Alfred Jeafran Canales Céspedes (born 27 April 2000) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chilean Primera División side Universidad Católica.
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| Full name | Alfred Jeafran Canales Céspedes | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 27 April 2000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | San Ramón, Santiago, Chile | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Universidad Católica | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Audax Italiano | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2023 | Audax Italiano | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | → Lautaro de Buin (loan) | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | → Universidad de Concepción (loan) | 13 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | → Magallanes (loan) | 28 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Universidad Católica | 21 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Chile U23 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 November 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
editBorn in San Ramón, Santiago de Chile, Canales is a product of the Audax Italiano youth system and made his professional debut against Cobresal on 25 January 2020.[2] He spent two seasons on loan to Lautaro de Buin[3] and Universidad de Concepción in 2021 and 2022,[4] respectively.
In 2023, he joined on loan to Magallanes, then the champions of the Primera B and recent promoted club to the top division.[5][6] He has taken part of a successful stint of them, winning the 2023 Supercopa de Chile versus Colo-Colo,[7] the third consecutive title of the club, and playing at the Copa Libertadores[8] and the Copa Sudamericana.[9]
Universidad Católica
editOn 25 December 2023, Canales signed a contract with Universidad Católica until 2026.[10]
International career
editCanales has taken part of training microcycles of the Chile under-23 team with the coach Eduardo Berizzo.[11][12] He was included in the final squad for the 2023 Pan American Games,[13] where Chile won the silver medal.[14]
At senior level, he received his first call up for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay and Colombia in September 2023, alongside his teammate Julián Alfaro.[15][16]
Honours
editMagallanes
Chile U23
- Pan American Games Silver Medal: 2023
References
edit- ^ "Alfred Canales". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 August 2023.
- ^ (Audax Italiano La Florida (Sitio Oficial) Nuestro juvenil Alfred Canales @jeafran27 debutó ayer con el equipo profesional🤩👏🏻. on Facebook (in Spanish). 26 January 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
- ^ "Rodrigo Holgado tiene una chance concreta de fichar en el fútbol de Argentina". TNT Sports Chile (in Spanish). 23 July 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
tanto Alfred Canales como René Meléndez pasaron a préstamo a Lautaro de Buin y jugarán en la Segunda División con el "Toqui".
- ^ "La UdeConce reforzó su plantel con otro juvenil que viene de Primera". sabes.cl (in Spanish). 22 July 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
- ^ "Magallanes suma 2 refuerzos más y se alista para el Campeonato Nacional". Tablón Virtual (in Spanish). 29 December 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
- ^ Parraguirre, Fernanda (30 December 2022). "Magallanes busca protagonismo y mueve el mercado de pases con dos refuerzos". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 August 2023.
- ^ Tapia, Carlos (16 January 2023). "En el nombre del padre: Magallanes vence a Colo Colo y es el supercampeón del fútbol chileno". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 August 2023.
- ^ "DETALLES DEL PARTIDO 2/23/2023 ESTADIO EL TENIENTE". conmebollibertadores.com (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
- ^ "Botafogo logró sacar el empate de local frente a Magallanes". Infobae (in Spanish). 28 June 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
- ^ "También tienen su regalo de Navidad: La UC anunció a Alfred Canales como primer refuerzo" (in Spanish). 25 December 2023. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
- ^ Silva, Felipe (26 November 2022). ""¿Mi nominación a la Roja? Un tío me avisó y no le creí... Pensé que me estaba leseando"". AS Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 August 2023.
- ^ Acevedo, Álvaro (24 May 2023). "Alfred Canales, nuevo nominado a La Roja Sub 23". TNT Sports Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 August 2023.
- ^ "Team roster CHI - Chile" (PDF). Santiago2023.org. 29 October 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ "Medallists" (PDF). Santiago2023.org. 4 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ Rosconi, Matías (26 August 2023). "Magallanes aporta a La Roja". Portal Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 August 2023.
- ^ "La nómina de La Roja para los duelos ante Uruguay y Colombia por las clasificatorias al mundial de 2026". www.t13.cl (in Spanish). Canal 13. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
External links
edit- Alfred Canales at Soccerway
- Alfred Canales at WorldFootball.net
- Alfred Canales at ESPN FC