Hiram Mier

Hiram Mier
	Mier with Monterrey in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Hiram Ricardo Mier Alanís
Date of birth	25 August 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth	Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
2007–2010	Monterrey
Senior career*
Years	Team
2008	Monterrey 1a. A
2010–2017	Monterrey
2017–2018	→ Querétaro (loan)
2018	Querétaro
2019–2023	Guadalajara
International career‡
2011–2012	Mexico U23
2011–2018	Mexico
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Mexico
Olympic Games
Pan American Games
CONCACAF Gold Cup
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 April 2023; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 November 2018

Hiram Ricardo Mier Alanís (born 25 August 1989) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a centre-back. He is an Olympic gold medalist.^[5]

Club career

Monterrey

Hiram Mier started his career with home-town club,

Second Division

playing 11 games, 9 of them disputing the entire 90 minutes. He was promoted to the first team during the summer of 2010.

On August 25, 2010, Mier debuted with the first team in a game of

Clausura 2013 season

.

Queretaro

On 14 December 2016, Mier joined Querétaro on a season-long loan. His move became permanent after the club activated his release clause.

Guadalajara

On 7 December 2018, Guadalajara reached an agreement with Querétaro to sign Mier. On 7 December 2023, the club bid farewell to Mier.

International career

Youth

2011 Pan American Games

2012 London Olympics

He was called up to participate in the 2011 Pan American Games,^[6] Mexico ended up winning the final against Argentina 1–0.^[7]

2012 Olympic qualifying

Mier was a squad member during the

Diego Reyes. Mexico qualified to the 2012 Summer Olympics

after eight years, missing out on the 2008 edition.

2012 Toulon Tournament

Once again Mier was selected as team captain in this Pre-Olympic Games tournament held in France. Mexico would make it to the final against Turkey winning 3–0 with Mier also managed to score in the final. This was Mexico's first title in this competition.

2012 London Olympics

Mier made the final cut for those players participating in the 2012 Summer Olyimpics held in

Diego Reyes

. Mier played all 6 matches.

Senior

2011 Gold Cup

Mier received his first call up to the

Jose Manuel de la Torre

called up Mier and 4 players as substitutes to compete for the Gold Cup; Mier did not make an appearance and Mexico would win the tournament final after defeating the United States 4–2.

2011 Copa America

On 23 May 2011, Mier was called up to the

2011 Copa America,^[8] However Mexico was limited to take a team made entirely of players under age 22. Mier made his unofficial debut with the Mexico team, 4 July 2011 against Chile

, playing all 90' minutes. Chile won the match 1–2. Hiram would go on and play all of the group matches in a center-back position disputing all 90' minutes of the matches, Mexico did not reach the knock-out stage of the tournament and was placed last in their group.

Mier officially made his debut with the

Reliant Stadium, coming in for Francisco Rodríguez

at half time. The match ended in a 2–2 tie for Mexico.

Jose Manuel de la Torre to dispute the Confederation Cup held in Brazil. He made his debut in the Confederations cup against Italy^[9] coming in as a substitute for Javier Aquino in the 53rd minute of the match. Mier also played the full 90 minutes against Brazil^[10] and Japan^[11]

playing as a right back.