Carlos Junior Huerto Saavedra (born 26 April 1999) is a Peruvian footballer who plays as a left-back for Universidad San Martín.

Junior Huerto
Personal information
Full name Carlos Junior Huerto Saavedra
Date of birth (1999-04-26) 26 April 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Lima, Peru
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
Universidad San Martín
Number 4
Youth career
Universidad San Martín
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Universidad San Martín 57 (4)
2020–2023 Sporting Cristal 8 (0)
2021Univ. San Martín (loan) 15 (0)
2022Sport Boys (loan) 3 (0)
2022Cantolao (loan) 10 (0)
2023Cantolao (loan) 23 (1)
2024– Universidad San Martín 7 (0)
International career
2014 Peru U-15
2015 Peru U-17 1 (0)
2018–2019 Peru U-20 5 (0)
2019 Peru U-23 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 05:54, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

Huerto is also known by his nickname 'Checho'.

Club career

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Universidad San Martín

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Huerto is a product of Universidad San Martín and made his debut for the club in November 2016. He became a regular starter in the 2018 season with four goals in 30 games. In 2019, Huerto made 25 league appearances.[2]

Sporting Cristal

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On 4 January 2020 it was confirmed, that Huerto had joined Sporting Cristal on a deal until the end of 2023.[3] He made his debut for the club on 1 February 2020 against UTC Cajamarca.[4]

To get some more minutes, after playing only 422 minutes in eight games in 2020, Huerto was loaned out back to Universidad San Martín on 9 January 2021 for the entire 2021 season.[5]

On 5 December 2021 it was confirmed, that Huerto would play the 2022 on loan at Sport Boys.[6] However, the spell was cut short and he was instead loaned out to Cantolao in the beginning of July 2022, until the end of the year.[2] Huerto returned to Cristal ahead of the 2023 season, and sat on the bench for one game for Cristal, before heading on a new loan spell at Cantolao.

Return to Universidad San Martín

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After five years away, Huerto re-joined Universidad San Martín in February 2024.[7]

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