Jonathan Alexis Sandoval Rojas (born 25 June 1987) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Argentine Liga Tucumana de Fútbol side Graneros.
Career Sandoval's senior career began in 2006 with Uruguayan Primera División side River Plate. He made fourteen appearances before being loaned out to Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala club Heredia. He failed to make an appearance prior to returning to River Plate. In 2008, Sandoval joined Sud América of the Uruguayan Segunda División on loan. He scored six times in thirteen appearances. 2009 saw Sandoval loaned out twice to Primera División club Cerro Largo and Segunda División club Rentistas. In total, for both, he made twenty-one appearances and scored twice. He made two final appearances for River Plate in 2010–11.
On 23 January 2011, Sandoval completed a permanent transfer to Montevideo Wanderers. He made his league debut on 5 February versus Nacional, while he scored his first two goals for Montevideo against El Tanque Sisley on 3 April. In three seasons with the team, Sandoval scored eight goals in sixty matches. He joined Peñarol in 2013 and made his debut against his former club, River Plate, in August. After twenty-two apps for Peñarol, Sandoval had a short spell with Liverpool in 2016 before joining Primera B Nacional side Argentinos Juniors later that year.
He scored on his Argentinos debut, getting their second goal in a 2–2 draw with San Martín. In that season, Sandoval participated in thirty Primera B Nacional fixtures and scored three goals as Argentinos won promotion to the Argentine Primera División by winning the 2016–17 title. He made his 200th career appearance on 26 February 2018 during a 2–0 loss against Talleres.
In January 2022, Sandoval was loaned out to Colón from Argentinos Juniors until the end of the year.Colón anunció la llegada de Jonathan Sandoval, sol915.com.ar, 22 January 2022 However, the loan was cut short and Sandoval was instead loaned out to Atlético Tucumán on 12 June 2022, until the end of the year.Jonathan Sandoval ya es jugador de Atlético Tucumán, tycsports.com, 12 June 2022
Career statistics .
+ Club statisticsClubSeasonLeagueCupIncludes the Copa ArgentinaLeague CupContinentalIncludes the Copa Libertadores and Copa SudamericanaOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsRiver Plate2006–07Uruguayan Primera División140———001402007–0800———00002008–0900——0000002009–1000——0000002010–1120——1One appearance in 2010 Copa Sudamericana00030Total160——1000170Heredia (loan)2007–08Liga Nacional00———0000Sud América (loan)2008–09Segunda División136———00136Cerro Largo (loan)2008–09Uruguayan Primera División120———00120Rentistas (loan)2009–10Segunda División92———0092Montevideo Wanderers2010–11Uruguayan Primera División143———001432011–12263———002632012–13202———00202Total608———00608Peñarol2013–14Uruguayan Primera División100——4One appearance in 2013 Copa Sudamericana, three appearances in 2014 Copa Libertadores0001402014–15111——1One appearance in 2014 Copa Sudamericana0001212015–1610———0010Total221——5000271Liverpool2015–16Uruguayan Primera División150———00150Argentinos Juniors2016–17Primera B Nacional30310——003132017–18Argentine Primera División25300——00253Total55610——00566Career total2022310—600020923
Honours Peñarol Uruguayan Primera División: 2015–16
Argentinos Juniors Primera B Nacional: 2016–17
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