Ronald de la Fuente

Ronald de la Fuente
	de la Fuente with Universidad de Concepción in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Ronald Vladimir de la Fuente Arias
Date of birth	January 25, 1991 (age 34)
Place of birth	Talcahuano, Chile
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Deportes Iquique
Youth career
	Huachipato
Senior career*
Years	Team
2011–2015	Huachipato
2013	→ San Marcos (loan)
2013–2015	→ Iberia (loan)
2015–2018	Universidad de Concepción
2019–	Colo-Colo
2021	→ Curicó Unido (loan)
2022–2023	Curicó Unido
2024–	Deportes Iquique
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 January 2024

Ronald Vladimir de la Fuente Arias (born January 25, 1991) is a Chilean footballer who plays for Deportes Iquique. 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]

In 2024, he joined Deportes Iquique.^[11]

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^[es] (National Football Institute).^[12]

Honours

Huachipato

Primera División: 2012–C

Deportes Iberia

Segunda División de Chile: 2013–14

Colo-Colo

Copa Chile: 2019

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "R. de la Fuente". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ "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.
^ "Ronald de la Fuente: Club matches". WorldFotball.net. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ 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.
^ "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.
^ Maldonado, Víctor (15 January 2024). "Iquique no se detiene en el mercado y ficha a un ex Colo Colo". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 January 2024.
^ 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.

External links

Ronald de la Fuente at Soccerway
Ronald de la Fuente at BDFA (in Spanish)

[CDUdeC-1] "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.

[Soccerway-2] "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.

[ArduaLucha-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.

[WorldFootball-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] Maldonado, Víctor (15 January 2024). "Iquique no se detiene en el mercado y ficha a un ex Colo Colo". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 January 2024.

[12] 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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