his early years at Monterrey. At present, he uses this as his name for his jersey, which is jersey #9, and also as his middle name instead of ‘Manuel’.
Body Measurements
Jesús Manuel Corona’s listed height is 1.74 meters or 5 feet 9 inches. Likewise, this young footballer has a body weight of 139 lbs or 63 kg.
Further, Manuel has dark brown eyes and hair of the same color.
Other than this, the Mexican footballer’s other body measurement details like his chest-waist-hip measurements, dress size, biceps, shoe size, etc. are still under review.
Jesús Manuel Corona – Social Media
Jesús Manuel Corona joined Twitter in May 2018 and so far has more than 56.9K followers on his @jesustecatitoc account. Likewise, he is available on Instagram under the username @jesustecatitoc.
On this account, the footballer has garnered more than 664k followers. Similarly, the young footballer is available on Facebook as “@jesustecatitoc” and so far has 6.9K followers as of April 2022.
Besides these, the young personality doesn’t seem to have an account on other platforms like TikTok, YouTube, Twitch, etc.
Personal Life
Jesús is a happily married man and his wife’s name is Gabriela. His wife is available on Instagram as @bygabrielagv. Moreover, the couple has two children together.
They share one son and one daughter but their names are still a mystery. Moreover, although their exact marriage date is unknown, it is mentioned that the two have been romantically involved since 2013.
Caption: Jesús Manuel Corona posing for a photo with his family. Source: Instagram
Jesús Manuel Corona – Net Worth 2024
Moving on, the young Mexican footballer has a net worth of $2 million US dollars.