Juan Carlos Gaete

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)
2015–2017Deportes Santa Cruz (loan) 59 (22)
2018 Cobresal 30 (9)
2019 Colo-Colo 0 (0)
2019Deportes Santa Cruz (loan) 13 (1)
2019–2020 Cobresal 38 (8)
2021–2024 Colo-Colo 5 (1)
2021–2022Cobresal (loan) 41 (2)
2023Unión La Calera (loan) 14 (2)
2023San Luis (loan) 11 (1)
2024Deportes 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2022 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Uruguay and Colombia on 8 and 13 October respectively,[11] but he was withdrawn from the squad due to injury before the second match.[12]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.