Juan Fuentes (Chilean footballer)

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| name = Juan Fuentes

| image = Juan_Fuentes_Universidad_de_Chile_v_O%27Higgins_20230807_01.jpg

| image_size = 200

| caption = Fuentes with O'Higgins in 2023

| fullname = Juan Eduardo Fuentes Jiménez

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|3|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Rancagua, Chile

| height = {{height|m=1.75}}

| currentclub = Deportes La Serena

| clubnumber =

| position = Defender, Midfielder

| youthyears1 = 2009–2013

| youthclubs1 = O'Higgins

| years1 = 2013–2019 | clubs1 = O'Higgins | caps1 = 125 | goals1 = 4

| years2 = 2019–2021 | clubs2 = Estudiantes | caps2 = 16 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2020–2021 | clubs3 = → Universidad Católica (loan) | caps3 = 15 | goals3 = 1

| years4 = 2022–2024 | clubs4 = O'Higgins | caps4 = 58 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2025– | clubs5 = Deportes La Serena | caps5 = 0 | goals5 = 0

| club-update = 12 January 2025

}}

Juan Eduardo Fuentes Jiménez (born 21 March 1995) is a Chilean footballer that currently plays for the Primera Division club Deportes La Serena as a midfielder.

Career

Fuentes started his career in 2009 at Primera División de Chile club O'Higgins. He progressed from the under categories club all the way to the senior team. Fuentes won the Apertura 2013-14 with O'Higgins, in the 2013–14 Súper Final Apertura against Universidad Católica, being the first title for O'Higgins.{{Cite web|url=https://eltipografo.cl/2013/12/el-cielo-es-celeste/|title=El Tipógrafo » El cielo se tiñó de celeste: ¡O’Higgins campeón!}}

In 2014, he won the Supercopa de Chile against Deportes Iquique, in the match that O'Higgins won at the penalty shoot-out.{{Cite web|url=http://www.anfp.cl/noticia/20957/ohiggins-gano-la-supercopa-al-vencer-a-deportes-iquique|title=O'HIGGINS GANÓ LA SUPERCOPA AL VENCER A DEPORTES IQUIQUE|website=ANFP}}

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.

{{Cite web|url=https://www.alairelibre.cl/noticias/deportes/copa-libertadores/ohiggins/o-higgins-se-quedo-en-blanco-con-lanus-y-fue-eliminado-de-la-copa/2014-04-08/235905.html|title=O'Higgins se quedó en blanco con Lanús y fue eliminado de la Copa Libertadores|first=Compañia Chilena de|last=Comunicaciones|website=alairelibre.cl}}

In 2020, Fuentes signed for the Chilean club Universidad Católica on loan for a year with a buy option clause.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cruzados.cl/news/detail/juan-fuentes-se-transforma-en-nuevo-refuerzo-de-universidad-catlica|title=Juan Fuentes se Transforma en Nuevo Refuerzo de Universidad Catolica|website=Cruzados}}

In 2025, Fuentes signed with Deportes La Serena.{{cite news |title=Deportes La Serena anunció al defensa Juan Fuentes como fichaje |url=https://cooperativa.cl/noticias/deportes/futbol/la-serena/deportes-la-serena-anuncio-al-defensa-juan-fuentes-como-fichaje/2025-01-03/220245.html |access-date=13 January 2025 |work=Radio Cooperativa |date=3 January 2025 |language=es}}