Ismael Fuentes

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ismael Fuentes

| image = Brazil & Chile match at World Cup 2010-06-28 6.jpg

| caption = Fuentes against Kaká

| image_size = 250px

| fullname = Ismael Ignacio Fuentes Castro

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1981|8|4}}

| birth_place = Villa Alegre, Chile

| height = {{height|m=1.82}}

| currentclub =

| position = Defender

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Deportes Linares

| years1 = 1999–2001 | clubs1 = Deportes Linares | caps1 = | goals1 = 1

| years2 = 2001–2004 | clubs2 = Rangers | caps2 = 63 | goals2 = 2

| years3 = 2004 | clubs3 = Colo-Colo | caps3 = 18 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2005–2012 | clubs4 = Chiapas | caps4 = 175 | goals4 = 5

| years5 = 2009 | clubs5 = → Atlas (loan) | caps5 = 28 | goals5 = 2

| years6 = 2010 | clubs6 = → Universidad Católica (loan) | caps6 = 11 | goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2013 | clubs7 = Correcaminos UAT | caps7 = 4 | goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2013–2014 | clubs8 = Deportes Antofagasta | caps8 = 15 | goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2014–2015 | clubs9 = Santos de Guápiles | caps9 = 19 | goals9 = 3

| years10 = 2015–2016 | clubs10 = Coquimbo Unido | caps10 = 21 | goals10 = 0

| years11 = 2017 | clubs11 = Rangers | caps11 = 11 | goals11 = 0

| totalcaps =

| totalgoals = 13

| nationalyears1 = 2001

| nationalteam1 = Chile U20

| nationalyears2 = 2004–2010

| nationalteam2 = Chile

| nationalcaps2 = 30

| nationalgoals2 = 1

}}

Ismael Ignacio Fuentes Castro (born 4 August 1981) is a Chilean former footballer who played as centre back.

Club career

Fuentes made his debut with Deportes Linares in the Primera B de Chile(TNT Sports Chile) {{Youtube |id=jhaSUzktLH0 |title=Ismael Fuentes recordó sus inicios en el fútbol y su paso por La Roja}} {{inlang|es}} and then he moved to Rangers in 2001.{{cite web | url = http://www.latercera.com/noticia/deportes/2012/05/656-463105-9-ismael-fuentes-encabeza-lista-de-jugadores-prescindibles-de-jaguares.shtml | title = Ismael Fuentes encabeza lista de jugadores prescindibles de Jaguares | publisher = La Tercera | date = 28 May 2012 | access-date = 26 July 2015 | archive-date = 17 November 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151117022808/http://www.latercera.com/noticia/deportes/2012/05/656-463105-9-ismael-fuentes-encabeza-lista-de-jugadores-prescindibles-de-jaguares.shtml | url-status = dead }}

International career

Fuentes represented Chile at under-20 level in the 2001 South American Championship.{{cite web |title=Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Sub-20 |url=https://www.partidosdelaroja.com/1970/01/nominas-de-chile-para-sudamericanos-sub20.html |website=Partidos de La Roja |access-date=22 November 2022 |language=es}} At senior level, he made 30 appearances and scored one goal between 2004 and 2010.{{cite web |title=Ismael Fuentes |url=https://www.partidosdelaroja.com/2004/07/ismael-fuentes.html |website=Partidos de La Roja |access-date=22 November 2022 |language=es}}

=International goals=

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Goal !Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	10 September 2008	Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile	{{fb\|COL}}	align="center"\| 3–0	align="center"\| 4–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier

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Goal

!Date

Venue

Opponent

Score

Result

Competition

10 September 2008

Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile

align="center"| 3–0

align="center"| 4–0

2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier

Post-retirement

Fuentes was elected a member of the Regional Council of Maule for the Linares Province in the 2024 Chilean regional elections supported by Independent Democratic Union.{{cite web |title=Elecciones 2024: ¿Cómo les fue a los exfutbolistas que postularon a cargos? |url=https://www.cnnchile.com/pais/elecciones-2024-como-les-fue-exfutbolistas-en-los-comicios_20241028/ |website=CNN Chile |access-date=23 June 2025 |language=es |date=28 October 2024}}

In June 2025, Fuentes joined the Rodeo club Talca Norte to compete in the Asociación Talca Oriente.{{cite web |last1=Huerta |first1=Rodrigo |title=De jugar con la Roja el Mundial de Sudáfrica a competir en un campeonato de rodeo: “El objetivo es aprender” |url=https://chile.as.com/masdeporte/de-jugar-con-la-roja-el-mundial-de-sudafrica-a-competir-en-un-campeonato-de-rodeo-el-objetivo-es-aprender-n/ |website=Diario AS |access-date=23 June 2025 |language=es |date=23 June 2025}}