Jonatan Almendra
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jonatan Andrés Almendra Cifuentes | ||
| Date of birth | 25 April 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Concepción, Chile | ||
| Position | 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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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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External links
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- Jonatan Almendra at AcademiaDasApostasBrasil.com (in Portuguese)
- JUGADAS Y GOLES JONATAN ALMENDRA 2014-2016 on YouTube
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Concepción, Chile
- Chilean men's footballers
- Chilean expatriate men's footballers
- Chilean Primera División players
- C.D. Universidad de Concepción footballers
- Primera B de Chile players
- Segunda División Profesional de Chile players
- Deportes Concepción (Chile) footballers
- C.D. Arturo Fernández Vial footballers
- Naval de Talcahuano footballers
- Deportes Linares footballers
- Wairarapa United players
- Ettan Fotboll players
- Arameisk-Syrianska IF players
- Division 2 (Swedish football) players
- Division 3 (Swedish football) players
- Huddinge IF players
- Expatriate men's association footballers in New Zealand
- Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
- Men's association football forwards
- Sportspeople from Concepción, Chile
- Chilean men's futsal players
- Futsal forwards
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in New Zealand
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Sweden