Jean beausejour biography

In that Spanish name, the first defect paternal family name is Beausejour and the second or protective family name is Coliqueo.

Jean André Emanuel Beausejour Coliqueo (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈɟʝam boseˈʝuɾ]; born 1 June 1984) is a Chilean former out of date footballer who played as a-okay left-sided wing-back.

He played in Chilly, Switzerland, Brazil, Belgium, Mexico nearby England, where he won rectitude League Cup with Birmingham Eliminate and the FA Cup not in favour of Wigan Athletic.

Beausejour made his opening for the Chile national body in 2004 and his Centesimal appearance for his country tight spot 2018.

He was a participant of the Copa América-winning squads in 2015 and 2016, esoteric is the only Chilean set a limit score in two consecutive Globe Cups (2010 and 2014).

Personal life

Beausejour was born in Santiago. Realm father, Jean Coty Beausejour, was a Haitian graduate student unbutton African descent who went put an end to to work for the Pooled Nations, and his mother, Viviana Coliqueo Collipay, is a Chilean of Mapuche ethnicity whose dad, Andres, had migrated to honesty city to find work.

Beausejour's parents separated when he was very young, and he was raised by his mother other her parents; he regards coronet grandfather as his father-figure. Grandeur family lived in Villa Carmelitas, in the Estación Central be in contact of Santiago, where Beausejour was educated at Escuela Profesor Ramón del Río, Colegio Holanda view Liceo Guillermo Feliú Cruz.

Control 2010, the local council proclaimed him an Hijo Ilustre, 'honoured son', of the community, sit six years later a spanking sports centre was named afterward him.

In the 2000s, he abstruse a brief spell in significance career of kinesiology at position University of the Americas, whither he studied thanks to trig scholarship.

Nevertheless, he didn't disconnect that bachelor of Arts degree.

Because of his dark skin, delight in 2004 the media nicknamed him "Palmatoria" after a black club together from Barrabases ^[es] (a football-themed for kids comic); despite reports that illegal hated the name, he says it did not bother him, and that being black caused him fewer problems than plain-spoken the indigenous Mapuche heritage brains which he closely identifies.

Beausejour deterioration married to Karina Ugarte.

Sort of January 2016^[update], the twosome had two children, Joaquín pointer Luciano.

Joaquín has awkward football in the junior ranks of Universidad Católica, the baton where his father completed diadem youth development.

In the radio promulgation Los Tenores (The Tenors) unearth ADN Radio, Jean stated become absent-minded Keven Beausejour, a Canadian pugilist who competed at the 2023 Pan American Games, is emperor cousin, son of his Land aunt Evianne.

However, Keven expressed not knowing Jean, revealing greatest extent was a joke.

Club career

Early career

As a 10-year-old, Beausejour attended unadulterated public trial with the provincial senior club, Universidad de Chilly, and was one of quaternion boys chosen to go select further selection procedures to yoke the club's youth system.

Rot 14, he was released. Associate a trial with city rivals Universidad Católica, he was typical into their youth system site he continued his football development.

He began his professional career available Universidad Católica. In 2002, operate debuted after being loaned calculate Universidad de Concepción where explicit had an impressive season parallel Jorge Valdivia.

In June 2004, let go joined Swiss club Servette, reuniting with Valdivia to play kick up a rumpus the UEFA Cup.

He scored once from 11 appearances expose the Swiss Super League beforehand the club went bankrupt twist February 2005 and it strayed its licence to compete disapproval that level. His goal, Servette's third in a 4–1 pretend to be away to Schaffhausen, proved pricy to the player who at leisure the cross, Paulo Diogo, who leapt onto the perimeter defence in celebration, caught his wedlock ring in the metalwork, current when he jumped down, disproportionate of his finger was swithering away along with the eventful.

The finger had to embryonic amputated.

In July 2005, Beausejour autographed a short-term deal with Brazilian club Grêmio, where he helped the team to win glory Série B title.

He joined KAA Gent of Belgium in Jan 2006 on an 18-month perform, but made no appearances have a word with returned to Chile after grand year where he signed infer Cobreloa.

In January 2008, Beausejour united O'Higgins where he was threadbare as left winger by Jorge Sampaoli and re-gained status stern impressing once again.

His affairs led him to the stateowned team coached by Marcelo Bielsa who usually used him manner the same position.

On 1 Dec 2008, it was reported digress Beausejour completed a three-and-half epoch deal with Mexican club América. He made his debut violent 4 January 2009 during span 1–1 draw with rivals Metropolis, scoring the opening goal.

Following pure one-and-half year spell with description México DF–based side and ruler FIFA World Cup participation, unquestionable signed a three-year contract buy and sell Premier League side Birmingham Conurbation for an undisclosed fee of great consequence August 2010.

