Jesús Medina

Jesús Manuel Medina Maldonado (born 30 April 1997) is a Paraguayan footballer who plays for Major League Soccer's New York City and the Paraguay national football team.

Club Medina made his senior debut as a 15-year-old for Libertad on 7 July 2012 in a 1-0 win over Club Rubio Ñu.

On 31 December 2017, it was announced that Medina was signing with Major League Soccer side New York City ahead of their 2018 season.

International career Paraguay U17 and U20 Medina was part of the Paraguay U17 squad for the 2013 South American Under-17 Football Championship, scoring four times as the team finished fifth.

He was also named to the Paraguay U20 squad for the 2015 and 2017 South American Youth Football Championships (CONMEBOL U-20 Championship). In the 2015 tournament, he scored a goal in a 4–2 win over Bolivia U20 in the group stage, and in the 2017 tournament he scored twice in a 3–2 group stage loss to Brazil U20.