Juan Cornejo

Chilean footballer (born 1990)
Juan Cornejo
Personal information
Full name Juan Francisco Cornejo Palma
Date of birth (1990-02-27) 27 February 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Pichidegua, O'Higgins, Chile
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
 Coquimbo Unido
Number 16
Youth career
Colo-Colo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2012 Magallanes 71 (6)
2013–2016 Audax Italiano 98 (11)
2016–2020 León 53 (2)
2019–2020 → Universidad Católica (loan) 32 (1)
2021 Universidad Católica 10 (1)
2022 Deportes Antofagasta 19 (0)
2023– Coquimbo Unido 15 (0)
International career‡
2015– Chile 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 July 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 March 2015

Juan Francisco Cornejo Palma (born 27 February 1990) is a Chilean footballer who currently plays for Coquimbo Unido in the Primera División de Chile as a left back.

Career

On January 14, 2017 Cornejo made his Liga MX debut against Club Necaxa playing the last 3 minutes of the 1-0 win.

In December 2022, he signed with Coquimbo Unido for the 2023 season.[1]

International career

Cornejo was part of a Chile under-25 squad in a training session led by Claudio Borghi in May 2011, alongside his teammates in Magallanes, Claudio Latorre, Carlos Cisternas and Felipe Reynero.[2][3]

He was named in the preliminary squad for the 2015 Copa America but was omitted from the final squad.[4]

Honours

Magallanes[5]

  • Tercera A de Chile (1): 2010 [es]

Universidad Católica

References

  1. ^ "LA BANDA AURINEGRA SE REFUERZA CON JUAN CORNEJO" (in Spanish). Coquimbo Unido. 26 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Claudio Borghi nomina a 28 jugadores para selección de Primera B". BioBioChile (in Spanish). Radio Bío-Bío. 2 May 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Selección sub 25 cumplió su primera práctica bajo el mando de Claudio Borghi". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 16 May 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Sampaoli confirms final Chile squad for Copa America". goal.com. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  5. ^ Rivas, Ilich (2 November 2022). "Los dos títulos de Magallanes en Tercera División". Asifuch (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 July 2023.

External links

  • Juan Cornejo at Audax Italiano
  • Juan Francisco Cornejo Palma at Liga MX (archive) (in Spanish)
  • Juan Cornejo at Soccerway
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