Juan Fuentes (Chilean footballer)

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.

For other footballers, see Juan Fuentes (disambiguation).
Juan Fuentes
Fuentes with O'Higgins in 2013.
Personal information
Full name Juan Eduardo Fuentes Jiménez
Date of birth (1995-03-21) 21 March 1995
Place of birth Rancagua, Chile
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) 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)
2020–2021 → Universidad Católica (loan) 15 (1)
2022– O'Higgins 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:01, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

Career

Youth career

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

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

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

International career

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

Honours

Club
O'Higgins
Universidad Católica

Individual
O'Higgins
  • Medalla Santa Cruz de Triana: 2014

References
  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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