Jean David Meneses Villarroel (born 16 March 1993) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga MX club Toluca and the Chile national team.
 Meneses with Universidad de Concepción | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jean David Meneses Villarroel | ||
| Date of birth | 16 March 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Quillota, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Toluca | ||
| 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 | → León (loan) | 28 | (4) |
| 2019–2022 | León | 105 | (16) |
| 2022– | Toluca | 43 | (13) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019– | Chile | 22 | (3) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:07, 12 May 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 June 2022 | |||
Career edit
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 División.[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 edit
He made his Chile national 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 edit
- As of match played 9 September 2021. 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 |
| 2. | 26 March 2021 | Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua, Chile |  Bolivia |
2–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 3. | 9 September 2021 | Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia |  Colombia |
1–2 | 1–3 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours edit
León
Citations edit
- ^ "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 21 June 2021.
External links edit
- Jean Meneses at BDFA (in Spanish)
- Jean Meneses at Soccerway
- Jean Meneses at National-Football-Teams.com
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