Raul Jimenez played 80 minutes for Mexico in their 1-0 win over South Korea to help them qualify for the World Cup knockout stages.
The 35-year-old striker will rejoin Wolves for the upcoming Championship season.
Jimenez completed a deal to return to Molineux after three years at Fulham two days before the World Cup curtain-raiser on 11 June – a game in which he scored as Mexico beat South Africa 2-0.
Mexico’s victory over South Korea on Friday means they are the first nation to qualify for the last 32.
West Ham United defender Edson Alvarez, who spent the 2025-26 campaign on loan at Turkish Super Lig side Fenerbahce, also played and produced a stunning clearance in the 16th minute to keep the score level.
Alvarez, who captained Mexico, pulled off an overhead kick on his own goal-line to prevent former Tottenham forward Son Heung-min’s lobbed effort from going in.
The assistant referee belatedly raised the flag for offside, but Alvarez wasn’t to know at the time.
Mexico’s best previous performances at the World Cup came in 1970 and 1986 when they reached the quarter-finals.