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Jonatan Almendra

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Jonatan Almendra
Personal information
Full name Jonatan Andrés Almendra Cifuentes
Date of birth (1991-04-25) 25 April 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Concepción, Chile
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Deportes Concepción
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011 Deportes Concepción
2012 Universidad de Concepción
2013 Wairarapa United
2013 Fernández Vial
2014 Naval
2014–2015 Deportes Linares 4 (1)
2015–2016 Naval 27 (8)
2016 Fernández Vial
2017–2018 Huddinge IF
2018–2019 Arameisk-Syrianska 4 (0)
2018–2019 → Tungelsta IF (loan) (23)
2019 Nacka Juniors (futsal) 6 (8)
2019–2020 Djurgården (futsal)
2020 Västerhaninge IF
2020–2023 Hammarby (futsal)
2021 Fittja IF
2022 FC Brandbergen
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jonatan Andrés Almendra Cifuentes (born 25 April 1991) is a Chilean former footballer and futsal player who played as a forward for clubs in Chile, New Zealand and Sweden.

Football career

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A forward from the Deportes Concepción youth system, Almendra switched to Universidad de Concepción before emigrating to New Zealand[1] and playing for Central League side Wairarapa United in 2013.[2]

The same year, he returned to his homeland and played for Fernández Vial, winning the league title of the Tercera A.[3] After, he played for Deportes Linares, Naval[4] and Fernández Vial, for second time.[5]

After training with Deportes Concepción, he moved to Sweden and signed with Huddinge IF in 2017.[6] Then, he switched to Arameisk-Syrianska, being loaned to Tungelsta IF in 2018, where he coincided with his compatriots Víctor Guglielmotti[7] and Cristián González and scored eleven goals in nine matches in his first season.[8] In the Swedish football, he also played for Västerhaninge IF [sv],[9] Fittja IF and FC Brandbergen.[10]

Futsal career

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After playing for futsal club Nacka Juniors FF in the second half 2019, scoring eight goals in six matches, he signed with Djurgården.[9]

In 2020, he signed with Hammarby,[11] whose owner is the Sweden international Zlatan Ibrahimovic, with whom he took part of the UEFA Futsal Champions League[1] and won the 2020–21 Swedish Futsal League.[12]

Personal life

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Almendra is the younger brother of the former Chile international Patricio Almendra.[13]

He married the Swedish citizen Lina-Maja Bronnvall and they have a son, Mattheo. They made his home in Sweden.[1]

He has kept a friendship with another Chilean footballers in Sweden such as Víctor Guglielmotti and Cristián González.[14]

References

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  1. ^ a b c González, José Miguel (7 August 2020). "El chileno que reforzará al equipo de Zlatan Ibrahimovic" (in Spanish). La Tercera. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  2. ^ (Futbolistas. Chilenos en el Exterior) Nueva Zelanda - Central League (in Spanish). 5 May 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  3. ^ Velozo, Pablo (13 December 2013). "Fernández Vial aseguró su retorno al profesionalismo tras derrotar a Talagante en El Morro". BioBioChile (in Spanish). Radio Bío-Bío. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  4. ^ Maureira, Nicolás (25 April 2016). ""No maten al Conce": Jugador de Naval mostró polera en en apoyo al 'León de Collao'". BioBioChile (in Spanish). Radio Bío-Bío. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Almendra encabeza póker de refuerzos para levantar a Vial". Diario Concepción (in Spanish). 18 August 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  6. ^ "11. Jonatan Almendra". www.svenskafans.com (in Swedish). Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Seriepremiär för herrarna ikväll kl 20.00 på KG". Tungelsta IF (in Swedish). 12 April 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  8. ^ Inostroza, Paulo (20 November 2018). "Y verás cómo quieren afuera al chileno cuando es forastero…". Diario Concepción (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  9. ^ a b Vera, Pablo (14 December 2019). "El goleador chileno que es estrella de futsal en Suecia". Diario AS (in Spanish). AS Chile. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  10. ^ "Jonatan Almendra Cifuentes". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  11. ^ "Futsal: Arsalan Ashtari och Jonatan Almendra Cifuentes till Bajen". www.hammarbyfotboll.se (in Swedish). August 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  12. ^ "Un gol que empujó su abuelo y lo gritó el mismísimo Zlatan". Diario Concepción (in Spanish). 30 March 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  13. ^ Santibáñez, Felipe (16 August 2020). "Se salvó de un atentado y reforzará al equipo de Zlatan: La notable historia del primer chileno que jugará la Champions de futsal". Emol (in Spanish). El Mercurio. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  14. ^ Inostroza, Paulo (3 August 2020). "Jonatan Almendra jugará Champions en equipo de Zlatan". Diario Concepción (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 July 2023.
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