Jorge Sáenz
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jorge Sáenz de Miera Colmeiro | ||
Date of birth | 17 November 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain | ||
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team |
Celta (on loan from Valencia) | ||
Number | 16 | ||
Youth career | |||
Tenerife | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2015 | Tenerife B | 36 | (3) |
2015–2019 | Tenerife | 104 | (5) |
2019– | Valencia | 0 | (0) |
2019– | → Celta (loan) | 3 | (0) |
International career | |||
2015 | Spain U19 | 2 | (0) |
2017–2019 | Spain U21 | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 October 2019 |
Jorge Sáenz de Miera Colmeiro (born 17 November 1996), known simply as Jorge [ˈxoɾxe], is a Spanish footballer who plays for RC Celta de Vigo on loan from Valencia CF as a central defender.
Club career
Tenerife
Born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Jorge started playing in CD Tenerife's youth setup. He made his senior debut with the reserves in the 2012–13 season, in Tercera División.
On 4 January 2015, Jorge played his first match as a professional, starting in a 1–1 home draw against Sporting de Gijón for the Segunda División.[1] On 20 August, he was definitely promoted to the first team.[2]
On 31 January 2016, Jorge was sent off for two bookings in the first half of a 1–2 loss at Gimnàstic de Tarragona.[3] He scored his first league goal on 21 January 2018, but in a 1–3 home defeat to FC Barcelona B.[4]
Valencia
Jorge signed a five-year contract with La Liga club Valencia CF on 25 February 2019 for a transfer fee of €3 million, with the deal being made effective on 1 July.[5] On 15 July, he joined fellow league side RC Celta de Vigo on a two-year loan deal,[6] with an option to make the deal permanent for €7 million as part of the deal which saw Maxi Gómez move in the opposite direction.[7] He made his debut in the competition two months later, receiving a straight card in the tenth minute on an eventual 2–0 home loss against Granada CF.[8]
Personal life
Jorge's older brother, Germán, was also a footballer. He too was groomed at Tenerife.[9]
References
- ^ "El Tenerife empata ante un Sporting que sigue sin perder" [Tenerife draw with a Sporting that are still to lose]. Marca (in Spanish). 4 January 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "Alexander Mesa, Nano, y Jorge, componentes de la primera plantilla CD Tenerife 15/16" [Alexander Mesa, Nano, and Jorge, part of CD Tenerife's 15/16 first team] (in Spanish). CD Tenerife. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Un Tenerife con diez mereció mucho más" [Ten-man Tenerife deserved much more]. Marca (in Spanish). 31 January 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
- ^ "El Barça B tumba al Tenerife con un 'hat-trick' de Carles Pérez" [Barça B down Tenerife with Carles Pérez hat-trick]. El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). 21 January 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ^ Ferriol, Roberto (25 February 2019). "Oficial: El Valencia CF ficha a Jorge Sáenz" [Official: Valencia CF sign Jorge Sáenz] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ "Comunicado oficial | Jorge Sáenz" [Official statement | Jorge Sáenz] (in Spanish). Valencia CF. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ "Sáenz completa el puesto más crítico" [Sáenz completes the most critical position]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 16 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ "La Liga | Celta 0–2 Granada – El Granada confirma su buen momento en el campo del Celta" [La Liga | Celta 0–2 Granada – Granada confirm their good run at Celta] (in Spanish). RTVE. 15 September 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
- ^ Daswani, Manoj (10 August 2014). "El orgullo del hermano mayor" [Older brother's pride]. La Opinión de Tenerife (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 January 2015.
External links
- Tenerife official profile (in Spanish)
- Jorge at BDFutbol
- Jorge at Futbolme (in Spanish)
- Jorge at Soccerway
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- Spanish footballers
- Canarian footballers
- Association football defenders
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Tercera División players
- CD Tenerife B players
- CD Tenerife players
- Valencia CF players
- RC Celta de Vigo players
- Spain youth international footballers
- Spain under-21 international footballers