Jaime Carreño

Jaime Matías Carreño Lee-Chong (born 3 March 1997), is a Chilean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Deportes La Serena in the Chilean Primera División.

Jaime Carreño
Personal information
Full name Jaime Matías Carreño Lee-Chong
Date of birth (1997-03-03) 3 March 1997
Place of birth Recoleta, Chile
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Deportes La Serena
Number 31
Youth career
2008–2010 Santiago Morning
2010–2015 Universidad Católica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2021 Universidad Católica 50 (3)
2017 → Everton (loan) 14 (0)
2020 → Oriente Petrolero (loan) 9 (1)
2020–2021 → Universidad de Concepción (loan) 15 (0)
2021– Deportes La Serena 8 (0)
International career‡
2013 Chile U17 3 (0)
2017 Chile U20 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 January 2017

Club career

Jaime made his debut at U.C. for the first time against Santiago Wanderers in Valparaiso in 2015. In the first half of 2016, Jaime was consolidated as a starter in the team, with great performances. On April 23, 2016 Jaime gave the victory to U.C. in the "university Clasico", scoring the 2–1. This was his first goal in professionalism.[1]

International career

He got his first call up to the senior Chile squad for a friendly against Paraguay in September 2015.[2]

Personal life

From his maternal line, Carreño is of Chinese descent and the nephew of the former Chile international footballer Óscar Lee-Chong and the cousin of the also footballer Felipe Lee-Chong,[3] son of Óscar.[4]

Honors

Club
Universidad Católica

References
  1. "Clásico 'cruzado': Católica venció a la 'U' y quedó como solitario líder". prensafutbol.com. 23 April 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  2. "Chile 3-2 Paraguay". live-result.com. 6 September 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  3. Felipe Lee-Chong at PlaymakerStats
  4. González, Christian (22 January 2018). "El cocinero Lee Chong" (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 July 2022.


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