César Nicolás Fuentes González (, born 12 April 1993) is a
Chilean footballer
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who plays as a
midfielder
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for
Primera División club
Deportes Iquique
Club de Deportes Iquique S.A.D.P. is a Chilean professional football club based in Iquique, currently playing in the Chilean Primera División. Founded in 1978, the club's home stadium is the Estadio Tierra de Campeones, which has a 13,171 capac ...
.
Career
Youth career
Fuentes started his career at
Primera División de Chile
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* Primera Air, a former airline
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* Primera, Texas, a town in Cameron County, Texas
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club
O'Higgins. He progressed from the under categories club all the way to the senior team.
O'Higgins
In 2012, Fuentes was runner-up with
O'Higgins, after lose the final against
Universidad de Chile
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in the penalty shoot-out.
Fuentes won the
Apertura 2013-14 with
O'Higgins. In the tournament, he played in 15 of 18 matches.
In 2014, he won the
Supercopa de Chile
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This competition serves as the season opener and is played between t ...
against
Deportes Iquique
Club de Deportes Iquique S.A.D.P. is a Chilean professional football club based in Iquique, currently playing in the Chilean Primera División. Founded in 1978, the club's home stadium is the Estadio Tierra de Campeones, which has a 13,171 capac ...
, playing the 90 minutes of this match that O'Higgins won at the penalty shoot-out.
He participated with the club in the
2014 Copa Libertadores
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where they faced
Deportivo Cali
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,
Cerro Porteño
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and
Lanús
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, being third and being eliminated in the group stage.
Universidad Catolica
On 12 June 2015, Fuentes signed for 4 years with
Universidad Católica.
Colo Colo
On 17 December 2019, Fuentes signs a contract with
Colo Colo
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on a loan term with probable buyout.
Deportes Iquique
Fuentes joined
Deportes Iquique
Club de Deportes Iquique S.A.D.P. is a Chilean professional football club based in Iquique, currently playing in the Chilean Primera División. Founded in 1978, the club's home stadium is the Estadio Tierra de Campeones, which has a 13,171 capac ...
for the 2025 season.
International career
He was part of the
Chile national under-20 football team
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, who played the
2013 South American Youth Championship
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in
Argentina
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and joined the first team for the
2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup
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based in
Turkey
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, where they reached the quarter-finals.
He was called up to the Chile under-23 squad for the
2023 Pan American Games
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as an overage player alongside
Brayan Cortés
Brayan Josué Cortés Fernández (born 11 March 1995) is a Chilean footballer that currently plays as goalkeeper for Primera División club Colo-Colo and the Chile national team.
Club career Deportes Iquique
Born in Iquique, Chile, he pla ...
and
Matías Zaldivia
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. He made five appearances and scored one goal, winning the silver medal
At senior level, he was a substitute player in the
2026 World Cup qualification match against
Venezuela
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on 17 October 2023.
Honors
O'Higgins
*
Primera División de Chile
Primera may refer to
* Nissan Primera, a car
* Primera Air, a former airline
* Primera división (disambiguation), multiple top division football leagues
* Primera, Texas, a town in Cameron County, Texas
* Alí Primera, Venezuelan musician, compos ...
(1):
2013–A
*
Supercopa de Chile
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This competition serves as the season opener and is played between t ...
(1):
2014
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Universidad Católica
*
Primera División de Chile
Primera may refer to
* Nissan Primera, a car
* Primera Air, a former airline
* Primera división (disambiguation), multiple top division football leagues
* Primera, Texas, a town in Cameron County, Texas
* Alí Primera, Venezuelan musician, compos ...
(4):
2016–A,
2016–C,
2018
Events January
* January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency.
* January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
,
2019
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Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
*
Supercopa de Chile
The Supercopa de Chile (''Supercup of Chile'') is an annual one-match football official competition in Chile organised by the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (ANFP).
This competition serves as the season opener and is played between t ...
(2):
2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
,
2019
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Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
Colo-Colo
*
Primera División de Chile
Primera may refer to
* Nissan Primera, a car
* Primera Air, a former airline
* Primera división (disambiguation), multiple top division football leagues
* Primera, Texas, a town in Cameron County, Texas
* Alí Primera, Venezuelan musician, compos ...
(2):
2022
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,
2024
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*
Copa Chile
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(2):
2021
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,
2023
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*
Supercopa de Chile
The Supercopa de Chile (''Supercup of Chile'') is an annual one-match football official competition in Chile organised by the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (ANFP).
This competition serves as the season opener and is played between t ...
(2):
2022
The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...
,
2024
The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...
Chile U23
*
Pan American Games
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Silver Medal:
2023
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Individual
* Medalla Santa Cruz de Triana: 2014
References
External links
César Fuentesat Football-Lineups
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1993 births
Living people
Footballers from Rancagua
Chilean men's footballers
21st-century Chilean sportsmen
Chile men's under-20 international footballers
Chilean Primera División players
O'Higgins F.C. footballers
Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers
Colo-Colo footballers
Deportes Iquique footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Footballers at the 2023 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
Pan American Games silver medalists in football
Pan American Games silver medalists for Chile