José Luis Sierra Cabrera (born 24 June 1997) is a Chilean former

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who played as a

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Club career

On 21 January 2020, he signed a two-year contract with Italian third-tier

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. On April 29, 2021, he joined

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. After the 2022 season with Unión Española, he retired from professional football at the age of twenty-five, joining the amateur club La Masía from Estadio Español based in

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, Santiago.

International career

He represented Chile U20 at two

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in Uruguay and

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in Ecuador.

Personal life

He is the son of the former Chilean international footballer José Luis Sierra. His paternal grandparents, Domingo Sierra and Pilar Pando, are Spanish immigrants in Chile of Galician and Asturian origin, respectively. Belonging to a football family, his grandfather was a director of Unión Española and his great-great-uncle, Félix Cantín, was a doctor and midfielder of

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from 1928 to 1932. His cousin, Benjamín Sierra, who is also the nephew of the football manager

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, plays at the Spanish

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* * * 1997 births Living people Chilean people of Galician descent Chilean people of Asturian descent Chilean people of Spanish descent Footballers from Santiago, Chile Sportspeople of Spanish descent Chilean men's footballers 21st-century Chilean sportsmen Chilean expatriate men's footballers Chile men's under-20 international footballers Men's association football forwards Unión Española footballers AS Bisceglie Calcio 1913 players Deportes Temuco footballers Deportes Colina footballers Chilean Primera División players Serie C players Primera B de Chile players Segunda División Profesional de Chile players Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy {{Chile-footy-forward-stub