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Not to be confused with Jean Charles de Menezes.
Jean Meneses
Personal information
Full name Jean David Meneses Villarroel
Date of birth (1993-03-16) March 16, 1993 (age 31)
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 31 (7)
International career‡
2019– Chile 2 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 July 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 October 2019

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

Citations

  1. ^ "Have you ever seen a more blatant dive than this?". BBC Sport. 20 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Good luck to the English Franz Smuda". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  3. ^ León pagó 1.7 MDD por la carta del chileno Jean Meneses, mexico.as.com, 15 May 2019
  4. ^ "Honduras v Chile game report". ESPN. 10 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Jean Meneses". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 2 November 2019.


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