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Full name | César Nicolás Fuentes González [1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [1] | 12 April 1993||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Rancagua, Chile | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Colo-Colo | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2009–2011 | O'Higgins | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2012–2015 | O'Higgins | 105 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2015–2019 | Universidad Católica | 97 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
2020– | Colo-Colo | 92 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Chile U20 | 20 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2023 | Chile U23 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 August 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 November 2023 |
César Nicolás Fuentes González (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsesaɾ ˈfwentes], born 12 April 1993) is a Chilean footballer that currently plays for Primera División club Colo-Colo as a midfielder.
Fuentes started his career at Primera División de Chile club O'Higgins. He progressed from the under categories club all the way to the senior team.
In 2012, Fuentes was runner-up with O'Higgins, after lose the final against Universidad de Chile in the penalty shoot-out. [2]
Fuentes won the Apertura 2013-14 with O'Higgins. In the tournament, he played in 15 of 18 matches. [3]
In 2014, he won the Supercopa de Chile against Deportes Iquique, playing the 90 minutes of this match that O'Higgins won at the penalty shoot-out. [4]
He participated with the club in the 2014 Copa Libertadores where they faced Deportivo Cali, Cerro Porteño and Lanús, being third and being eliminated in the group stage. [5]
On 12 June 2015, Fuentes signed for 4 years with Universidad Católica. [6]
On 17 December 2019, Fuentes signs a contract with Colo Colo on a loan term with probable buyout. [7]
He was part of the Chile national under-20 football team, who played the 2013 South American Youth Championship in Argentina and joined the first team for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup based in Turkey, where they reached the quarter-finals.
He was called up to the Chile under-23 squad for the 2023 Pan American Games as an overage player alongside Brayan Cortés and Matías Zaldivia. [8] He made five appearances and scored one goal, [9] winning the silver medal [10]
At senior level, he was a substitute player in the 2026 World Cup qualification match against Venezuela on 17 October 2023. [11] [12]
O'Higgins
Universidad Católica
Chile U23 [a]
Individual