César Nicolás Fuentes González (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsesaɾ ˈfwentes], born 12 April 1993) is a Chilean footballer that currently plays for Primera División club Colo-Colo as a midfielder.
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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 | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Colo-Colo | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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– | Colo-Colo | 92 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Chile U20 | 20 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Chile U23 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 August 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 November 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
Career
editYouth career
editFuentes 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
editIn 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
editOn 12 June 2015, Fuentes signed for 4 years with Universidad Católica.[6]
Colo Colo
editOn 17 December 2019, Fuentes signs a contract with Colo Colo on a loan term with probable buyout. [7]
International career
editHe 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.[8] He made five appearances and scored one goal,[9] winning the silver medal[10]
At senior level, he was a substitute player in the 2026 World Cup qualification match against Venezuela on 17 October 2023.[11][12]
Honors
editO'Higgins
Universidad Católica
- Primera División de Chile (4): 2016–A, 2016–C, 2018, 2019
- Supercopa de Chile (2): 2016, 2019
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".
- ^ "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)