Aaron Cervantes

Aaron Cervantes
Personal information
Full name	Aaron Christopher Cervantes
Date of birth	March 20, 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth	Chino Hills, California, United States
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Austin FC II
Number	20
Youth career
2015–2017	LA Galaxy
2017–2018	Pateadores SC
2020–2021	Rangers
Senior career*
Years	Team
2018–2020	Orange County SC
2021–2023	Rangers
2022	→ Partick Thistle (loan)
2023	LA Galaxy II
2024–	Austin FC II
International career‡
2018–2019	United States U17
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:21, 19 September 2024 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 02:14, 13 October 2019 (UTC)

Aaron Christopher Cervantes (born March 20, 2002) is an American soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for MLS Next Pro side Austin FC II. Cervantes previously played for Orange County SC of the USL Championship.

Professional career

Orange County SC

Cervantes signed his first professional deal with Orange County SC on March 15, 2018, at the age of 15.^[2] He was the youngest ever player to sign a professional deal with the club.^[2] Cervantes did not make any appearances in his first season with the club.^[3] In his second season with the club, Cervantes broke into Orange County's first team, making 11 league appearances and 1 further appearance in the U.S. Open Cup.^[3] His professional debut came against New Mexico United on March 23, 2019.^[4] In between his second and third seasons with the club, Orange County and Rangers F.C. signed a partnership agreement that would result in the movement of players, due to this partnership Cervantes trained with the Glasgow side in December 2019.^[5] In his third season with the club, Cervantes made 6 appearances in a season that was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3] In October 2020 it was announced that Cervantes would leave Orange County for Scottish club Rangers for a deal that could rise to the high six figures.^[6]

Rangers

On October 7, 2020, it was announced that Cervantes would move to Rangers of the Scottish Premiership.^[4] It was noted that due to the surrounding issues of COVID-19 that Cervantes would train with Orange County through December and then Rangers would loan him to another European team for the latter half of the 2020–21 season.^[4]

On January 22, 2022, Cervantes joined Scottish Championship side Partick Thistle on a seven-day emergency loan deal.^[7]

LA Galaxy II

In March 2023, Cervantes returned to the United States to join MLS Next Pro club LA Galaxy II.^[8] Due to injuries, Cervantes appeared on the bench for LA Galaxy's Major League Soccer fixture against Seattle Sounders FC on April 1, 2023.^[9]

International career

Born in the United States, Cervantes is of Mexican descent. He is a youth international for the United States, having played for the United States U17s. ^[10]

Career statistics

As of September 13, 2024^[11]


Club	Season	League			National Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Orange County SC	2018	USL Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2019		11	0	1	0	0	0	12	0
	2020		6	0	–		0	0	6	0
	Total		17	0	1	0	0	0	18	0
Rangers	2021–22	Scottish Premiership	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rangers	2022–23	Scottish Premiership	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rangers II (loan)	2021–22	Lowland Football League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Partick Thistle (loan)	2021–22	Scottish Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Partick Thistle (loan)	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LA Galaxy II	2023	MLS Next Pro	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
LA Galaxy (loan)	2023	Major League Soccer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Austin FC II	2024	MLS Next Pro	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Career total			22	0	1	0	0	0	23	0