José Cifuentes

José Cifuentes is the kind of footballer I instinctively root for. Out of Esmeraldas, a Pacific port in Ecuador, he started at Universidad Católica and worked his way through Los Angeles FC, Toronto FC, and Scottish side Rangers, all while wearing the Ecuador shirt. At 1.76 m he is not physically imposing, yet he keeps earning his place across continents as a central midfielder, the engine rather than the scorer. To me that signals craft and persistence over flash. I find the steady, hard-working professional who quietly runs a team's heartbeat far more interesting than the highlight-reel star.

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Name (English)

José Cifuentes

Name (Japanese)

ホセ・シフエンテス

Reading

ほせ・しふえんてす

Born

March 12, 1999 (age 27)

Origin

Esmeraldas, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador

Height

176 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Rabbit

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9%20Cifuentes
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9B%E3%82%BB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%95%E3%82%A8%E3%83%B3%E3%83%86%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60842113

Tags

• Esmeraldas Province
• association football player

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.