Junior Huerto

Carlos Junior Huerto Saavedra (born 26 April 1999) is a Peruvian footballer who plays as a left-back for Peruvian Primera División side Cantolao on loan from Sporting Cristal.

Junior Huerto
Personal information
Full name Carlos Junior Huerto Saavedra
Date of birth (1999-04-26) 26 April 1999
Place of birth Lima, Peru
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Cantolao
(on loan from Sporting Cristal)
Number 30
Youth career
Universidad San Martín
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Universidad San Martín 57 (4)
2020– Sporting Cristal 8 (0)
2021 → Univ. San Martín (loan) 15 (0)
2022 → Sport Boys (loan) 3 (0)
2022 → Cantolao (loan) 10 (0)
2023– → Cantolao (loan) 21 (1)
International career
2014 Peru U-15
2015 Peru U-17 1 (0)
2018–2019 Peru U-20 5 (0)
2019 Peru U-23 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:05, 15 October 2023 (UTC)

Huerto is also known by his nickname 'Checho'.

Club career

Universidad San Martín

Huerto is a product of Universidad San Martín and made his debut for the club in November 2016. He became a regular starter in the 2018 season with four goals in 30 games. In 2019, Huerto made 25 league appearances.[2]

Sporting Cristal

On 4 January 2020 it was confirmed, that Huerto had joined Sporting Cristal on a deal until the end of 2023.[3] He made his debut for the club on 1 February 2020 against UTC Cajamarca.[4]

To get some more minutes, after playing only 422 minutes in eight games in 2020, Huerto was loaned out back to Universidad San Martín on 9 January 2021 for the entire 2021 season.[5]

On 5 December 2021 it was confirmed, that Huerto would play the 2022 on loan at Sport Boys.[6] However, the spell was cut short and he was instead loaned out to Cantolao in the beginning of July 2022, until the end of the year.[2] Huerto returned to Cristal ahead of the 2023 season, and sat on the bench for one game for Cristal, before heading on a new loan spell at Cantolao.

References
  1. Junior Huerto at WorldFootball.net
  2. Junior Huerto at Soccerway
  3. Sporting Cristal oficializó a Junior Huerto como fichaje, peru.as.com, 4 January 2020
  4. UTC CAJAMARCA VS. SPORTING CRISTAL 2 - 1, soccerway.com, 1 February 2020
  5. Es santo: Junior Huerto jugará esta temporada en San Martín, rpp.pe, 9 January 2021
  6. Junior Huerto es nuevo jugador de Sport Boys por todo el 2022, ovacion.pe, 5 December 2021
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