Jean Meneses
Meneses with Universidad de Concepción
Personal information
Full name Jean David Meneses Villarroel
Date of birth (1993-03-16) 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 41 (9)
International career‡
2019– Chile 22 (3)
*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

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.

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 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

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

As of match played 9 September 2021. Scores and results list Chile's goal tally first.[5]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.15 October 2019Estadio José Rico Pérez, Alicante, Spain Guinea1–13–2Friendly
2.26 March 2021Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua, Chile Bolivia2–12–1Friendly
3.9 September 2021Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia Colombia1–21–32022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

León

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 21 June 2021.
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