Jean André Emanuel Beausejour Coliqueo (; born 1 June 1984) is a Chilean former professional

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who played as a left-sided wing-back. He played in Chile, Switzerland, Brazil, Belgium, Mexico and England, where he won the

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with

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and the

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with

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. Beausejour made his debut for the Chile national team in 2004 and his 100th appearance for his country in 2018. He was a member of the

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-winning squads in

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and

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, and is the only Chilean to score in two consecutive

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(

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and

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Personal life

Beausejour was born in

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. His father, Jean Coty Beausejour, was a Haitian graduate student of African descent who went on to work for the

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, and his mother, Viviana Coliqueo Collipay, is a Chilean of

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ethnicity whose father, Andres, had migrated to the city to find work. Beausejour's parents separated when he was very young, and he was raised by his mother and her parents; he regards his grandfather as his father-figure. The family lived in Villa Carmelitas, in the

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commune of Santiago, where Beausejour was educated at Escuela Profesor Ramón del Río, Colegio Holanda and Liceo Guillermo Feliú Cruz. In 2010, the local council declared him an ''Hijo Ilustre'', 'honoured son', of the community, and six years later a new sports centre was named after him. In the 2000s, he had a brief spell in the career of

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at the University of the Americas, where he studied thanks to a scholarship. Nevertheless, he didn't finish that

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degree. Because of his dark skin, he was nicknamed "Palmatoria" after a black character from ''Barrabases'' (a football-themed children's comic); despite reports that he hated the name, he says it did not bother him, and that being black caused him fewer problems than did the indigenous Mapuche heritage with which he closely identifies. Beausejour is married to Karina Ugarte. , the couple had two children, Joaquín and Luciano. Joaquín has played football in the junior ranks of Universidad Católica, the club where his father completed his youth development.

Club career

Early career

As a 10-year-old, Beausejour attended a public trial with the local senior club,

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, and was one of four boys chosen to go through further selection procedures to join the club's youth system. At 14, he was released. After a trial with city rivals Universidad Católica, he was accepted into their youth system where he continued his football development. He began his professional career at Universidad Católica. In 2002, he debuted after being loaned to

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where he had an impressive season alongside

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. In June 2004, he joined Swiss club

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, reuniting with Valdivia to play in the

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. He scored once from 11 appearances in the

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before the club went bankrupt in February 2005 and it lost its licence to compete at that level. His goal, Servette's third in a 4–1 win away to

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, proved costly to the player who supplied the cross, Paulo Diogo, who leapt onto the perimeter fence in celebration, caught his wedding ring in the metalwork, and when he jumped down, much of his finger was torn away along with the ring. The finger had to be amputated. In July 2005, Beausejour signed a short-term deal with Brazilian club Grêmio, where he helped the team to win the Série B title. He joined

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of Belgium in January 2006 on an 18-month contract, but made no appearances and returned to Chile after a year where he signed for

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. In January 2008, Beausejour joined O'Higgins where he was used as

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and re-gained status after impressing once again. His performances led him to the Chile national team coached by

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who usually used him in the same position. On 1 December 2008, it was reported that Beausejour completed a three-and-half year deal with Mexican club América. He made his debut on 4 January 2009 during a 1–1 draw with rivals

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, scoring the opening goal. Following a one-and-half year spell with the

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–based side and his

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participation, he signed a three-year contract with

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side

for an undisclosed fee in August 2010.

Birmingham City

After 18 months with the

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-based club followed by a "tremendous"

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, Beausejour signed a three-year contract with

club

for an undisclosed fee in August 2010. Manager

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stated that Beausejour was a player that had been on their "list of targets for a long time because he is strong and quick with the ability to beat his man and get crosses in." His debut was delayed while he awaited a working visa, but he made his first appearance on 18 September as a late substitute, replacing

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in the 83rd minute as Birmingham lost 3–1 at

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. He made more impact on his first start, setting up goals for Hleb and

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in the 3–1

victory over

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. Described by the ''

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'' as "at the heart of everything good about Birmingham" in the

third round against

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, Beausejour provided the assist for the opening goal and "crashed a 20-yard strike off the bar". He scored his first goal for the club six minutes into the FA Cup fifth-round defeat of

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, with a side-footed shot from a

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cut-back. He was a second-half substitute as Birmingham won the 2011 League Cup, beating favourites

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2–1 at

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, thus earning qualification for the

