Rodrigo Ureña
Personal information
Full name Rodrigo Andrés Ureña Reyes
Date of birth (1993-03-01) March 1, 1993
Place of birth Conchalí, Santiago, Chile
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Universitario
Number 18
Youth career
2003–2012 Unión Española
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012 Unión Española 2 (0)
2012 Unión Española B 6 (0)
2013–2016 Universidad de Chile 10 (0)
2013–2015Cobresal (loan) 49 (2)
2016Cobresal (loan) 14 (0)
2017 Deportes Temuco 7 (1)
2017 Palestino 0 (0)
2017Deportes Antofagasta (loan) 7 (0)
2018–2019 Cobresal 31 (3)
2020–2021 América de Cali 57 (2)
2022 Deportes Tolima 36 (3)
2023– Universitario 34 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 November 2022

Rodrigo Andrés Ureña Reyes (born 1 March 1993) is a Chilean footballer who plays for Peruvian Liga 1 club Universitario de Deportes as a midfielder.

Career

Ureña played in the youth ranks of Unión Española since 2003 at the age of 10, reaching the U15 team in 2008 and the U20 in 2011. He made his debut in May 2012 in an Torneo Apertura match against Deportes Antofagasta. While playing in the 2012 U-20 Copa Libertadores, Ureña refused to sign a professional contract due to the low salary that the club was offering him. In October 2012, he bought his own player rights and was left a free agent, after disagreements with Union Española's board.[1]

A week later, Ureña was signed by Universidad de Chile, on request by manager Jorge Sampaoli, and was the club's first signing for the 2013 season. He made his debut with la U in March 2013 in a 3–1 victory against Cobresal, coming from the bench in the 66th minute. Due to an excess of midfielders in the squad, such as Rodrigo Rojas and Charles Aránguiz, he did not have many opportunities to play. Because of this, he was sent on loan to Cobresal twice, from 2013 to 2015 and again in 2016.

After these two loan spells and three stages of playing with Universidad de Chile, in 2017, Ureña was announced as a signing of Deportes Temuco. Due to not playing regularly enough there, he left for Deportivo Palestino, where he stayed for two months before being loaned to Deportes Antofagasta.

Following a six-month period of inactivity, Ureña arrived at Cobresal for the 2nd half of 2018, the team in which he had had his best performance in Chile. His contract was later renewed for the 2019 season, in which he became the team's captain and one of the best players of the tournament.

Honours

Club

Club Universidad de Chile
Cobresal
América de Cali
Deportes Tolima
Universitario de Deportes

References

  1. "Rodrigo Ureña compra sus derechos federativos y queda libre tras desacuerdo con Unión Española" [Rodrigo Ureña buys his player rights and is left free after disagreement with Unión Española]. BioBioChile (in Spanish). 12 October 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
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