Simón Contreras
 Contreras with O'Higgins in 2024. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Simón Alberto Contreras Valenzuela | ||
| Date of birth | 29 March 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Peñalolén, Santiago, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | O'Higgins | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2013–2020 | Universidad de Chile | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2023 | Universidad de Chile | 29 | (1) |
| 2022 | → Universidad de Concepción (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2023 | → Magallanes (loan) | 22 | (1) |
| 2024– | O'Higgins | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2020 | Chile U20 | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 January 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 December 2020 | |||
Simón Alberto Contreras Valenzuela (born 29 March 2002) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a winger for O'Higgins.
Club career
[edit]In the 2020 season, he made his professional debut playing for Universidad de Chile in a Primera División match against Deportes La Serena.[1] Later, he signed his first contract as a professional footballer on January 11, 2021.[2]
In the second half of 2022, he was loaned to Universidad de Concepción in the Primera B de Chile.[3]
He ended his contract with Universidad de Chile after playing on loan for Magallanes in 2023.[4]
In 2024, he joined O'Higgins.[5]
International career
[edit]He represented Chile U20 in a friendly tournament played in Teresópolis (Brazil) called Granja Comary International Tournament.[6] At these tournament, he played in two matches against Peru U20[7] and Brazil U20.[8]
Personal life
[edit]Contreras is nicknamed Pitu.[2]
He is cousin of the members of the Chilean dancing duo Power Peralta [es].[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "¿Quién es Simón Contreras, el joven jugador que anotó para la U?". chile.as.com (in Spanish). AS Chile. 24 January 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- ^ a b "¡Simón Contreras firmó su primer contrato profesional!". UdeChile.cl (in Spanish). Universidad de Chile. 11 January 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- ^ Muñoz Zwanzger, Andrés (7 July 2022). "Simón Contreras: la U confirma el préstamo a la U. de Conce" (in Spanish). ADN Radio Chile. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ Huerta, Rodrigo (13 December 2023). "Era una de las grandes promesas de la U y hoy su futuro es un misterio: esto pasó". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ^ Moreno Madrid, Paula (11 January 2024). "Se despidió de la U y O'Higgins lo confirmó como su nuevo refuerzo". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "La Roja Sub 20 ya está en Brasil para el Torneo Internacional Granja Comary" (in Spanish). ANFP. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- ^ "La Roja Sub 20 se estrenó en Teresópolis con un trabajado triunfo sobre Perú" (in Spanish). ANFP. 12 December 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- ^ "La Roja Sub 20 empató con Brasil y es subcampeón del Torneo Granja Comary" (in Spanish). ANFP. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- ^ "El tercer "Power Peralta": La desconocida historia de Simón Contreras, el nuevo crack de la U" (in Spanish). EnCancha. 26 January 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
External links
[edit]- Simón Contreras at Soccerway
- 2002 births
- Living people
- People from Santiago Province, Chile
- Chilean men's footballers
- Chile men's under-20 international footballers
- Chilean Primera División players
- Primera B de Chile players
- Club Universidad de Chile footballers
- C.D. Universidad de Concepción footballers
- Deportes Magallanes footballers
- O'Higgins F.C. footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Footballers from Santiago