Juan Carlos Gaete

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gaete and the second or maternal family name is Contreras.
Juan Carlos Gaete
Gaete with Unión La Calera in 2023.
Personal information
Full name Juan Carlos Darío Gaete Contreras
Date of birth (1997-05-21) 21 May 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Cobresal
Youth career
Deportes La Serena
Magallanes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Magallanes 12 (0)
2015–2017 → Deportes Santa Cruz (loan) 59 (22)
2018 Cobresal 30 (9)
2019 Colo-Colo 0 (0)
2019 → Deportes Santa Cruz (loan) 13 (1)
2019–2020 Cobresal 38 (8)
2021–2024 Colo-Colo 5 (1)
2021–2022 → Cobresal (loan) 41 (2)
2023 → Unión La Calera (loan) 14 (2)
2023 → San Luis (loan) 11 (1)
2024 → Deportes Copiapó (loan) 19 (3)
2025– Cobresal 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 December 2024

Juan Carlos Darío Gaete Contreras (born 21 May 1997), known as Juan Carlos Gaete, is a Chilean footballer who plays as a forward for Cobresal.

Club career

As a youth player, Gaete was with Deportes La Serena.[1]

In July 2023, he ended his loan from Colo-Colo with Unión La Calera and switched to San Luis de Quillota in the Primera B until the end of the season.[2][3] The next year, he was loaned to Deportes Copiapó in the top level.[4]

After ending hos contract with Colo-Colo, Gaete returned to Cobresal for the fourth time for the 2025 season.[5]

Controversies

On 2019 season, Gaete joined Colo-Colo from Cobresal,[6] but he left the training preseason in Buenos Aires returning to Chile to think about his future, according to Colo-Colo.[7] Finally he was loaned to Deportes Santa Cruz at the Primera B,[8] where again he had a similar episode.[9]

On 12 August 2020, he told the reasons why left Colo-Colo, arguing he was disagreed with the money.[10]

International career

He received his first call up to the Chile senior team to play the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Uruguay and Colombia on 8 and 13 October respectively,[11] but he was withdrawn from the squad due to injury before the second match.[12]

Career statistics

Club

As of 3 October 2020.[13]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Magallanes 2014-15 Primera B 12 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
Santa Cruz
(loan) 		2015–16 Segunda
División 		23 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 9
2016–17 26 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 11
2017-T 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2
2019 Primera B 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 1
Total 72 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 73 23
Cobresal 2018 Primera B 30 9 7 1 0 0 0 0 37 10
2019 Primera
División 		7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
2020 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 4
Total 50 14 7 1 0 0 0 0 57 15
Total career 134 37 13[a] 1 0 0 0 0 147 38
Notes
  1. ^ Appearances in the Copa Chile

References

  1. ^ "Formador de Juan Carlos Gaete reveló el motivo por el que lo utilizó de arquero". EnCancha.cl (in Spanish). 12 March 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  2. ^ Valenzuela, Rodrigo (21 July 2023). "¿Qué tiene que ver Colo Colo? Juan Carlos Gaete deja La Calera y refuerza a equipo de Primera B". Dale Albo (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  3. ^ Suárez, Cristóbal (2 December 2023). "El criticado jugador que confirmó su retorno a Colo Colo y se convierte en nuevo "refuerzo"". En Cancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  4. ^ Vera, Pablo (9 January 2024). "La nueva chance de Gaete". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  5. ^ Brossy, Cristian Hernán (8 December 2024). "Fichajes Cobresal: Juan Carlos Gaete regresa al club gracias a la confianza de Gustavo Huerta". TOP Mercato (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  6. ^ "Colo Colo confirma su primer fichaje: Anuncia llegada de Juan Carlos Gaete desde Cobresal". Meganoticias. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Juan Carlos Gaete abandonó la pretemporada y sigue complicando a Colo-Colo". EnCancha.cl. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Juan Carlos Gaete jugará en Santa Cruz este 2019: "Feliz de volver al equipo que creyó en mí"". 24horas.cl. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  9. ^ "Juan Carlos Gaete desaparece una semana en Santa Cruz". chile.AS.com. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  10. ^ "Juan Carlos Gaete reveló el motivo por el que se fue de Colo Colo: "No estaba de acuerdo con la plata"". 24horas.cl. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  11. ^ "Esta es la nómina de La Roja para los duelos por Eliminatorias ante Uruguay y Colombia". laroja.cl. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Jugador liberado de la convocatoria de la Selección Chilena". laroja.cl. 10 October 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  13. ^ Juan Carlos Gaete at Soccerway. Retrieved 20 October 2020.