César Fuentes
 Fuentes with Colo-Colo in 2020 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | César Nicolás Fuentes González[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 12 April 1993[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Rancagua, Chile | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Deportes Iquique | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | O'Higgins | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2015 | O'Higgins | 105 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2019 | Universidad Católica | 97 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2024 | Colo-Colo | 103 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Deportes Iquique | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Chile U20 | 20 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Chile U23 (O.P.) | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 November 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
César Nicolás Fuentes González (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsesaɾ ˈfwentes], born 12 April 1993) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Primera División club Deportes Iquique.
Career
[edit]Youth career
[edit]Fuentes started his career at Primera División de Chile club O'Higgins. He progressed from the under categories club all the way to the senior team.
O'Higgins
[edit]In 2012, Fuentes was runner-up with O'Higgins, after lose the final against Universidad de Chile in the penalty shoot-out.[2]
Fuentes won the Apertura 2013-14 with O'Higgins. In the tournament, he played in 15 of 18 matches.[3]
In 2014, he won the Supercopa de Chile against Deportes Iquique, playing the 90 minutes of this match that O'Higgins won at the penalty shoot-out.[4]
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. [5]
Universidad Catolica
[edit]On 12 June 2015, Fuentes signed for 4 years with Universidad Católica.[6]
Colo Colo
[edit]On 17 December 2019, Fuentes signs a contract with Colo Colo on a loan term with probable buyout. [7]
Deportes Iquique
[edit]Fuentes joined Deportes Iquique for the 2025 season.[8]
International career
[edit]He was part of the Chile national under-20 football team, who played the 2013 South American Youth Championship in Argentina and joined the first team for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup based in Turkey, where they reached the quarter-finals.
He was called up to the Chile under-23 squad for the 2023 Pan American Games as an overage player alongside Brayan Cortés and Matías Zaldivia.[9] He made five appearances and scored one goal,[10] winning the silver medal[11]
At senior level, he was a substitute player in the 2026 World Cup qualification match against Venezuela on 17 October 2023.[12][13]
Honors
[edit]O'Higgins
Universidad Católica
- Primera División de Chile (4): 2016–A, 2016–C, 2018, 2019
- Supercopa de Chile (2): 2016, 2019
Colo-Colo
- Primera División de Chile (2): 2022, 2024
- Copa Chile (2): 2021, 2023
- Supercopa de Chile (2): 2022, 2024
Chile U23[a]
- Pan American Games Silver Medal: 2023
Individual
- Medalla Santa Cruz de Triana: 2014
- ^ overage player
References
[edit]- ^ a b "FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013 List of Players: Chile" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 23 June 2013. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2013.
- ^ "U. De Chile venció en infartante definición a O'Higgins y logró su primer tricampeonato".
- ^ "El cielo se tiñó de celeste: ¡O'Higgins campeón!".
- ^ "O'higgins Ganó la Supercopa al Vencer a Deportes Iquique".
- ^ "O'Higgins se quedó en blanco con Lanús y fue eliminado de la Copa Libertadores".
- ^ "Cruzados - Página oficial Club Universidad Católica".
- ^ "Colo Colo oficializó a Miguel Pinto y César Fuentes como sus primeros refuerzos".
- ^ Maldonado, Víctor (6 December 2024). "Oficial: César Fuentes tiene nuevo club y disputará la Libertadores". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 December 2024.
- ^ "Con una sorpresa: Chile presenta su nómina para el fútbol masculino de cara a Santiago 2023". TNT Sports Chile (in Spanish). 3 October 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
- ^ "Individual Statistics" (PDF). Santiago2023.org. 4 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ "Medallists" (PDF). Santiago2023.org. 4 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ Valenzuela, Rodrigo (16 October 2023). "César Fuentes busca su gran y primera oportunidad en la selección chilena ante Venezuela". Dale Albo (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 October 2023.
- ^ Valdivia, Humberto (16 October 2023). "Alineaciones del Chile vs Venezuela confirmados: equipos titulares para duelo por Eliminatorias 2026". Infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 October 2023.
External links
[edit]- César Fuentes at Football-Lineups
- César Fuentes at Soccerway
- César Fuentes at BDFA (in Spanish)
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Rancagua
- Chilean men's footballers
- 21st-century Chilean sportsmen
- Chile men's under-20 international footballers
- Chilean Primera División players
- O'Higgins F.C. footballers
- Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers
- Colo-Colo footballers
- Deportes Iquique footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Footballers at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games medalists in football
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Chile
- Pan American Games competitors for Chile