César Fuentes
Chilean footballer (born 1993) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Fuentes with Colo-Colo in 2020 | |||||||||||||||||
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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 | Deportes Iquique | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||
Career
Youth career
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
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
On 12 June 2015, Fuentes signed for 4 years with Universidad Católica.[6]
Colo Colo
On 17 December 2019, Fuentes signs a contract with Colo Colo on a loan term with probable buyout. [7]
Deportes Iquique
Fuentes joined Deportes Iquique for the 2025 season.[8]
International career
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
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
References
External links
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