Ismael Fuentes

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Ismael Fuentes
Brazil & Chile match at World Cup 2010-06-28 6.jpg
Fuentes against Kaká
Personal information
Full name Ismael Ignacio Fuentes Castro
Date of birth (1981-08-04) 4 August 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Villa Alegre, Chile
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Deportes Linares
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1999–2001 Deportes Linares (1)
2001–2004 Rangers 63 (2)
2004 Colo-Colo 18 (0)
2005–2012 Chiapas 175 (5)
2009 → Atlas (loan) 28 (2)
2010 → Universidad Católica (loan) 11 (0)
2013 Correcaminos UAT 4 (0)
2013–2014 Deportes Antofagasta 15 (0)
2014–2015 Santos de Guápiles 19 (3)
2015–2016 Coquimbo Unido 21 (0)
2017 Rangers 11 (0)
Total(13)
International career
2001 Chile U20
2004–2010 Chile 30 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ismael Ignacio Fuentes Castro (born 4 August 1981) is a Chilean former footballer who played as centre back.

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Club career

Fuentes made his debut with Deportes Linares in the Primera B de Chile [1] and then he moved to Rangers in 2001. [2]

International career

Fuentes represented Chile at under-20 level in the 2001 South American Championship. [3] At senior level, he made 30 appearances and scored one goal between 2004 and 2010. [4]

International goals

Post-retirement

Fuentes was elected a member of the Regional Council of Maule for the Linares Province in the 2024 Chilean regional elections supported by Independent Democratic Union. [5]

In June 2025, Fuentes joined the Rodeo club Talca Norte to compete in the Asociación Talca Oriente. [6]

Honours

Universidad Católica

References

  1. ↑ (TNT Sports Chile) Ismael Fuentes recordó sus inicios en el fútbol y su paso por La Roja on YouTube (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ "Ismael Fuentes encabeza lista de jugadores prescindibles de Jaguares". La Tercera. 28 May 2012. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Sub-20". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  4. ↑ "Ismael Fuentes". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  5. ↑ "Elecciones 2024: ¿Cómo les fue a los exfutbolistas que postularon a cargos?". CNN Chile (in Spanish). 28 October 2024. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  6. ↑ Huerta, Rodrigo (23 June 2025). "De jugar con la Roja el Mundial de Sudáfrica a competir en un campeonato de rodeo: "El objetivo es aprender"". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 June 2025.


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