A longtime member of Necaxa, Esquivel spent twelve years with the club, including its highly successful period in the mid-1990s.
His work freed colleagues Alex Aguinaga and Alberto García Aspe to conduct the offensive maneuvers in midfield.
[1] Esquivel obtained a total of four caps for the Mexico national team between 1988 and 1995, and was a squad member at the 1995 Copa América.
[3] Esquivel did not return to the Mexico national team for seven years, when he earned a recall based on his title-winning season at Necaxa.
His final cap came in a 4–0 loss to the United States on June 18, 1995, in the U.S. Cup at RFK Stadium in Washington.