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Josepablo Monreal

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Josepablo Monreal
Monreal with Cobreloa in 2016
Personal information
Full name Josepablo Monreal Villablanca
Date of birth (1996-04-01) 1 April 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Chungnam Asan
Youth career
2005–2010 Colo-Colo
2015 Monterrey
2010–2016 Universidad Católica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 Cobreloa 14 (4)
2017 Curicó Unido 7 (1)
2017–2018 Dorados 16 (2)
2018–2020 Unión La Calera 29 (6)
2020Cobreloa (loan) 17 (1)
2021 Rangers de Talca 27 (0)
2022 SJK 17 (3)
2022 SJK II 1 (0)
2023 Unión San Felipe 24 (10)
2024 Suwon FC 11 (0)
2024– Chungnam Asan 13 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 September 2024

Josepablo Monreal Villablanca (Spanish pronunciation: [xoseˈpaβlo monreˈal]; born 1 April 1996) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as striker for K League 2 club Chungnam Asan.

Career

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His first formative incursion to professional football began in Colo-Colo in 2005, in this club he won the Torneo ANFP Sub-11 año 2007 with 22 goal scored.[1]

He changed of formative club in 2010 to Universidad Católica, after his successfully ingress in a massive test, approved by Hugo Balladares, who he was a Coach in this football club at that time. In this club he won the ANFP Sub-15 in 2011, with 35 matches and 22 goal scored. He was awarded as top striker of the Campeonato Sub-17 in 2013, and Campeonato sub-19 in 2014.[1]

He was invited to train with the Mexican Professional football club Monterrey in 2015.[2]

He participated in Copa Chivas and Copa Nike, international tournaments.

He began his professional career in Club de Deportes Cobreloa in 2016, he signs for this club for Primera B de Chile season 2016–17.[1] He made his professional debut in Cobreloa vs. Deportes Antofagasta match, valid for first round of Copa Chile 2016 tournament. He scored his first goal in his career in his second professional match against Deportes Antofagasta, valid for Copa Chile 2016 tournament.

In 2022, Monreal had a stint in Europe with Finnish Veikkausliiga side SJK for the 2022 season.[3] He left the club at the end of the year.

In 2023, he returned to his homeland and joined Unión San Felipe.[4]

On 11 January 2024, Monreal signed with South Korean club Suwon FC.[5][6]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 22 September 2024[7]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Cobreloa 2016–17 Primera B de Chile 14 4 6 3 20 7
Curicó Unido 2016–17 Primera B de Chile 7 1 7 1
Dorados 2017–18 Ascenso MX 16 2 7 2 23 4
Unión La Calera 2018 Chilean Primera División 14 4 14 4
2019 Chilean Primera División 15 2 2 0 1[a] 0 18 2
Total 29 6 2 0 1 0 32 6
Cobreloa (loan) 2019 Primera B de Chile 1 0 1 0
2020 Primera B de Chile 16 1 16 1
Total 17 1 17 1
Rangers de Talca 2021 Primera B de Chile 27 0 5 1 32 1
SJK 2022 Veikkausliiga 17 3 1 0 0 0 5[b] 1 23 4
SJK II 2022 Ykkönen 1 0 1 0
Unión San Felipe 2023 Primera B de Chile 25 10 2 2 27 12
Suwon FC 2024 K League 1 11 0 11 0
Chungnam Asan 2024 K League 2 13 4 0 0 13 4
Career total 177 31 23 9 1 0 5 1 196 40
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in Finnish League Cup

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Josepablo Monreal: El goleador que Universidad Católica dejó partir". www.24horas.cl (in Spanish). 24 Horas. 23 January 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  2. ^ Correa, Serey. "El goleador de la Sub 19 se sumará a los éxodos juveniles en la UC". El Gráfico Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Voimahyökkääjä Josepablo Monreal SJK-paitaan". 11 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Buscará la revancha: Josepablo Monreal ficha en un elenco de la Primera B". PrimeraBChile.cl (in Spanish). 24 February 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  5. ^ @suwonfc (11 January 2024). "#𝙊𝙁𝙁𝙄𝘾𝙄𝘼𝙇 수원FC, 공격수 #몬레알 영입🤝" (in Korean). Retrieved 11 January 2024 – via Instagram.
  6. ^ El chileno que partirá a la exótica liga de Corea del Sur para la temporada 2024, redgol.cl, 5 January 2024
  7. ^ "J. MONREAL". Soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
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