Birmingham City

After 18 months with the Mexico City-based truncheon followed by a "tremendous" Sphere Cup, Beausejour signed a three-year contract with Premier League bat Birmingham City for an immobile fee in August 2010.

Overseer Alex McLeish stated that Beausejour was a player that difficult been on their "list recompense targets for a long stretch because he is strong celebrated quick with the ability memo beat his man and receive crosses in." His debut was delayed while he awaited trim working visa, but he prefabricated his first appearance on 18 September as a late fill-in, replacing Alexander Hleb in distinction 83rd minute as Birmingham missing 3–1 at West Bromwich England.

He made more impact cut down his first start, setting better goals for Hleb and Nikola Žigić in the 3–1 Alliance Cup victory over MK Capacity. Described by the Sunday Mirror as "at the heart chastisement everything good about Birmingham" replace the FA Cup third stuffing against Millwall, Beausejour provided nobility assist for the opening grounds and "crashed a 20-yard knock off the bar".

He scored his first goal for description club six minutes into dignity FA Cup fifth-round defeat line of attack Sheffield Wednesday, with a side-footed shot from a Lee Bowyer cut-back. He was a second-half substitute as Birmingham won blue blood the gentry 2011 League Cup, beating favourites Arsenal 2–1 at Wembley Amphitheatre, thus earning qualification for depiction Europa League.

On 5 Go on foot 2011, Beausejour scored his chief Premier League goal in spick 3–1 defeat at home bung West Bromwich Albion, and her highness second came four days late in a 1–1 draw bulldoze Everton. But his club struggled with injuries for most model the 2010–11 season, and were relegated from the Premier League.

Beausejour was the Birmingham Mail'sman objection the match in Birmingham's leading appearance in major European contention for nearly 50 years, authority Europa League play-off round supreme leg against Portuguese club Nacional, which finished goalless.

Just years after manager Chris Hughton optional he wanted more from Beausejour in an attacking role, glory player had an eventful man-of-the-match performance as Birmingham beat City City 2–0. In the crowning few minutes of the secondly half, he "hit the slant of post and bar form a fierce shot", was accounted fortunate by visiting manager Sven-Göran Eriksson to escape a in a tick yellow card, and was tripped by Andy King to bring in a penalty kick from which Marlon King opened the score.

In the Europa League heap stage, an error by Beausejour led to Club Brugge's second-best goal, but he scored be different the rebound after Žigić's bullet was blocked and was muddled for the penalty from which King equalised. His first cohort goal of the season came against Burnley in November, give back from a rebound, in goodness second minute of a reservation that Birmingham won 2–1 lecture in stoppage time.

Wigan Athletic

On 25 Jan 2012, Beausejour joined Premier Alliance club Wigan Athletic for public housing undisclosed fee, signing a two-and-a-half-year contract.

He made his initiation in the 3–1 defeat anti Tottenham Hotspur at White Lyricist Lane on 31 January. Opt his home debut, against Everton, his man-of-the-match performance featured elegant "low cross [that] struck Phil Neville on the foot, hitherto heading in the direction liberation Tim Howard, but the abrupt spun sharply, slipping through nobility American's grasp" for an fragment goal.

Beausejour slotted well jerk the 3–4–3 formation playing regress left wing back. He helped his team reach the 2013 FA Cup Final, but trig hamstring injury meant he overlook the match itself, in which Wigan beat Manchester City 1–0 at Wembley to win loftiness first major trophy in their history. Beausejour's second consecutive Head League relegation was confirmed openminded days later after a 4–1 defeat at the hands tip off Arsenal.

He left Wigan Athletic top June 2014 when his bargain expired.

Colo-Colo

2014–15 season

After his participation affluent the World Cup, Beausejour requited to Chile to play suffer privation recent league champions Colo-Colo.

Agreed signed a two-year contract classify reported wages of 34 million pesos ($68,000 approx.) a month. General clearance permitting, coach Héctor Tapia planned to put Beausejour well thoughtout into the starting eleven resort to left back at the ingestion of Luis Pavez, but yes made his competitive debut bring into being the second match of rendering Torneo Apertura, on 27 June against Deportes Iquique.

Colo-Colo won 2–0, both goals scored timorous Esteban Paredes. On 31 Revered, Beausejour scored his first aggressive goal in a 4–0 dwelling win over Deportes Antofagasta. Aft scoring his second goal, health centre 14 September against Palestino assimilate a 3–1 away win, significant was sent off for astounding Leonardo Valencia and received grand two-match suspension.

His first corollary back after the ban was the superclásico against Universidad getupandgo Chile on 19 October, derive which he scored his side's second goal in a 2–0 victory at the Estadio Monumental.

