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José Cifuentes

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cifuentes and the second or maternal family name is Charcopa.

José Cifuentes
Cifuentes (Rangers) in 2023
Personal information
Full name José Adoni Cifuentes Charcopa[1]
Date of birth (1999-03-12) 12 March 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Esmeraldas, Ecuador
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Aris
Number 5
Youth career
2014–2016 Universidad Católica del Ecuador
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2020 Universidad Católica del Ecuador 7 (0)
2017–2019 → América de Quito (loan) 68 (7)
2020–2023 Los Angeles FC 102 (14)
2023– Rangers 9 (0)
2024 → Cruzeiro (loan) 9 (0)
2024– → Aris (loan) 11 (1)
International career‡
2018–2019 Ecuador U20 19 (2)
2019–2020 Ecuador U23 6 (0)
2019– Ecuador 21 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Ecuador
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Third place 2019 Poland
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:00, 9 November 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:25, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

José Adoni Cifuentes Charcopa (born 12 March 1999) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Super League Greece club Aris, on loan from Scottish Premiership club Rangers, and the Ecuador national team.

Cifuentes began his club career in Ecuadorian football with Universidad Católica and América de Quito. He joined MLS club Los Angeles FC in January 2020. He made more than 100 appearances for LAFC and helped them win the Supporters' Shield and MLS Cup double in 2022. Cifuentes signed for Rangers in August 2023.

Cifuentes played youth international football for Ecuador at under-20 and under-23 levels. He made his senior international debut in September 2019.

Club career

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Universidad Católica and América de Quito

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Cifuentes began his career at Ecuadorian club Universidad Católica, having joined their youth system in 2014.[2] He was sent on loan to América de Quito from the 2017 season until the end of the 2019 season.[3]

Los Angeles FC

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In January 2020, Cifuentes joined Major League Soccer club Los Angeles FC on a four-year contract, for a reported transfer fee of $3 million.[4] He helped LAFC win the Supporters' Shield and MLS Cup double in the 2022 season, and reach the final of the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League.[5]

Rangers

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On 3 August 2023, he signed for Scottish Premiership club Rangers for an undisclosed fee, signing a four-year contract.[6] The reported fee paid for Cifuentes was £1.2 million ($1.5 million).[7] He made his Rangers debut on 9 August, during a UEFA Champions League qualifying match against Swiss side Servette.[8]

International career

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Youth

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Cifuentes played youth international football for Ecuador at under-20 and under-23 levels, making 19 appearances for the under-20 team and six appearances for the under-23 team.[9] He represented the 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.[10]

Senior

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Cifuentes was called up to the senior Ecuador national team for the first time for friendlies against Peru and Bolivia in September 2019.[11] He made his senior international debut on 5 September 2019, against Peru.[12]

Cifuentes was a member of Ecuador's squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup and made two appearances at the tournament.[13]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 11 May 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Universidad Católica 2016[14] Ecuadorian Serie A 4 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 4 0
2017[14] Ecuadorian Serie A 3 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 3 0
Total 7 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 7 0
América de Quito (loan) 2017[15] Ecuadorian Serie B 22 2 0 0 — — — 22 2
2018[15] Ecuadorian Serie B 29 5 0 0 — — — 29 5
2019[14] Ecuadorian Serie A 17 0 2 1 — — — 19 1
Total 68 7 2 1 — — — 70 8
Los Angeles FC 2020[14] Major League Soccer 18 1 0 0 — 3[a] 0 2[b] 0 23 1
2021[14] Major League Soccer 32 5 — — — — 32 5
2022[14] Major League Soccer 33 7 3 0 — — 3[c] 0 39 7
2023[14] Major League Soccer 19 1 0 0 — 7[a] 1 — 26 2
Total 102 14 3 0 — 10 1 5 0 120 15
Rangers 2023-24[16] Scottish Premiership 9 0 0 0 2 0 9[d] 0 — 20 0
Cruzeiro 2024[14] Série A 3 0 0 0 — 3[e] 0 6[f] 0 9 0
Career total 186 21 5 1 2 0 22 1 11 0 226 23
  1. ^ a b Appearances in CONCACAF Champions League
  2. ^ Appearances in MLS is Back Tournament knockout stage
  3. ^ Appearances in MLS Cup Playoffs
  4. ^ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
  6. ^ Appearances in Campeonato Mineiro

International

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As of match played 12 June 2024[15]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Ecuador 2019 3 0
2020 0 0
2021 3 0
2022 7 0
2023 6 0
2024 2 0
Total 21 0

Honours

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Los Angeles FC

Rangers FC

References

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  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Ecuador (ECU)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 10. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. ^ "A José Cifuentes, capitán de la Sub 20, lo rechazaron en Liga por su estatura". benditofutbol.com. 19 February 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  3. ^ "José Cifuentes fue a saludar en la Universidad Católica". benditofutbol.com. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  4. ^ "José Cifuentes jugará en Los Ángeles FC de la MLS". benditofutbol.com. 11 January 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  5. ^ a b c "LAFC Transfers José Cifuentes To Rangers F.C. Of The Scottish Premiership". lafc.com. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Jose Cifuentes: Rangers sign Ecuador midfielder from Los Angeles for undisclosed fee". BBC Sport. 3 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Scottish Gossip: Tierney, Cifuentes, Ajeti, Johnston, Doig, Rieder, Tavares, Han, Soro, Teklic". BBC Sport. 9 July 2023.
  8. ^ "Rangers 2-1 Servette". BBC Sport. 9 August 2023.
  9. ^ "José Cifuentes's matches". besoccer.com. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  10. ^ "Cifuentes: I never gave up on my dream". FIFA.com. 9 June 2019. Archived from the original on 9 June 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  11. ^ "El volante José Cifuentes debuta en la Tri mayor". benditofutbol.com. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  12. ^ "PERU VS. ECUADOR 0 – 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  13. ^ "World Cup Player Profile – Cifuentes". USA Today. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  14. ^ a b c d e f g h "José Cifuentes Club Matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  15. ^ a b c Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "José Cifuentes". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  16. ^ "Games played by José Cifuentes in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
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