Michael Fuentes
{{short description|Chilean footballer (born 1998)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Michael Fuentes
| image = Michael Fuentes Audax Italiano v Curicó Unido 20230724 02.jpg
| caption = Vadulli with Audax Italiano in 2023
| fullname = Michael Andrés Fuentes Vadulli
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1998|5|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = Iquique, Chile
| height = 1.77 m
| position = Forward
| currentclub = Audax Italiano
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Colegio Deportivo
| youthyears2 =
| youthclubs2 = Deportes Iquique
| years1 = 2018–2021 | clubs1 = Deportes Iquique | caps1 = 39 | goals1 = 3
| years2 = 2021 | clubs2 = → Audax Italiano (loan) | caps2 = 27 | goals2 = 4
| years3 = 2022– | clubs3 = Audax Italiano | caps3 = 50 | goals3 = 7
| years4 = 2024 | clubs4 = → Palestino (loan) | caps4 = 10 | goals4 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2017 | nationalteam1 = Chile (beach soccer)
| nationalyears2 = 2022– | nationalteam2 = Chile
| nationalcaps2 = 1 | nationalgoals2 = 0
| pcupdate = 22 December 2024
| ntupdate = 17 December 2022
}}
Michael Andrés Fuentes Vadulli (born 27 May 1998), also known as Vadulli, is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Chilean Primera División side Audax Italiano.
Club career
In 2018, Fuentes joined Deportes Iquique from Colegio Deportivo CODE Iquique after being observed by the coach Jaime Vera{{cite web |title=Michael Fuentes |url=https://www.clubdeportesiquique.com/jugador/michael-fuentes/ |publisher=Deportes Iquique |access-date=28 May 2021 |language=es}} and made his professional debut in a Chilean Primera División match against Palestino on April 21, 2018.{{cite web |title=De amateur a profesional: Michael Fuentes debutó con triunfo en Deportes Iquique |url=https://www.soychile.cl/Iquique/Deportes/2018/04/24/529790/Iquiqueno-Michael-Fuentes-hizo-su-debut-en-el-futbol-profesional.aspx |website=SoyChile.cl |access-date=28 May 2021 |language=es |date=24 April 2018}} After Deportes Iquique was relegated to Primera B, on 2021 season he was loaned to Audax Italiano on a deal for a year.{{cite web |title=Michael Fuentes y Lautaro Palacios son nuevos refuerzos de Audax Italiano |url=https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/deportes/futbol/futbol-nacional/2021/02/26/michael-fuentes-y-lautaro-palacios-son-nuevos-refuerzos-de-audax-italiano.shtml |publisher=BioBioChile |access-date=28 May 2021 |language=es |date=2021-02-26}}
In 2024, he was loaned to Palestino from Audax Italiano.{{cite news |title=“Esto es cine”: Palestino sorprende y lleva la presentación de refuerzos a otro nivel |url=https://chile.as.com/videos/esto-es-cine-palestino-sorprende-y-lleva-la-presentacion-de-refuerzos-a-otro-nivel-v/ |access-date=16 January 2024 |work=Diario AS |date=16 January 2024 |language=es}}
International career
Previous to his signing with Deportes Iquique, Fuentes represented the Chile national beach soccer team. In 16 November 2022, he made his international debut with the Chile national team in a friendly against Poland.{{cite web |last1=Rubio |first1=Jorge |title=De seleccionado playero a jugar por la Roja adulta: la frenética carrera de Michael Fuentes Vadulli |url=https://redgol.cl/seleccionchilena/De-seleccionado-playero-a-jugar-por-la-Roja-adulta-la-frenetica-carrera-de-Michael-Fuentes-Vadulli-20221117-0031.html |website=RedGol |access-date=17 November 2022 |language=es |date=17 November 2022}}
Personal life
He is of Greek descent through his grandfather who had settled in Chile long time ago.{{cite web |last1=Τεμπέλης|first1=Βασίλης |title=Μιχαήλ Φουέντες: Ο ελληνικής καταγωγής Χιλιανός φορ και το όνειρο της Εθνικής |url=https://www.sport24.gr/football/mixail-fouentes-o-ellinikis-katagogis-xilianos-for-kai-to-oneiro-tis-ethnikis/ |website=sport24.gr |access-date=9 March 2025 |language=el |date=15 April 2020}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Soccerway|michael-andres-fuentes-vadulli/538703}}
- {{BDFA|MICHAEL-ANDRES-FUENTES-117344}}
- [https://www.playmakerstats.com/player.php?id=624006 Michael Fuentes] at PlaymakerStats.com
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Category:Chilean people of Greek descent
Category:Footballers from Iquique
Category:Chilean men's footballers
Category:21st-century Chilean sportsmen
Category:Chile men's international footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Deportes Iquique footballers
Category:Audax Italiano footballers
Category:Club Deportivo Palestino footballers
Category:Chilean Primera División players
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