Ronald de la Fuente
De la Fuente in 2018
Personal information
Full name Ronald Vladimir de la Fuente Arias[1]
Date of birth (1991-01-25) January 25, 1991[1]
Place of birth Talcahuano, Chile
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Curicó Unido
Number 19
Youth career
Huachipato
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2015 Huachipato 8 (0)
2013 → San Marcos (loan) 3 (0)
2013–2015 → Iberia (loan) 41 (2)
2015–2018 Universidad de Concepción 86 (3)
2019– Colo-Colo 25 (0)
2021 → Curicó Unido (loan) 31 (0)
2022– Curicó Unido 40 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 July 2023

Ronald Vladimir de la Fuente Arias (born January 25, 1991) is a Chilean footballer who plays for Curicó Unido. He plays as a defender.

Career

De la Fuente was born in Talcahuano,[1] where he began his football career with Huachipato. He made a few appearances in the 2011 Clausura and the 2012 Apertura before joining another Primera División club, San Marcos de Arica, on loan.[2] He made only three appearances in the 2013 Transición before making another loan move, to Segunda División (third-tier) club Iberia, under the management of Ronald Fuentes.[2] He started 18 matches as Iberia won the 2013–14 title, before returning to his parent club for whom he made three appearances in the group stages of the Copa Chile.[2] De la Fuente rejoined Iberia for the 2014–15 season, but injury prevented his playing as much as he would have liked.[3]

After Fuentes took over as manager of Primera División club Universidad de Concepción, he signed De la Fuente.[4] He made 11 appearances in the 2015 Apertura and 9 in that season's Copa Chile, helping his team reach the semifinals, as well as appearing on the losing side in the 2015 Supercopa.[2][5] Although he played little in the Clausura, he established himself in the starting eleven the following season,[6] and his performances attracted attention from other clubs.[7][8] In early 2018, De la Fuente played in the Copa Libertadores for Universidad de Concepción against Vasco da Gama of Brazil: despite a 4–0 defeat in the first leg, he felt the tie was not over,[9] but, at 2–0 down in the return leg, he was sent off for kicking an opponent in the groin.[10]

Personal life

He began to study law in the context of COVID-19 pandemic, but he had to suspend due to the fact that the university changed the course to in-person mode. So, he began to study at the INAF (National Football Institute).[11]

Honours

Huachipato
Deportes Iberia
Colo-Colo

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Ficha jugador: Ronald de la Fuente" [Player details: Ronald de la Fuente] (in Spanish). C.D. Universidad de Concepción. Archived from the original on June 28, 2017. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "R. de la Fuente". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  3. ↑ Irribarra Irribarra, Nicolás (May 18, 2015). "Miguel Ángel Orellana y Ronald de la Fuente no siguen en Iberia" [Miguel Ángel Orellana and Ronald de la Fuente are leaving Iberia]. La Tribuna (in Spanish). Los Ángeles, Chile. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  4. ↑ Ortega L., Pablo (August 24, 2017). "La ardua lucha de Ronald de la Fuente por surgir en el fútbol" [Ronald de la Fuente's hard struggle to make his footballing breakthrough]. AS Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Universidad de Chile es el nuevo supercampeón del fútbol Chileno" [Universidad de Chile are the new super-champions of Chilean football] (in Spanish). Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (ANFP). September 30, 2015. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Ronald de la Fuente: Club matches". WorldFotball.net. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Universidad Católica piensa en Ronald de la Fuente como reemplazante de Parot" [Universidad Católica are thinking of Ronald de la Fuente as Parot's replacement] (in Spanish). Santiago: Radio Cooperativa. July 17, 2017. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Ronald De la Fuente aparece como opción en la 'U' si Beausejour parte a Independiente" [Ronald De la Fuente looks to be an option for the 'U' if Beausejour leaves for Independiente]. BioBioChile (in Spanish). Concepción. January 4, 2018. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  9. ↑ Campos, Carlos (February 7, 2018). "Ronald de la Fuente: 'Para mi la llave no está cerrada'" [Ronald de la Fuente: 'For me it's not over']. La Tercera (in Spanish). Santiago. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Vasco da Gama clasifica a la tercera ronda de la Copa Libertadores" [Vasco da Gama qualify for the third round of the Copa Libertadores] (in Spanish). Colombia: Radio Caracol. February 7, 2018. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  11. ↑ Cordero, Pamela Juanita (19 August 2022). "Ronald de la Fuente tuvo que congelar sus estudios de Derecho: "Fue fome"". Las Últimas Noticias (in Spanish). LUN. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
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