Ismael Fuentes

Ismael Fuentes

Fuentes against Kaká
Personal information
Full name	Ismael Ignacio Fuentes Castro
Date of birth	(1981-08-04) 4 August 1981 (age 44)
Place of birth	Villa Alegre, Chile
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position	Defender
Youth career
	Deportes Linares
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(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.

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

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	10 September 2008	Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile	Colombia	3–0	4–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier

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] [6]}

In June 2025, Fuentes joined the Rodeo club Talca Norte to compete in the Asociación Talca Oriente. ^[7]

Honours

Universidad Católica

• Primera División de Chile (1): 2010

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. Rubio, Jorge (23 January 2026). "Jugó un Mundial con la Roja y hoy es político: "Que los niños crean en..."". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 January 2026.
7. 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.

External links

• Ismael Fuentes (Ismael Ignacio Fuentes Castro) – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)