Jorge Antonio Flores Villafaña and Spanish Jorge Antonio Flores Villafaña ; September 16, 1989 , Anaheim , USA ) - American football player of Mexican descent, defender of the Portland Timbers club and the US team .
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| Full name | Jorge Antonio Flores Villafanya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Dream (El Sueño) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Anaheim , California , USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  USA  Mexico | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 175 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The weight | 68 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | defender | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Portland Timbers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Content
- 1 Club career
- 2 International career
- 3 Achievements
- 4 Personal life
- 5 notes
- 6 References
Club career
In 2007, Jorge won the first season of the Sueño MLS reality show hosted by MLS in order to identify the best among undiscovered young talents for further training at league academies, which implies for them the prospect of becoming professional players, for which he received the nickname Sueño (from Spanish - “dream”), and joined the Chivas USA Academy [2] .
In July 2007, Chivas USA signed a professional contract with Jorge [3] . In his match against the New York Red Bulls , he made his MLS debut. On May 15, 2008, in a duel against DC United , Jorge scored his first goal for Chivas [4] .
In 2014, Villafagna was traded to the Portland Timbers . On May 18, in his match against Columbus Crew he made his debut for a new team, replacing Maximigliano Urruti in the second half [5] . On July 5, in a duel against the Los Angeles Galaxy , Jorge scored his first goal for the Timbers [6] . In 2015, Villafanya helped the team win the MLS Cup for the first time in history.
After winning the MLS Cup, Villafanya was sold to the Mexican Santos Laguna [7] , the amount of the transaction, according to journalists, was just over $ 1 million [8] . On January 10, in a match against Leon , he made his debut in the Mexican Example [9] . In 2018, Jorge helped the club win the championship . In the summer of that year, he returned to the Portland Timbers.
International Career
In 2007, as part of the U.S. youth team, Villafanya took part in the youth world championship in Egypt . At the tournament, he played in matches against the teams of Germany [10] , Cameroon [11] and South Korea [12] .
On January 25, 2017, U.S. national team coach Bruce Arena challenged Villafaña to the team’s training camp ahead of friendly matches with Serbia on January 29 and Jamaica on February 3 [13] . In a match with Serbia, replacing in the 69th minute instead of Greg Garza , Jorge made his debut for the first national team [14] . In the match with Jamaica, he first came out in the starting lineup of the Americans [15] .
In 2017, Villafagna won the CONCACAF Gold Cup . In the tournament, he played in matches against the national teams of Panama [16] , Nicaragua [17] , Costa Rica [18] and Jamaica [19] .
Achievements
Team
Portland Timbers
- MLS Cup Winner - 2015
Santos Laguna
- Mexico Football Championship - Clausura 2018
International
USA
- CONCACAF Gold Cup 2017
Personal life
In November 2011, Jorge changed his surname, starting to use Flores instead of his father's surname, his mother's surname is Villafanya [20] .
Notes
- ↑ Transfermarkt.com - 2000.
- ↑ Billy Witz. From TV to MLS, One Mexican Teen's Soccer Dream . The New York Times (June 6, 2008). Date of appeal March 15, 2017.
- ↑ Jorge Flores signs with Chivas USA . MLSsoccer.com (July 25, 2007). Date of appeal March 15, 2017.
- ↑ Chivas USA VS. Dc United 3: 1 . soccerway.com (May 15, 2008).
- ↑ Portland Timbers VS. Columbus Crew 3: 3 . soccerway.com (18 May 2014).
- ↑ Los Angeles Galaxy VS. Portland Timbers 2: 2 soccerway.com (5 July 2014).
- ↑ Portland Timbers transfer Jorge Villafaña to Liga MX club Santos Laguna . Portland Timbers (December 11, 2015). Date of treatment October 19, 2016.
- ↑ Grant Wahl. Insider: Carlos Vela, Fabian Castillo, Jorge Villafana; USWNT SI.com (December 8, 2015). Date of treatment October 19, 2016.
- ↑ Leon VS. Santos Laguna 2-0 (English) . soccerway.com (10 January 2016).
- ↑ USA (up to 20) VS. Germany (up to 20) 0: 3 . soccerway.com (September 26, 2009).
- ↑ USA (up to 20) VS. Cameroon (U-20) 4: 1 . soccerway.com (September 29, 2009).
- ↑ South Korea (under 20) VS. USA (under 20) 3: 0 . soccerway.com (October 2, 2009).
- ↑ Defender Jorge Villafana Added to Roster for January Camp, Serbia Friendly . US Soccer (Jan 25, 2017). Date of appeal March 15, 2017.
- ↑ MNT Kicks Off 2017 with 0-0 Draw Against Serbia . US Soccer (Jan 29, 2017). Date of appeal March 15, 2017.
- ↑ Morris Strike Leads MNT to 1-0 Victory Against Jamaica in Chattanooga . US Soccer (Feb 3, 2017). Date of appeal March 15, 2017.
- ↑ USA VS. Panama 1: 1 (English) . soccerway.com (8 July 2017).
- ↑ Nicaragua VS. USA 0: 3 . soccerway.com (16 July 2017).
- ↑ Costa Rica VS. USA 0: 2 . soccerway.com (23 July 2017).
- ↑ USA VS. Jamaica 2: 1 (English) . soccerway.com (27 July 2017).
- ↑ Scott French. CHIVAS USA: Meet Jorge Villafaña . ESPN.com (Dec 9, 2011). Date of treatment October 19, 2016.