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Juan Fuentes (Chilean footballer)

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Juan Fuentes
Personal information
Full name Juan Eduardo Fuentes Jiménez
Date of birth (1995-03-21) 21 March 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Rancagua, Chile
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defender, Midfielder
Team information
Current team
O'Higgins
Number 6
Youth career
2009–2013 O'Higgins
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2019 O'Higgins 125 (4)
2019–2021 Estudiantes 16 (0)
2020–2021Universidad Católica (loan) 15 (1)
2022– O'Higgins 47 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:01, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

Juan Eduardo Fuentes Jiménez (born 21 March 1995) is a Chilean footballer that currently plays for the Primera Division club Universidad Católica on loan from O'Higgins as midfielder. He is twin brother of the footballer Luis Fuentes.

Career

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Youth career

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Fuentes started his career in 2009 at Primera División de Chile club O'Higgins. He progressed from the under categories club all the way to the senior team.

O'Higgins

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Fuentes won the Apertura 2013-14 with O'Higgins, in the 2013–14 Súper Final Apertura against Universidad Católica, being the first title for O'Higgins.[1]

In 2014, he won the Supercopa de Chile against Deportes Iquique, in the match that O'Higgins won at the penalty shoot-out.[2]

He participated with the club in the 2014 Copa Libertadores where they faced Deportivo Cali, Cerro Porteño and Lanús, being third and being eliminated in the group stage. [3]

Universidad Católica

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In 2020, he signs for the chilean club Universidad Católica on loan for a year with a buy option clause.[4]

International career

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He was part of the Chile national under-20 football team, who played the 2015 South American Youth Championship in Uruguay.

Honours

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Club

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O'Higgins
Universidad Católica

Individual

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O'Higgins
  • Medalla Santa Cruz de Triana: 2014

References

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  1. ^ "El Tipógrafo » El cielo se tiñó de celeste: ¡O'Higgins campeón!".
  2. ^ "O'HIGGINS GANÓ LA SUPERCOPA AL VENCER A DEPORTES IQUIQUE". ANFP.
  3. ^ Comunicaciones, Compañia Chilena de. "O'Higgins se quedó en blanco con Lanús y fue eliminado de la Copa Libertadores". alairelibre.cl.
  4. ^ "Juan Fuentes se Transforma en Nuevo Refuerzo de Universidad Catolica". Cruzados.
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