Jairo Vásquez

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Jairo Vásquez
Personal information
Full name Jairo Damián Vásquez Ampuero
Date of birth (2001-01-16) 16 January 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Trelew, Argentina
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Deportes Puerto Montt
Number 24
Youth career
2005–2020 C.A.I.
2014–2019Estudiantes (loan)
2020Universidad de Chile (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2021 C.A.I.
2022 Deportes Iquique 5 (0)
2023 Deportes Limache 20 (4)
2023 C.A.I.
2024– Deportes Puerto Montt 4 (1)
International career
2017 Chile U17 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024

Jairo Damián Vásquez Ampuero (born 16 January 2001) is an Argentine-Chilean[2] professional footballer who plays as a forward for Deportes Puerto Montt in the Segunda División Profesional de Chile.

Club career[edit]

Born in Trelew, Argentina, Vásquez raised in Caleta Olivia where he was with clubs Estrella del Norte, Estrella del Sur, Mar del Plata and Olimpia Juniors as a youth player. He joined the C.A.I. youth system at the age of four and was loaned out to Estudiantes at the age of thirteen.[3][4]

Atr the end of his contract with Estudiantes, Vásquez moved to Chile and joined Universidad de Chile in February 2020,[5][6] returning to C.A.I. at the end of the same year.[3]

In 2022, he returned to Chile and joined Deportes Iquique.[7][8] The next season, he switched to Deportes Limache, with whom he won the 2023 Segunda División Profesional.[9] At the end of 2023, he rejoined C.A.I.[3]

In 2024, Vásquez signed with Deportes Puerto Montt.[10]

International career[edit]

Vásquez represented Chile U17 in the 2017 FIFA World Cup, making two appearances against England and Iraq.[11][12]

Personal life[edit]

Vásquez naturalized Chilean by descent since his grandparents are Chilean.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Jairo Vasquez". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b "El mundialista sub 17 que llega a la Universidad de Chile de la mano de Caputto". En Cancha (in Spanish). 5 February 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Jairo Vásquez también refuerza a la CAI". www.elpatagonico.com (in Spanish). 24 October 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Jairo Vásquez, un caletense brillando en el ascenso chileno". La Opinión Austral (in Spanish). 28 January 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Jairo Vasquez, la joven promesa que abandonó a Estudiantes". Pulso noticias (in Spanish). 3 February 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  6. ^ "El último refuerzo de la U: Jairo Vásquez se integró a los azules". AS Chile (in Spanish). 21 February 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  7. ^ Díaz, Gonzalo (27 January 2022). "El equipo triunfó en primer partido preparatorio". Deportes Iquique (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Iquique sonríe en su debut en el Campeonato Ascenso". TNT Sports Chile (in Spanish). 28 February 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  9. ^ "La historia del futbolista que no pudo jugar en Universidad de Chile por la pandemia y ahora la rompe en la Segunda División". Bolavip Chile (in Spanish). 7 April 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  10. ^ Romero, Jorge (22 February 2024). "Fue desechado por la U, jugó en Argentina y ahora reforzará al Puerto Montt del Pillo Vera". En Cancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  11. ^ "Nómina de la Selección Chilena Sub 17 para la Copa Mundial Sub 17 de la FIFA India 2017". ANFP (in Spanish). 23 September 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  12. ^ "Jairo Vásquez fue titular en la caída de Chile". www.eldia.com (in Spanish). 12 October 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2024.

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