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Matías Jara Personal information Full name Matías Maximiliano Jara Date of birth April 6, 1987 Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) Playing position Striker Club information Current club Chacarita Juniors Youth career C.A.I. Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2005–2009 C.A.I. 62 (11) 2009 Godoy Cruz 14 (2) 2010 Huachipato 15 (1) 2010– Chacarita Juniors * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 04:00, 20 September 2010 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).Matías Maximiliano Jara (born April 6, 1987 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine football striker currently playing for Chacarita Juniors.
Career
Jara started playing for the Comisión de Actividades Infantiles, a team from the southern city of Comodoro Rivadavia. He was an important part of the team that avoided relegation from the Primera B Nacional (second division) during the 2007-08 season after defeating Patronato in the relegation playoff. Jara scored two goals on the second game to secure the 5-1 overall victory.[1]
Jara joined Godoy Cruz in the Argentine First Division for the 2009-10 season.[2] He scored the first goal of the Apertura tournament on Godoy Cruz' victory 2-0 over Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata.[3] He also scored one goal and assisted in another in Godoy Cruz' historical 3-2 victory against Boca Juniors in the Bombonera stadium.[4]
In January 2010 Jara joined Chilean side Huachipato.[5] However, he returned to his home country in August of that same year, joining second division side Chacarita Juniors.
References
- ^ "La CAI conservó su lugar" El Litoral. 2009-7-1. Retrieved on September 22, 2009. (Spanish)
- ^ "Matías Jara trae sus goles desde el Sur" El Sol. 2009-7-28. Retrieved on September 22, 2009. (Spanish)
- ^ "Matías Jara: 'Tenía ganas de llorar por la emoción'" mdz 2009-8-21. Retrieved on September 22, 2009. (Spanish)
- ^ "Matías Jara: el chico de la tapa" Los Andes. 2009-9-22. Retrieved on September 22, 2009. (Spanish)
- ^ Jara, de Godoy Cruz a Huachipato at espndeportes (Spanish)
External links
- Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI (Spanish)
- Profile at BDFA (Spanish)
Categories:- 1987 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Buenos Aires
- Argentine footballers
- Association football forwards
- Primera División Argentina players
- C.A.I. footballers
- Godoy Cruz footballers
- Chacarita Juniors footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Chile
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