Juan Antonio Delgado Baeza (born 5 March 1993) is a Chilean professional

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who plays as a winger or

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for EFL Championship club

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and the Chile national team.

Club career

Colo-Colo

Born in

Chillán Chillán () is the capital List of cities in Chile, city of the Ñuble Region in the Diguillín Province of Chile located about south of the country's capital, Santiago, near the geographical center of the country. It is the capital of the new � ...

, Delgado made his first team debut for

Colo-Colo Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo () is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano they play in the Chilean Primera División, from which they have never been relegated. The team has pla ...

at the age of 17 during the 2011 Torneo Apertura. After nearly 2 years playing mostly in the B-team, Delgado became a regular under Héctor Tapia's management, with the first main achievement of his being a goal in a 3–2 victory against the club's main rivals

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. Delgado retained protagonism during the 2014 Torneo Clausura where he played 14 games and scored two goals as Colo-Colo won the title.

Gimnàstic

On 5 August 2016, Delgado signed a four-year contract with Spanish Segunda División side

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Sheffield Wednesday

On 24 July 2023, he joined EFL Championship side

. He made his debut starting against

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on 4 August 2023. He scored his maiden Wednesday goal a week later, getting the first goal in a 4-2 defeat against

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. Whilst on international duty he returned to Sheffield Wednesday early to undergo hip surgery.

International career

After playing the

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with the U-20 squad and showing good form in Colo-Colo, Delgado received his first call-up to the national squad for the friendlies against

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and Haiti. He made his debut against Mexico, playing a little over five minutes as a late substitute. Days later, he was a starter against Haiti, where he scored his first international goal in the 21st minute.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals :Score and Result lists Chile's goals first

Honours

Colo-Colo *

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: 2014 Clausura, 2015 Apertura

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* * 1993 births Living people People from Chillán Chilean men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks Men's association football wingers Chilean Primera División players Colo-Colo footballers Segunda División Profesional de Chile players Colo-Colo B footballers Segunda División players Gimnàstic de Tarragona footballers Primeira Liga players C.D. Tondela players F.C. Paços de Ferreira players Liga MX players Club Necaxa footballers English Football League players Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players Chile men's under-20 international footballers Chile men's international footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Spain Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Chilean expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in England {{Chile-footy-bio-stub