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Jorge Sáenz
Spanish footballer
Jorge Sáenz de Miera Colmeiro (born 17 November 1996), known simply as Jorge [ˈxoɾxe], is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central defender for CD Leganés.
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Jorge in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jorge Sáenz de Miera Colmeiro[2] | ||
| Date of birth | (1996-11-17) 17 November 1996 (age 27)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Leganés | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Tenerife | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2015 | Tenerife B | 36 | (3) |
| 2015–2019 | Tenerife | 104 | (5) |
| 2019–2023 | Valencia | 0 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | → Celta (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Marítimo (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Mirandés (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | → Leganés (loan) | 37 | (0) |
| 2023– | Leganés | 14 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2015 | Spain U19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Spain U21 | 4 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 December 2023 | |||
Tenerife
Born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Jorge started playing in CD Tenerife's youth setup. He made his senior debut with the reserves in the 2012–13 season, in Tercera División.
Jorge played his first match as a professional on 4 January 2015, starting in a 1–1 home draw against Sporting de Gijón in the Segunda División.[3] On 20 August, he was definitely promoted to the first team.[4]
On 31 January 2016, Jorge was sent off for two bookings in the first half of a 2–1 loss at Gimnàstic de Tarragona.[5] He scored his first league goal on 21 January 2018, but in a 1–3 home defeat to FC Barcelona B.[6]
Valencia
Jorge signed a five-year contract with La Liga club Valencia CF on 25 February 2019 for a transfer fee of €3 million, effective as of 1 July.[7] On 15 July, he joined RC Celta de Vigo in the same league on a two-year loan,[8] with an option to make the deal permanent for €7 million as Maxi Gómez moved in the opposite direction.[9] He made his debut in the competition two months later, receiving a straight card in the tenth minute on an eventual 2–0 home loss against Granada CF.[10]
On 28 July 2021, Jorge was loaned to C.S. Marítimo of the Portuguese Primeira Liga for one year.[11] The following 29 January, however, he moved to CD Mirandés back in his home country also in a temporary deal.[12]
Leganés
On 5 July 2022, Jorge joined CD Leganés also in the second division, on a one-year loan with a buyout clause.[13] In July 2023, he agreed to a permanent two-year contract.[14]
Jorge's older brother, Germán, was also a footballer. He too was developed at Tenerife.[15]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Tenerife | 2014–15 | Segunda División | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |
| 2015–16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 34 | 1 | ||
| 2017–18 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 24 | 1 | |||
| 2018–19 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 34 | 4 | |||
| Total | 104 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Celta (loan) | 2019–20 | La Liga | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 111 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 123 | 6 | ||
- "Sáenz de Miera" (in Spanish). Apellidos de España. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
- "El Tenerife empata ante un Sporting que sigue sin perder" [Tenerife draw with a Sporting that are still to lose]. Marca (in Spanish). 4 January 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- "Alexander Mesa, Nano, y Jorge, componentes de la primera plantilla CD Tenerife 15/16" [Alexander Mesa, Nano, and Jorge, part of CD Tenerife's 15/16 first team] (in Spanish). CD Tenerife. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- "Un Tenerife con diez mereció mucho más" [Ten-man Tenerife deserved much more]. Marca (in Spanish). 31 January 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
- "El Barça B tumba al Tenerife con un 'hat-trick' de Carles Pérez" [Barça B down Tenerife with Carles Pérez hat-trick]. El Periódico de Catalunya (in Spanish). 21 January 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- Ferriol, Roberto (25 February 2019). "Oficial: El Valencia CF ficha a Jorge Sáenz" [Official: Valencia CF sign Jorge Sáenz] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- "Comunicado oficial | Jorge Sáenz" [Official statement | Jorge Sáenz] (in Spanish). Valencia CF. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- "Sáenz completa el puesto más crítico" [Sáenz completes the most critical position]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 16 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- "La Liga | Celta 0–2 Granada – El Granada confirma su buen momento en el campo del Celta" [La Liga | Celta 0–2 Granada – Granada confirm their good run at Celta] (in Spanish). RTVE. 15 September 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
- "Official statement | Jorge Sáenz". Valencia CF. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- "Official statement | Jorge Sáenz". Valencia CF. 29 January 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
- "Jorge Saénz signs as new C.D. Leganés player". CD Leganés. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
- "El C.D. Leganés cierra el retorno de Jorge Sáenz, ya en propiedad" [C.D. Leganés complete return of Jorge Sáenz, now permanently] (in Spanish). CD Leganés. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- Daswani, Manoj (10 August 2014). "El orgullo del hermano mayor" [Older brother's pride]. La Opinión de Tenerife (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- Tenerife official profile (in Spanish)
- Jorge at BDFutbol
- Jorge at Futbolme (in Spanish)