Jean Meneses
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jean David Meneses Villarroel | ||
| Date of birth | March 16, 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Quillota, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Club León | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| San Luis de Quillota | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2015 | San Luis de Quillota | 104 | (13) |
| 2016–2019 | Universidad de Concepción | 73 | (19) |
| 2018–2019 | → Club León (loan) | 28 | (4) |
| 2019– | Club León | 54 | (13) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019– | Chile | 4 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 February 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2020 | |||
Jean David Meneses Villarroel (born March 16, 1993 in Quillota, Chile), is a Chilean footballer currently playing for Liga MX club León and the Chile national team.
Career
In March 2018, he came to international attention for his blatant dive to win a late penalty, which was converted for a 2-1 victory against rivals Colo-Colo in the Chilean Primera Division.[1][2]
On 1 August 2018, Meneses was loaned out to Club León for the rest of the season. In May 2019 it was confirmed, that Club León had redeemed the player and he would stay at the club.[3]
International
He made his Chile national football team debut on 10 September 2019 in a friendly against Honduras. He started the game and was substituted in the 64th minute.[4]
International goals
- Scores and results list Chile's goal tally first.[5]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 15 October 2019 | Estadio José Rico Pérez, Alicante, Spain |  Guinea |
1–1 | 3–2 | Friendly |
Honours
Club
- León
Citations
- ^ "Have you ever seen a more blatant dive than this?". BBC Sport. 20 March 2018.
- ^ "Good luck to the English Franz Smuda". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ León pagó 1.7 MDD por la carta del chileno Jean Meneses, mexico.as.com, 15 May 2019
- ^ "Honduras v Chile game report". ESPN. 10 September 2019.
- ^ "Jean Meneses". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
External links
- Profile at BDFA (in Spanish)
- Jean Meneses at Soccerway
- Jean Meneses at National-Football-Teams.com
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- 1993 births
- Living people
- Chilean footballers
- Chilean expatriate footballers
- Chile international footballers
- San Luis de Quillota footballers
- Universidad de Concepción footballers
- Club León footballers
- Chilean Primera División players
- Primera B de Chile players
- Liga MX players
- Expatriate footballers in Mexico
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
- Association football wingers
- Chilean football biography stubs