Jean Meneses
 Meneses with Universidad de Concepción in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jean David Meneses Villarroel | ||
| Date of birth | 16 March 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Quillota, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Deportes Limache | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| San Luis | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2015 | San Luis | 104 | (13) |
| 2016–2019 | Universidad de Concepción | 73 | (19) |
| 2018–2019 | → León (loan) | 28 | (4) |
| 2019–2022 | León | 105 | (54) |
| 2022–2024 | Toluca | 80 | (15) |
| 2024–2025 | Vasco da Gama | 12 | (0) |
| 2026– | Deportes Limache | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019- | Chile | 23 | (3) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23 December 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 September 2024 | |||
Jean David Meneses Villarroel (born 16 March 1993) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a winger for Deportes Limache.
Club career
[edit]In March 2018, he came to international attention for his blatant dive to win a late penalty, which was converted for a 2–1 victory against rivals Colo-Colo in the Chilean Primera División.[1][2]
On 1 August 2018, Meneses was loaned out to Club León for the rest of the season. In May 2019, it was confirmed, that Club León had redeemed the player and he would stay at the club.[3]
On 27 August 2024, Meneses moved to Brazil and joined Vasco da Gama.[4] He ended his contract in December 2025.[5]
On 30 December 2025, Meneses joined Deportes Limache.[6]
International career
[edit]He made his Chile national team debut on 10 September 2019 in a friendly against Honduras. He started the game and was substituted in the 64th minute.[7]
Personal life
[edit]His son, Benjamín, is a footballer from the San Luis de Quillota youth ranks who became the youngest player in the club history to make his professional debut at the age of 15 years, 2 months and 30 days in the Copa Chile match against Everton on 20 June 2026.[8]
Career statistics
[edit]International
[edit]- As of match played 10 September 2024
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chile | 2019 | 2 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 14 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 23 | 3 | |
- As of match played 9 September 2021. Scores and results list Chile's goal tally first.[9]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 15 October 2019 | Estadio José Rico Pérez, Alicante, Spain |  Guinea |
1–1 | 3–2 | Friendly |
| 2. | 26 March 2021 | Estadio El Teniente, Rancagua, Chile |  Bolivia |
2–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 3. | 9 September 2021 | Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla, Colombia |  Colombia |
1–2 | 1–3 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours
[edit]León
Citations
[edit]- ^ "Have you ever seen a more blatant dive than this?". BBC Sport. 20 March 2018. Archived from the original on 29 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ "Good luck to the English Franz Smuda". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ^ León pagó 1.7 MDD por la carta del chileno Jean Meneses, mexico.as.com, 15 May 2019
- ^ Tobar, Daniel (27 August 2024). "Jean Meneses fue presentado en Brasil y Vasco lo "rebautizó" con nuevo nombre". En Cancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ Loma-Osorio, Antonio (23 December 2025). "Abrupto e irreversible final para la pesadilla de Jean Meneses en Vasco da Gama". En Cancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 December 2025.
- ^ Reyes, Luis (30 December 2025). "Oficial: Jean Meneses regresa a Chile tras 7 años y tiene nuevo equipo". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 December 2025.
- ^ "Honduras v Chile game report". ESPN. 10 September 2019.
- ^ Suárez, Cristóbal (21 June 2026). "El más joven en la historia: Hijo de Jean Meneses debutó con 15 años en el San Luis de Chupete Suazo". En Cancha (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 June 2026.
- ^ "Jean Meneses". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
External links
[edit]- Jean Meneses at BDFA (in Spanish)
- Jean Meneses at Soccerway
- Jean Meneses at National-Football-Teams.com
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