Juan Carlos Gaete

Juan Carlos Darío Gaete Contreras (born 21 May 1997), known as Juan Carlos Gaete, is a Chilean footballer who plays as a forward for Costa Rican club Cartaginés.

Club career As a youth player, Gaete was with Deportes La Serena.

In July 2023, he ended his loan from Colo-Colo with Unión La Calera and switched to San Luis de Quillota in the Primera B until the end of the season. The next year, he was loaned to Deportes Copiapó in the top level.

After ending hos contract with Colo-Colo, Gaete returned to Cobresal for the fourth time for the 2025 season.

In January 2026, Gaete moved abroad and joined Costa Rican club Cartaginés.

Controversies On 2019 season, Gaete joined Colo-Colo from Cobresal, but he left the training preseason in Buenos Aires returning to Chile to think about his future, according to Colo-Colo. Finally he was loaned to Deportes Santa Cruz at the Primera B, where again he had a similar episode.

On 12 August 2020, he told the reasons why left Colo-Colo, arguing he was disagreed with the money.

International career He received his first call up to the Chile senior team to play the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Uruguay and Colombia on 8 and 13 October respectively, but he was withdrawn from the squad due to injury before the second match.

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