Jorge Acuña

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Jorge Acuña
Personal information
Full name	Jorge Cristián Acuña Concha
Date of birth	31 July 1978 (1978-07-31) (age 29)
Place of birth	Ovalle, Chile
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Mamelodi Sundowns
Number	6
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999 2000-2002 2002-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-Present	Unión Española Universidad Católica Feyenoord Universidad Católica RBC Roosendaal Universidad de Chile Mamelodi Sundowns	37 (1) 74 (0) 15 (0) 38 (2) 24 (0) 16 (0) 19 (0)
National team
2003-present	Chile	16 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Jorge Acuña (born 31 July 1978 in Ovalle, Chile) is a Chilean footballer, who currently plays for Mamelodi Sundowns in the South African Premier Soccer League.

In Chile, Jorge Acuña made his professional debut with Unión Española in 1999. He spent one season with Unión Española, before moving to chilean club Universidad Católica where he would stay for three years.

In 2002, Jorge Acuña signed a contract with Dutch club Feyenoord. Following a Feyenoord Reserve match on April 15, 2004, Acuña and other Feyenoord players, including Robin van Persie were attacked by AFC Ajax hooligans. Acuña was taken to the hospital with head, neck and rib injuries. In 2005, the club loaned him to RBC Roosendaal.

He played for RBC Roosendaal until the summer of 2006 when his contract expired (it was never renewed).

However the English club Blackburn Rovers showed interest in signing the Chilean player, but there was never a contract offer.

Local rivals to Blackburn Rovers, Wigan Athletic took the Chilean on trial on the 17th of January 2007, but he finally signed with Universidad de Chile.

Joined Israeli club Maccabi Netanya FC with a one-year contract on the 26th of June 2007 but refused to come to Israel and stayed in Chile. Finally, Universidad de Chile's coach Arturo Salah fired from the squad team and he signed with the South African team Mamelodi Sundowns.

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