José Cifuentes

José Adoni Cifuentes Charcopa (born 12 March 1999) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Scottish Premiership club Rangers and the Ecuador national team.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cifuentes and the second or maternal family name is Charcopa.
José Cifuentes
Personal information
Full name José Adoni Cifuentes Charcopa[1]
Date of birth (1999-03-12) 12 March 1999
Place of birth Esmeraldas, Ecuador
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Rangers
Number 15
Youth career
2014–2016 Universidad Católica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2020 Universidad Católica 7 (0)
2017–2019 → América de Quito (loan) 68 (7)
2020–2023 Los Angeles FC 102 (14)
2023– Rangers 4 (0)
International career‡
2018–2019 Ecuador U20 19 (2)
2019–2020 Ecuador U23 6 (0)
2019– Ecuador 18 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Ecuador
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Third place2019 Poland
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:18, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:39, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

Cifuentes began his club career in Ecuadorian football with Universidad Católica and América de Quito. He joined MLS club Los Angeles FC in January 2020. He made more than 100 appearances for LAFC and helped them win the Supporters' Shield and MLS Cup double in 2022. Cifuentes signed for Rangers in August 2023.

Cifuentes played youth international football for Ecuador at under-20 and under-23 levels. He made his senior international debut in September 2019.

Club career

Universidad Católica and América de Quito

Cifuentes began his career at Ecuadorian club Universidad Católica, having joined their youth system in 2014.[2] He was sent on loan to América de Quito from the 2017 season until the end of the 2019 season.[3]

Los Angeles FC

In January 2020, Cifuentes joined Major League Soccer club Los Angeles FC on a four-year contract, for a reported transfer fee of $3 million.[4] He helped LAFC win the Supporters' Shield and MLS Cup double in the 2022 season, and reach the final of the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League.[5]

Rangers

On 3 August 2023, he signed for Scottish Premiership club Rangers for an undisclosed fee, signing a four-year contract.[6] The reported fee paid for Cifuentes was £1.2 million ($1.5 million).[7] He made his Rangers debut on 9 August, during a UEFA Champions League qualifying match against Swiss side Servette.[8]

International career

Youth

Cifuentes played youth international football for Ecuador at under-20 and under-23 levels, making 19 appearances for the under-20 team and six appearances for the under-23 team.[9] He represented the under-20 team at the 2019 South American U-20 Championship, which Ecuador won, and the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup, where Ecuador finished third. In the latter tournament, Cifuentes scored the opening goal in a 2–1 victory over the United States.[10]

Senior

Cifuentes was called up to the senior Ecuador national team for the first time for friendlies against Peru and Bolivia in September 2019.[11] He made his senior international debut on 5 September 2019, against Peru.[12]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 8 October 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Universidad Católica 2016[13] Ecuadorian Serie A 4000—00—40
2017[13] Ecuadorian Serie A 3000—00—30
Total 7000—00—70
América de Quito (loan) 2017[14] Ecuadorian Serie B 22200———222
2018[14] Ecuadorian Serie B 29500———295
2019[13] Ecuadorian Serie A 17021———191
Total 68721———708
Los Angeles FC 2020[13] Major League Soccer 18100—3[lower-alpha 1]02[lower-alpha 2]0231
2021[13] Major League Soccer 325————325
2022[13] Major League Soccer 33730——3[lower-alpha 3]0397
2023[13] Major League Soccer 19100—7[lower-alpha 1]1—262
Total 1021430—1015012015
Rangers 2023-24[15] Scottish Premiership 4000206[lower-alpha 4]0—120
Career total 1812151201615020923
  1. Appearances in CONCACAF Champions League
  2. Appearances in MLS is Back Tournament knockout stage
  3. Appearances in MLS Cup Playoffs
  4. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League

International
As of match played 12 October 2023[14]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Ecuador 201930
202000
202130
202270
202350
Total180

Honours

Los Angeles FC

References
  1. "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Ecuador (ECU)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 10. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. "A José Cifuentes, capitán de la Sub 20, lo rechazaron en Liga por su estatura". benditofutbol.com. 19 February 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  3. "José Cifuentes fue a saludar en la Universidad Católica". benditofutbol.com. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  4. "José Cifuentes jugará en Los Ángeles FC de la MLS". benditofutbol.com. 11 January 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  5. "LAFC Transfers José Cifuentes To Rangers F.C. Of The Scottish Premiership". lafc.com. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  6. "Jose Cifuentes: Rangers sign Ecuador midfielder from Los Angeles for undisclosed fee". BBC Sport. 3 August 2023.
  7. "Scottish Gossip: Tierney, Cifuentes, Ajeti, Johnston, Doig, Rieder, Tavares, Han, Soro, Teklic". BBC Sport. 9 July 2023.
  8. "Rangers 2-1 Servette". BBC Sport. 9 August 2023.
  9. "José Cifuentes's matches". besoccer.com. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  10. "Cifuentes: I never gave up on my dream". FIFA.com. 9 June 2019. Archived from the original on 9 June 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  11. "El volante José Cifuentes debuta en la Tri mayor". benditofutbol.com. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  12. "PERU VS. ECUADOR 0 - 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  13. "José Cifuentes Club Matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  14. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "José Cifuentes". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  15. "Games played by José Cifuentes in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 October 2023.


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