José Luis Sierra (footballer, born 1997)

José Luis Sierra Cabrera (born 24 June 1997) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a forward.

For his father, see José Luis Sierra (footballer, born 1968).
José Luis Sierra
Personal information
Full name José Luis Sierra Cabrera
Date of birth (1997-06-24) 24 June 1997
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Unión Española
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2019 Unión Española 43 (5)
2020 Bisceglie 1 (0)
2020–2021 Deportes Temuco 2 (0)
2021 Deportes Colina 13 (0)
2022 Unión Española 0 (0)
Total 59 (5)
International career
2015–2017 Chile U20 6 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

On 21 January 2020, he signed a two-year contract with Italian third-tier Serie C club Bisceglie.[1]

On April 29, 2021, he joined Chilean Segunda División side Deportes Colina.[2]

After the 2022 season with Unión Española, he retired from professional football at the age of twenty-five, joining the amateur club La Masía from Estadio Español based in Las Condes, Santiago.[3]

International career

He represented Chile U20 at two South American Youth Football Championships: 2015 in Uruguay and 2017 in Ecuador.

Personal life

He is the son of the former Chilean international footballer José Luis Sierra.[4]

His paternal grandparents, Domingo Sierra and Pilar Pando, are Spanish immigrants in Chile of Galician and Asturian origin, respectively.[5]

Belonging to a football family, his grandfather was a director of Unión Española[5] and his great-great-uncle, Félix Cantín, was a doctor and midfielder of Unión Deportiva Española from 1928 to 1932.[6]

His cousin, Benjamín Sierra, who is also the nephew of the football manager Sebastián Miranda, plays at the Spanish Kings League.[7]

References
  1. "CALCIOMERCATO: ufficializzati SIERRA, PETRIS e NACCI" (Press release) (in Italian). Bisceglie. 21 January 2020.
  2. "José Luis Sierra Jr. jugará en la Segunda División 2021" (in European Spanish). TNT Sports Chile. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  3. "Hijo de José Luis Sierra se retiró del profesionalismo y fichó en club amateur". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 7 April 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  4. "José Luis Sierra, el hijo del "Coto" que salvó a Chile de una derrota frente a Ecuador en el Sub 20 | Emol.com". Emol (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 23 January 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  5. "José Luis Sierra Pando". excha.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  6. Llanos Ibarra, Heriberto (29 March 2021). "Andrés García y las generaciones doradas de Unión Española". Asifuch (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  7. Parker, Matías (29 January 2023). "La historia de Benjamín Sierra, un chileno suelto en la Kings League" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 21 February 2023.


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