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. On 5 March 2011, Beausejour scored his first Premier League goal in a 3–1 defeat at home to West Bromwich Albion, and his second came four days later in a 1–1 draw at Everton. But his club struggled with injuries for most of the 2010–11 season, and were relegated from the Premier League. Beausejour was the ''

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in Birmingham's first appearance in major European competition for nearly 50 years, the Europa League play-off round first leg against Portuguese club

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, which finished goalless. Just days after manager

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suggested he wanted more from Beausejour in an attacking role, the player had an eventful man-of-the-match performance as Birmingham beat

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2–0. In the first few minutes of the second half, he "hit the angle of post and bar with a fierce shot", was considered fortunate by visiting manager

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to escape a second yellow card, and was tripped by

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to earn a penalty kick from which

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opened the scoring. In the Europa League group stage, an error by Beausejour led to

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's second goal, but he scored from the rebound after Žigić's shot was blocked and was fouled for the penalty from which King equalised. His first league goal of the season came against

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in November, again from a rebound, in the second minute of a match that Birmingham won 2–1 in stoppage time.

Wigan Athletic

On 25 January 2012, Beausejour joined Premier League club

for an undisclosed fee, signing a two-and-a-half-year contract. He made his debut in the 3–1 defeat against

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on 31 January. On his home debut, against Everton, his man-of-the-match performance featured a "low cross

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struck

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on the foot, before heading in the direction of Tim Howard, but the ball spun sharply, slipping through the American's grasp" for an

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. Beausejour slotted well into the 3–4–3 formation playing at left wing back. He helped his team reach the 2013 FA Cup Final, but a hamstring injury meant he missed the match itself, in which Wigan beat

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1–0 at

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to win the first major trophy in their history. Beausejour's second consecutive Premier League relegation was confirmed just days later after a 4–1 defeat at the hands of

. He left Wigan Athletic in June 2014 when his contract expired.

Colo-Colo

2014–15 season

After his participation in the

, Beausejour returned to Chile to play for recent league champions

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. He signed a two-year contract at reported wages of 34 million

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($68,000 approx.) a month. International clearance permitting, coach

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planned to put Beausejour straight into the starting eleven at left back at the expense of Luis Pavez, but he made his competitive debut in the second match of the Torneo Apertura, on 27 June against

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. Colo-Colo won 2–0, both goals scored by

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. On 31 August, Beausejour scored his first competitive goal in a 4–0 home win over

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. After scoring his second goal, on 14 September against

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in a 3–1 away win, he was sent off for striking Leonardo Valencia and received a two-match suspension. His first match back after the ban was the ''

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'' against

on 19 October, in which he scored his side's second goal in a 2–0 victory at the Estadio Monumental. On 30 December 2014, Beausejour appeared in the club's 3–2 Noche Alba win over

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at which the club presented new signings

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and Luis Pedro Figueroa. They made a poor start to the

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with a 1–0 defeat at home to

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on 4 January 2015, but ended a four-match winless streak with a 2–0 win away to O'Higgins in which Beausejour scored his first goal of the season. He started the most part of the tournament as full back, completing fourteen games and one goal in a tournament which Colo-Colo finished runner-up.

2015–16 season

For the 2015–16 season under new coach José Luis Sierra, Beausejour returned to his original position of left winger. On 15 September, he scored his fifth competitive goal for the club, his first of the 2015 Apertura, in a 3–1 home win over

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that extended the team's perfect start to six league matches. Beausejour produced his second consecutive goal in Chilean derbies when he opened the scoring with a header in Colo-Colo's 2–0 victory over Universidad de Chile on 31 October. On 6 December, he finally won a domestic league title as Colo-Colo clinched their 31st in embarrassing circumstances: rivals Universidad Católica lost to

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, while Colo-Colo's match, away to

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, was abandoned before it started because of violent incidents by their own supporters.

Retirement

On January 28, 2022, he announced his retirement as a professional footballer despite having offers from several clubs to spend more time with his family.

