Jairo Concha

Jairo Jair Concha Gonzáles (born 27 May 1999) is a Peruvian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Peruvian Primera División side Alianza Lima.

Jairo Concha
A man in red stands on a green field.
Concha in June 2018
Personal information
Full name Jairo Jair Concha Gonzáles
Date of birth (1999-05-27) 27 May 1999
Place of birth Chorrillos, Peru
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Alianza Lima
Number 10
Youth career
2007–2011 Academia de Fútbol Julinho
2012–2017 Universidad San Martín
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Universidad San Martín 59 (1)
2020– Alianza Lima 90 (12)
2020 → Univ. San Martín (loan) 27 (3)
International career‡
2017 Peru U18
2018–2019 Peru U20 13 (3)
2020– Peru U23 4 (0)
2022– Peru 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:19, 11 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:54, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

Career

Youth career

Concha grew up in Huaylas in the Chorrillos District of Lima. He started at a football academy called Academia de Fútbol Julinho in Peru at the age of 8, before he at the age of 11 a training camp arranged by San Martín in Chorrillos, where they chose about 60 boys to be part of the club. Finally, only 30 remained and from there he was part of Universidad San Martín, a club to which he has belonged since 2012.[2] Concha joined the reserves team in 2016 and eventually ended up joining the first team thanks to coach José Guillermo del Solar.

Club career

On 23 February 2017, Concha got his official debut for San Martín against Sport Rosario in the Peruvian Primera División.[3] Concha started on the bench, but came in for the last five minutes, replacing Ramiro Cáseres. He made a total of 5 appearances in that season.

He was one of the revelation players of Peruvian football in 2018 and on August 25 of that year, he also scored his first goal as a professional in the 3–2 defeat against FBC Melgar. Having had a wonderful season with 37 league appearances, San Martín decided to not let him go ahead of the 2019 season, although there was big interest in the 19-year old midfielder, followed by several important clubs from Peru and Mexico.[4][5] In addition, he also won the award for best revelation player in the 2018 Torneo Descentralizado.[6]

The following season however saw little action due to various injuries, including one to the fifth metatarsal bone that kept him off the playing field for three and a half months. In that 2019 campaign, he only played 18 games, also missing games with the U23 team and the 2019 Pan American Games.

In the beginning of January 2020, San Martín refused once again to sell Concha, with big interest from Alianza Lima.[7] However, one month later, it was confirmed that Alianza had bought him free, but he would remain at San Martín on loan until the end of the season.[8] In the summer 2020, Alianza wanted to recall Concha, but San Martín refused to let him go until the end of the loan deal.[9]

International career

Concha has represented Peru in the U18, U20 and U23 categories. With the U-20 team he scored 3 goals in 13 games and participated in the 2019 South American U-20 Championship.

In March 2018, Concha was one of the youth players called as reinforcements for the training of the senior team, at the disposal of coach Ricardo Gareca, ahead of two friendlies against Croatia and Iceland, prior to the Peruvian participation in the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[10]

On 12 January 2019, he was included in the roster of 23 players for the 2019 2019 South American U-20 Championship He played all four matches during the group stage, however Peru did not advance to the next stage.

On 27 November 2019, the under-23 team was summoned to participate in the 2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament, where he played all the games.

References
  1. Jairo Concha at WorldFootball.net
  2. Jairo Concha: «El talento sin trabajo es nada», lanueve.com.pe, 26 April 2018
  3. UNIVERSIDAD SAN MARTÍN VS. SPORT ROSARIO 3 - 1, soccerway.com, 23 February 2017
  4. Sporting Cristal: ¿Cuál es el futuro de Jairo Concha?, rpp.pe, 9 January 2019
  5. San Martín no planea desprenderse de Jairo Concha por oferta de Universitario, rpp.pe, 14 February 2019
  6. Gala de Premiación 2018: Jairo Concha fue elegido como jugador revelación del año, depor.com, 20 December 2018
  7. Alianza Lima: Álvaro Barco descartó que Jairo Concha deje San Martín por victorianos, americatv.com.pe, 2 January 2020
  8. Confirmado: Alianza Lima compró el 50 % del pase de Pinto y Concha, ovacion.pe, 17 February 2020
  9. Jairo Concha no jugará en Alianza Lima, según dirigente de la San Martín, exitosanoticias.pe, 16 June 2020
  10. Gareca piensa en el futuro: los dos juveniles que reforzaron a la Selección Peruana e interesan al 'Tigre', depor.com, 18 March 2018
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