José Adoni Cifuentes Charcopa (born 12 March 1999) is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Super League Greece club Aris, on loan from Scottish Premiership club Rangers, and the Ecuador national team.
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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | José Adoni Cifuentes Charcopa[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 12 March 1999 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Esmeraldas, Ecuador | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Aris | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Universidad Católica del Ecuador | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2020 | Universidad Católica del Ecuador | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | → América de Quito (loan) | 68 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2023 | Los Angeles FC | 102 | (14) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Rangers | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 | → Cruzeiro (loan) | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | → Aris (loan) | 12 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Ecuador U20 | 19 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Ecuador U23 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Ecuador | 21 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:00, 23 November 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:25, 13 June 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Cifuentes began his club career in Ecuadorian football with Universidad Católica and América de Quito. He joined MLS club Los Angeles FC in January 2020. He made more than 100 appearances for LAFC and helped them win the Supporters' Shield and MLS Cup double in 2022. Cifuentes signed for Rangers in August 2023.
Cifuentes played youth international football for Ecuador at under-20 and under-23 levels. He made his senior international debut in September 2019.
Club career
editUniversidad Católica and América de Quito
editCifuentes began his career at Ecuadorian club Universidad Católica, having joined their youth system in 2014.[2] He was sent on loan to América de Quito from the 2017 season until the end of the 2019 season.[3]
Los Angeles FC
editIn January 2020, Cifuentes joined Major League Soccer club Los Angeles FC on a four-year contract, for a reported transfer fee of $3 million.[4] He helped LAFC win the Supporters' Shield and MLS Cup double in the 2022 season, and reach the final of the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League.[5]
Rangers
editOn 3 August 2023, he signed for Scottish Premiership club Rangers for an undisclosed fee, signing a four-year contract.[6] The reported fee paid for Cifuentes was £1.2 million ($1.5 million).[7] He made his Rangers debut on 9 August, during a UEFA Champions League qualifying match against Swiss side Servette.[8]
International career
editYouth
editCifuentes played youth international football for Ecuador at under-20 and under-23 levels, making 19 appearances for the under-20 team and six appearances for the under-23 team.[9] He represented the under-20 team at the 2019 South American U-20 Championship, which Ecuador won, and the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup, where Ecuador finished third. In the latter tournament, Cifuentes scored the opening goal in a 2–1 victory over the United States.[10]
Senior
editCifuentes was called up to the senior Ecuador national team for the first time for friendlies against Peru and Bolivia in September 2019.[11] He made his senior international debut on 5 September 2019, against Peru.[12]
Cifuentes was a member of Ecuador's squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup and made two appearances at the tournament.[13]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 11 May 2024
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Universidad Católica | 2016[14] | Ecuadorian Serie A | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2017[14] | Ecuadorian Serie A | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | ||||
| América de Quito (loan) | 2017[15] | Ecuadorian Serie B | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 22 | 2 | |||
| 2018[15] | Ecuadorian Serie B | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 29 | 5 | ||||
| 2019[14] | Ecuadorian Serie A | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 19 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 68 | 7 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 70 | 8 | |||||
| Los Angeles FC | 2020[14] | Major League Soccer | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 3[a] | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 23 | 1 | |
| 2021[14] | Major League Soccer | 32 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 32 | 5 | |||||
| 2022[14] | Major League Soccer | 33 | 7 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3[c] | 0 | 39 | 7 | |||
| 2023[14] | Major League Soccer | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 7[a] | 1 | — | 26 | 2 | |||
| Total | 102 | 14 | 3 | 0 | — | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 120 | 15 | |||
| Rangers | 2023-24[16] | Scottish Premiership | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9[d] | 0 | — | 20 | 0 | |
| Cruzeiro | 2024[14] | Série A | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3[e] | 0 | 6[f] | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Career total | 186 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 226 | 23 | ||
- ^ a b Appearances in CONCACAF Champions League
- ^ Appearances in MLS is Back Tournament knockout stage
- ^ Appearances in MLS Cup Playoffs
- ^ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearances in Copa Sudamericana
- ^ Appearances in Campeonato Mineiro
International
edit- As of match played 12 June 2024[15]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecuador | 2019 | 3 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 21 | 0 | |
Honours
editLos Angeles FC
Rangers FC
References
edit- ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Ecuador (ECU)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 10. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ "A José Cifuentes, capitán de la Sub 20, lo rechazaron en Liga por su estatura". benditofutbol.com. 19 February 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "José Cifuentes fue a saludar en la Universidad Católica". benditofutbol.com. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "José Cifuentes jugará en Los Ángeles FC de la MLS". benditofutbol.com. 11 January 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ a b c "LAFC Transfers José Cifuentes To Rangers F.C. Of The Scottish Premiership". lafc.com. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "Jose Cifuentes: Rangers sign Ecuador midfielder from Los Angeles for undisclosed fee". BBC Sport. 3 August 2023.
- ^ "Scottish Gossip: Tierney, Cifuentes, Ajeti, Johnston, Doig, Rieder, Tavares, Han, Soro, Teklic". BBC Sport. 9 July 2023.
- ^ "Rangers 2-1 Servette". BBC Sport. 9 August 2023.
- ^ "José Cifuentes's matches". besoccer.com. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "Cifuentes: I never gave up on my dream". FIFA.com. 9 June 2019. Archived from the original on 9 June 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
- ^ "El volante José Cifuentes debuta en la Tri mayor". benditofutbol.com. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "PERU VS. ECUADOR 0 – 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
- ^ "World Cup Player Profile – Cifuentes". USA Today. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "José Cifuentes Club Matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- ^ a b c Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "José Cifuentes". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
- ^ "Games played by José Cifuentes in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 December 2023.