International career

Beausejour has played for Chile at under-23 and senior levels. He was capped for Chile at the 2004 South American Pre-Olympic Tournament alongside players such as

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and

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. However, the team failed to qualify for the Athens Olympics, finishing bottom of the final stage after topping their first-stage group, which included

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and eventual qualifiers

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. He made his senior debut in a friendly against

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in the United States on 18 February 2004, and made the assist for

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's goal in a 1–1 draw. He played twice more that year, but did not appear again until 2008. His first international goal came on 10 June 2009 in a 4–0 defeat of

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at the Estadio Nacional in a World Cup qualifier.

named Beausejour in Chile's 23-man squad for the

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finals. He scored the only goal of their first group match against

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on 16 June, which was the first match that Chile had won at a World Cup since

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. He played in all Chile's matches at the tournament until their elimination by

in the round of 16. During the

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process, he and four teammates were dropped from the national team by coach Claudio Borghi before a match against

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in 2011 because they returned to Chile's training camp late and intoxicated after attending the baptism of Valdivia's child. The

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(ANFP) increased the suspension to ten matches, and Borghi said that while he remained coach, neither Beausejour nor Valdivia would be selected even after the ban. Nevertheless, Borghi recalled Beausejour and Gonzalo Jara to the squad as soon as they had served their time, for a friendly against

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, and Beausejour made his first international appearance for a year in a World Cup qualifier against

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. After Borghi was replaced by

, Beausejour's former coach at O'Higgins, he played most of the remaining World Cup qualification process, alongside Valdivia, who was recalled to the squad in March 2013. Despite scepticism as to Sampaoli putting loyalty ahead of form where Beausejour was concerned, he was included in the 23-man squad for the

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in Brazil. During the first group match, he scored with a shot from outside the box that beat

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goalkeeper

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to complete his side's 3–1 victory and become the first ever Chilean to score in two different World Cup tournaments. Beausejour was a member of Chile's

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squad that won the tournament for the first time. He played the whole 120 minutes of

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, in which Chile beat

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4–1 on penalties at the Estadio Nacional. He and his country repeated their success in the following year's centenary edition. Again he played the full 120 minutes of

against Argentina, which again finished goalless

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. This time he took and converted the fourth penalty as Chile went on to win the shootout 4–2. Along with seven of his teammates, Beausejour was included in the Tournament Best XI. The 2015 victory qualified Chile for the 2017 Confederations Cup. Beausejour started the first two group matches and was unused in the third. He came back into the team for the semifinal, in which Chile beat

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3–0 on penalties, and started in

, which Chile lost 1–0 to

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. In a friendly against

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on 27 March 2018, Beausejour and

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became the sixth and seventh players to make their 100th appearances for Chile.

Career statistics

International

International goals

''Scores and results list Chile's tally first, score column indicates score after each Beausejour goal.''

Post retirement

In February 2022, he joined ESPN Chile, along with the former footballer Diego Rivarola, as a football commentator and analyst. He also joined ADN Radio as a panelist of the program ''Los Tenores de ADN''.

Honours

Club

Universidad Católica *

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: 2002 Apertura Grêmio * Série B:

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Birmingham City *

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Wigan Athletic *

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Colo-Colo * Primera División de Chile: 2015 Apertura Universidad de Chile * Primera División de Chile: 2017 Clausura Coquimbo Unido *

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International

Chile *

Individual

* Copa América Team of the Tournament:

References

External links

* *
Jean Beausejour at Football Lineups
{{DEFAULTSORT:Beausejour, Jean 1984 births Living people Footballers from Santiago Chilean people of Haitian descent Sportspeople of Haitian descent Chilean people of Mapuche descent Chilean footballers Chile international footballers Association football wingers University of the Americas (Chile) alumni Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers C.D. Universidad de Concepción footballers Servette FC players Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense players K.A.A. Gent players C.D. Cobreloa footballers O'Higgins F.C. footballers Club América footballers Birmingham City F.C. players Wigan Athletic F.C. players Colo-Colo footballers Club Universidad de Chile footballers Coquimbo Unido footballers Chilean Primera División players Swiss Super League players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Belgian Pro League players Liga MX players Premier League players English Football League players Primera B de Chile players 2010 FIFA World Cup players 2011 Copa América players 2014 FIFA World Cup players 2015 Copa América players Copa América Centenario players 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup players 2019 Copa América players Chilean expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Switzerland Expatriate footballers in Brazil Expatriate footballers in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Mexico Expatriate footballers in England Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Chilean expatriate sportspeople in England Copa América-winning players FIFA Century Club Mapuche sportspeople Indigenous sportspeople of the Americas 20th-century Mapuche people 21st-century Mapuche people Chilean association football commentators Chilean radio personalities Chilean people of African descent

Personal life

Club career

Early career

Birmingham City

Wigan Athletic

Colo-Colo

2014–15 season

2015–16 season

Retirement

International career

Career statistics

International

International goals

Post retirement

Honours

Club

International

Individual

See also

References

External links