Jaime Carreño

Jaime Carreño

Personal information
Full name	Jaime Matías Carreño Lee-Chong
Date of birth	(1997-03-03) 3 March 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth	Recoleta, Chile
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Deportes Santa Cruz
Youth career
2008–2010	Santiago Morning
2010–2015	Universidad Católica
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2021	Universidad Católica	50	(3)
2017	→ Everton (loan)	14	(0)
2020	→ Oriente Petrolero (loan)	9	(1)
2020–2021	→ Universidad de Concepción (loan)	15	(0)
2021–2022	Deportes La Serena	23	(0)
2023	Deportes Iquique	18	(1)
2024	Santiago Morning	8	(0)
2025–	Deportes Santa Cruz	0	(0)
International career
2013	Chile U17	3	(0)
2017	Chile U20	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 January 2025

Jaime Matías Carreño Lee-Chong (born 3 March 1997), is a Chilean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Deportes Santa Cruz in the Primera B de Chile.

Club career

Carreño made his debut at Universidad Católica for the first time against Santiago Wanderers in Valparaíso in 2015.

In the first half of 2016, Jaime was consolidated as a starter in the team, with great performances. On April 23, 2016 Jaime gave the victory to U.C. in the "university Clasico", scoring the 2–1. This was his first goal in professionalism.[1]

In 2024, Carreño joined Santiago Morning from Deportes Iquique.[2] The next season, he switched to Deportes Santa Cruz.[3]

International career

He got his first call up to the senior Chile squad for a friendly against Paraguay in September 2015.[4]

Personal life

From his maternal line, Carreño is of Chinese descent and the nephew of the former Chile international footballer Óscar Lee-Chong and the cousin of the also footballer Felipe Lee-Chong,[5] son of Óscar.[6]

Honors

Universidad Católica

• Primera División de Chile (4): 2016–C, 2016–A, 2018, 2019
• Supercopa de Chile (2): 2016, 2019

References

1. "Clásico 'cruzado': Católica venció a la 'U' y quedó como solitario líder". prensafutbol.com. 23 April 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
2. "Santiago Morning cerró la contratación del mediocampista Jaime Carreño". PrimeraBChile.cl (in Spanish). 12 March 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
3. Rubio, Jorge (7 January 2025). "Jaime Carreño FIRMA por un nuevo club en el fútbol chileno". RedGol (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 January 2025.
4. "Chile 3-2 Paraguay". live-result.com. 6 September 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
5. Felipe Lee-Chong at PlaymakerStats
6. González, Christian (22 January 2018). "El cocinero Lee Chong" (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 July 2022.

External links

• Jaime Carreño at Soccerway