
Photo: Carlos Figueroa Rojas / CC BY-SA 4.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Jorquera appeals to me as a thinking man's footballer. Santiago-born and only 175cm, he is a midfielder who must win with vision and touch rather than physical reach, and that constraint usually breeds smarter players. Now at Magallanes, he embodies something I love about South American football: the improvisation and passion that European leagues often sand down. I am drawn less to glamorous transfers than to players who grind it out for storied local clubs, and a Chilean midfielder dictating tempo from the center is precisely that. There is real romance in a career built on craft over flash, and his deserves attention.
Overview
Cristóbal Andrés Jorquera Torres (born 4 August 1988) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Magallanes.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Cristóbal Jorquera
- Name (Japanese)
- クリストバル・ホルケラ
- Reading
- くりすとばる・ほるけら
- Born
- August 4, 1988 (age 37)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Dragon
- Origin
- Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 175 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.