Josepablo Monreal
 Monreal with Cobreloa in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Josepablo Monreal Villablanca | ||
| Date of birth | 1 April 1996 | ||
| 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) |
| 2020 | → Cobreloa (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
[edit]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
[edit]Club
[edit]- 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 | ||
- ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
- ^ Appearance(s) in Finnish League Cup
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Voimahyökkääjä Josepablo Monreal SJK-paitaan". 11 December 2021.
- ^ "Buscará la revancha: Josepablo Monreal ficha en un elenco de la Primera B". PrimeraBChile.cl (in Spanish). 24 February 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ @suwonfc (11 January 2024). "#𝙊𝙁𝙁𝙄𝘾𝙄𝘼𝙇 수원FC, 공격수 #몬레알 영입🤝" (in Korean). Retrieved 11 January 2024 – via Instagram.
- ^ El chileno que partirá a la exótica liga de Corea del Sur para la temporada 2024, redgol.cl, 5 January 2024
- ^ "J. MONREAL". Soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
External links
[edit]- Josepablo Monreal's Talents Agency Profile at Trading Sports
- Josepablo Monreal at Soccerway
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Santiago, Chile
- Chilean men's footballers
- 21st-century Chilean sportsmen
- Men's association football forwards
- Primera B de Chile players
- C.D. Cobreloa footballers
- Curicó Unido footballers
- Rangers de Talca footballers
- Unión San Felipe footballers
- Ascenso MX players
- Dorados de Sinaloa footballers
- Chilean Primera División players
- Unión La Calera footballers
- Veikkausliiga players
- Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho players
- Ykkönen players
- SJK Akatemia players
- K League 1 players
- Suwon FC players
- Chilean expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
- Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Finland
- Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in South Korea