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Chilean footballer (born 2002)

Simón Contreras
Contreras with O'Higgins in 2024.
Personal information
Full name Simón Alberto Contreras Valenzuela
Date of birth (2002-03-29) 29 March 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Peñalolén, Santiago, Chile
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team O'Higgins
Youth career
2013–2020 Universidad de Chile
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2023 Universidad de Chile 29 (1)
2022 → Universidad de Concepción (loan) 14 (0)
2023 → Magallanes (loan) 22 (1)
2024– O'Higgins 0 (0)
International career
2020 Chile U20 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 December 2020

Simón Alberto Contreras Valenzuela (born 29 March 2002) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a winger for O'Higgins.

Club career

In the 2020 season, he made his professional debut playing for Universidad de Chile in a Primera División match against Deportes La Serena. Later, he signed his first contract as a professional footballer on January 11, 2021.

In the second half of 2022, he was loaned to Universidad de Concepción in the Primera B de Chile.

He ended his contract with Universidad de Chile after playing on loan for Magallanes in 2023.

In 2024, he joined O'Higgins.

International career

He represented Chile U20 in a friendly tournament played in Teresópolis (Brazil) called Granja Comary International Tournament. At these tournament, he played in two matches against Peru U20 and Brazil U20.

Personal life

Contreras is nicknamed Pitu.

He is cousin of the members of the Chilean dancing duo Power Peralta.

References

  1. "¿Quién es Simón Contreras, el joven jugador que anotó para la U?". chile.as.com (in Spanish). AS Chile. 24 January 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  2. ^ "¡Simón Contreras firmó su primer contrato profesional!". UdeChile.cl (in Spanish). Universidad de Chile. 11 January 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  3. Muñoz Zwanzger, Andrés (7 July 2022). "Simón Contreras: la U confirma el préstamo a la U. de Conce" (in Spanish). ADN Radio Chile. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  4. Huerta, Rodrigo (13 December 2023). "Era una de las grandes promesas de la U y hoy su futuro es un misterio: esto pasó". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  5. Moreno Madrid, Paula (11 January 2024). "Se despidió de la U y O'Higgins lo confirmó como su nuevo refuerzo". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  6. "La Roja Sub 20 ya está en Brasil para el Torneo Internacional Granja Comary" (in Spanish). ANFP. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  7. "La Roja Sub 20 se estrenó en Teresópolis con un trabajado triunfo sobre Perú" (in Spanish). ANFP. 12 December 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  8. "La Roja Sub 20 empató con Brasil y es subcampeón del Torneo Granja Comary" (in Spanish). ANFP. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  9. "El tercer "Power Peralta": La desconocida historia de Simón Contreras, el nuevo crack de la U" (in Spanish). EnCancha. 26 January 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2021.

External links

O'Higgins F.C. – current squad
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