Juan Cornejo

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cornejo and the second or maternal family name is Palma.

Juan Francisco Cornejo Palma (born 27 February 1990) is a Chilean footballer who currently plays for Coquimbo Unido in the Primera División de Chile as a left back.

Juan Cornejo

Personal information
Full name	Juan Francisco Cornejo Palma
Date of birth	(1990-02-27) 27 February 1990 (age 35)
Place of birth	Pichidegua, O'Higgins, Chile
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Left back
Team information
Current team	Coquimbo Unido
Number	16
Youth career
	Colo-Colo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2012	Magallanes	71	(6)
2013–2016	Audax Italiano	98	(11)
2016–2020	León	53	(2)
2019–2020	→ Universidad Católica (loan)	32	(1)
2021	Universidad Católica	10	(1)
2022	Deportes Antofagasta	19	(0)
2023–	Coquimbo Unido	46	(0)
International career‡
2015–	Chile	3	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 3 July 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 29 March 2015

Career

On January 14, 2017 Cornejo made his Liga MX debut against Club Necaxa playing the last 3 minutes of the 1-0 win.

In December 2022, he signed with Coquimbo Unido for the 2023 season.^[1]

International career

Cornejo was part of a Chile under-25 squad in a training session led by Claudio Borghi in May 2011, alongside his teammates in Magallanes, Claudio Latorre, Carlos Cisternas and Felipe Reynero.^[2][3]

He was named in the preliminary squad for the 2015 Copa America but was omitted from the final squad.^[4]

Honours

Magallanes^[5]

• Tercera A de Chile (1): 2010 ^[es]

Universidad Católica

• Primera División de Chile (3): 2019, 2020, 2021
• Supercopa de Chile (3): 2019, 2020, 2021