José Luis Sierra (footballer, born 1997)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José Luis Sierra Cabrera | ||
| Date of birth | 24 June 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Unión Española | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2019 | Unión Española | 43 | (5) |
| 2020 | Bisceglie | 1 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Deportes Temuco | 2 | (0) |
| 2021 | Deportes Colina | 13 | (0) |
| 2022 | Unión Española | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 59 | (5) | |
| International career | |||
| 2015–2017 | Chile U20 | 6 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
José Luis Sierra Cabrera (born 24 June 1997) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a forward.
Club career
[edit]On 21 January 2020, he signed a two-year contract with Italian third-tier Serie C club Bisceglie.[1]
On April 29, 2021, he joined Chilean Segunda División side Deportes Colina.[2]
After the 2022 season with Unión Española, he retired from professional football at the age of twenty-five, joining the amateur club La Masía from Estadio Español based in Las Condes, Santiago.[3]
International career
[edit]He represented Chile U20 at two South American Youth Football Championships: 2015 in Uruguay and 2017 in Ecuador.
Personal life
[edit]He is the son of the former Chilean international footballer José Luis Sierra.[4]
His paternal grandparents, Domingo Sierra and Pilar Pando, are Spanish immigrants in Chile of Galician and Asturian origin, respectively.[5]
Belonging to a football family, his grandfather was a director of Unión Española[5] and his great-great-uncle, Félix Cantín, was a doctor and midfielder of Unión Deportiva Española from 1928 to 1932.[6]
His cousin, Benjamín Sierra, who is also the nephew of the football manager Sebastián Miranda, plays at the Spanish Kings League.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "CALCIOMERCATO: ufficializzati SIERRA, PETRIS e NACCI" (Press release) (in Italian). Bisceglie. 21 January 2020.
- ^ "José Luis Sierra Jr. jugará en la Segunda División 2021" (in European Spanish). TNT Sports Chile. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "Hijo de José Luis Sierra se retiró del profesionalismo y fichó en club amateur". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 7 April 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
- ^ "José Luis Sierra, el hijo del "Coto" que salvó a Chile de una derrota frente a Ecuador en el Sub 20 | Emol.com". Emol (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 23 January 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ a b "José Luis Sierra Pando". excha.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ^ Llanos Ibarra, Heriberto (29 March 2021). "Andrés García y las generaciones doradas de Unión Española". Asifuch (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ^ Parker, Matías (29 January 2023). "La historia de Benjamín Sierra, un chileno suelto en la Kings League" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
External links
[edit]- José Luis Sierra at BDFA (in Spanish)
- José Luis Sierra at Soccerway
- José Luis Sierra at WorldFootball.net
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- 1997 births
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- Chilean people of Galician descent
- Chilean people of Asturian descent
- Chilean people of Spanish descent
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- Chile men's under-20 international footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Unión Española footballers
- AS Bisceglie Calcio 1913 players
- Deportes Temuco footballers
- Deportes Colina footballers
- Chilean Primera División players
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- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Italy
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