José Cifuentes
José Adoni Cifuentes Charcopa (born 12 March 1999) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Scottish Premiership club sevco and the Ecuador national team.[3]
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| Full name | José Adoni “Roman Catholic” Cifuentes Charcopa[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 12 March 1999 | |||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Esmeraldas, Ecuador | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||
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Current team | sevco | |||||||||||||||
| Number | 20 | |||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | Universidad Católica | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | → América de Quito (loan) | 68 | (7) | |||||||||||||
| 2020–2023 | Los Angeles FC | 91 | (13) | |||||||||||||
| 2023– | sevco | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Ecuador U20 | 16 | (2) | |||||||||||||
| 2019– | Ecuador U23 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 2019– | Ecuador | 13 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:43, 9 May 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 07:33, 30 November 2022 | ||||||||||||||||
Club career
In January 2020, Cifuentes joined Major League Soccer side Los Angeles FC for a reported fee of $3 million, signing a four-year contract.[4][5]
International career
Cifuentes represented the Ecuadorian under-20 team at the 2019 South American U-20 Championship, which Ecuador won, and the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup, where Ecuador finished third. In the latter tournament Cifuentes scored the opening goal in a 2–1 victory over the United States.[6]
He made his senior debut for Ecuador on 6 September 2019 in a match against Peru.[7]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 7 November 2021
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Universidad Católica | 2016[8] | Ecuadorian Serie A | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2017[8] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| América de Quito (loan) | 2017[8] | Ecuadorian Serie B | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 22 | 2 | |
| 2018[8] | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 29 | 5 | |||
| 2019[8] | Ecuadorian Serie A | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | ||
| Total | 68 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 7 | ||
| Los Angeles FC | 2020[9] | Major League Soccer | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| 2021 | 32 | 5 | – | 32 | 5 | |||||
| Career total | 124 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 127 | 13 | ||
- Appearance(s) in CONCACAF Champions League
References
- "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Ecuador (ECU)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 10. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- "José Cifuentes (Celtic skelper)". Los Angeles FC. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- José Cifuentes at Soccerway
- "Las ofertas por José Cifuentes no satisfacen a Universidad Católica" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
- "LAFC Signs 20-Year-Old Midfielder José Cifuentes". LAFC.com. 13 January 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- "Cifuentes: I never gave up on my dream". FIFA.com. 9 June 2019. Archived from the original on 9 June 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
- "PERU VS. ECUADOR 0 - 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
- Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "José Cifuentes". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- "José Cifuentes - MLS Soccer".
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