José Cifuentes

José Cifuentes
Personal information
Full name	José Adoni Cifuentes Charcopa
Date of birth	12 March 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth	Esmeraldas, Ecuador
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Los Angeles FC
Number	11
Senior career*
Years	Team
2016–2017	Universidad Católica
2017–2019	América de Quito
2020–	Los Angeles FC
International career‡
2019	Ecuador U20
2019–	Ecuador U23
2019–	Ecuador
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Ecuador
FIFA U-20 World Cup
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 January 2020; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 January 2020

José Adoni Cifuentes Charcopa (born 12 March 1999) is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Major League Soccer club Los Angeles FC and the Ecuador national team.^[1]

Club career

In January 2020, Cifuentes joined Major League Soccer side Los Angeles FC for a reported fee of $3 million, signing a four-year contract.^[2]^[3]

Cifuentes represented the Ecuadorian under-20 team at the 2019 South American U-20 Championship, which Ecuador won, and the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup, where Ecuador finished third. In the latter tournament Cifuentes scored the opening goal in a 2-1 victory over the United States.^[4]

He made his senior debut for Ecuador on 6 September 2019 in a match against Peru.^[5]

^ José Cifuentes at Soccerway
^ "Las ofertas por José Cifuentes no satisfacen a Universidad Católica" (in Spanish). El Comercio. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
^ "LAFC Signs 20-Year-Old Midfielder José Cifuentes". LAFC.com. 13 January 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
^ "Cifuentes: I never gave up on my dream". FIFA.com. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
^ "PERU VS. ECUADOR 0 - 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 September 2019.

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