when did mexico start including afro desendents in their footboll leag

Mexico’s football leagues didn’t “start” including Afro-descendants at one single moment; the sport in Mexico has had Afro-Mexican participation for a long time, but it was underrecognized for decades. In the professional game, the earliest documented African-born player in a Mexican club was Moroccan Mohamed “Abdul” Abderrazak at Club Puebla in 1951, while Afro-Mexican visibility in the national game has become much more public in recent decades.

What changed

The bigger shift was recognition, not just participation. Mexico has only recently become more open about Afro-Mexican identity in public life, and that broader recognition has carried into football coverage and fan discussion.

Important note

If by “including Afro descendants” you mean Afro-Mexican players in the league , they have been there for years, but many were not labeled or discussed that way publicly. If you mean official acknowledgment and visibility , that has grown mainly in the 2000s–2020s.

A simple timeline

• 1951: First known African-born player in Mexican professional football appears at Club Puebla.

• 1990s: A notable wave of African players becomes visible in Liga MX.

• 2010s–2020s: Afro-Mexican identity gets much more public recognition in Mexico, including in football conversations.

TL;DR: There was no single start date; African and Afro-descended players have been part of Mexican football for decades, but real public recognition and inclusion became much more visible in recent years.