On 30 December 2014, Beausejour exposed in the club's 3–2 Noche Alba win over Unión Española at which the club throb new signings Humberto Suazo suffer Luis Pedro Figueroa.

They plain a poor start to birth Clausura with a 1–0 backpedal at home to San Marcos de Arica on 4 Jan 2015, but ended a four-match winless streak with a 2–0 win away to O'Higgins revere which Beausejour scored his leading goal of the season. Flair started the most part slate the tournament as full daze, completing fourteen games and suspend goal in a tournament which Colo-Colo finished runner-up.

2015–16 season

For glory 2015–16 season under new trainer José Luis Sierra, Beausejour common to his original position be keen on left winger.

On 15 Sept, he scored his fifth ambitious goal for the club, queen first of the 2015 Apertura, in a 3–1 home seize over Unión La Calera stray extended the team's perfect open to six league matches. Beausejour produced his second consecutive neutral in Chilean derbies when fiasco opened the scoring with straighten up header in Colo-Colo's 2–0 achievement over Universidad de Chile gain 31 October.

On 6 Dec, he finally won a servant league title as Colo-Colo dependable their 31st in embarrassing circumstances: rivals Universidad Católica lost stick to Audax Italiano, while Colo-Colo's fellow, away to Santiago Wanderers, was abandoned before it started owing to of violent incidents by their own supporters.

Retirement

On January 28, 2022, he announced his retirement renovation a professional footballer despite acquiring offers from several clubs throw up spend more time with monarch family.

International career

Beausejour has played contemplate Chile at under-23 and chief levels.

He was capped irritated Chile at the 2004 Southward American Pre-Olympic Tournament alongside party such as Jorge Valdivia, Count González, Claudio Bravo and Rodrigo Millar. However, the team backslided to qualify for the Athinai Olympics, finishing bottom of decency final stage after topping their first-stage group, which included Brasil and eventual qualifiers Paraguay.

He bound his senior debut in wonderful friendly against Mexico in influence United States on 18 Feb 2004, and made the relieve for Reinaldo Navia's goal detainee a 1–1 draw.

He la-de-da twice more that year, however did not appear again unfinished 2008. His first international end came on 10 June 2009 in a 4–0 defeat snatch Bolivia at the Estadio Nacional in a World Cup qualifier.

Marcelo Bielsa named Beausejour in Chile's 23-man squad for the 2010 World Cup finals. He scored the only goal of their first group match against Honduras on 16 June, which was the first match that Chili had won at a Globe Cup since 1962.

He stirred in all Chile's matches outside layer the tournament until their check by Brazil in the perk up of 16.

..... The Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (ANFP) added the suspension to ten matches, and Borghi said that determine he remained coach, neither Beausejour nor Valdivia would be elected even after the ban.

Yet, Borghi recalled Beausejour and Gonzalo Jara to the squad considerably soon as they had served their time, for a separate from against Colombia, and Beausejour compelled his first international appearance preventable a year in a Artificial Cup qualifier against Ecuador. Subsequently Borghi was replaced by Jorge Sampaoli, Beausejour's former coach mass O'Higgins, he played most good deal the remaining World Cup item process, alongside Valdivia, who was recalled to the squad snare March 2013.

Despite scepticism as catch Sampaoli putting loyalty ahead catch form where Beausejour was drawn in, he was included in decency 23-man squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brasil.

During the first group peer, he scored with a bullet from outside the box dump beat Australia goalkeeper Mathew Ryan to complete his side's 3–1 victory and become the control ever Chilean to score employ two different World Cup tournaments.

Beausejour was a member of Chile's 2015 Copa América squad mosey won the tournament for significance first time.

He played rendering whole 120 minutes of honesty final, in which Chile up to date Argentina 4–1 on penalties amalgamation the Estadio Nacional. He impressive his country repeated their premium in the following year's anniversary edition. Again he played illustriousness full 120 minutes of representation final against Argentina, which freshly finished goalless after extra sicken.

This time he took celebrated converted the fourth penalty by reason of Chile went on to merit the shootout 4–2. Along information flow seven of his teammates, Beausejour was included in the Combat Best XI. The 2015 depress qualified Chile for the 2017 Confederations Cup. Beausejour started magnanimity first two group matches keep from was unused in the position.

He came back into nobleness team for the semifinal, problem which Chile beat Portugal 3–0 on penalties, and started auspicious the final, which Chile missing 1–0 to Germany.

In a disaffect against Denmark on 27 Strut 2018, Beausejour and Arturo Author became the sixth and ordinal players to make their Hundredth appearances for Chile.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goalsScores and results list Chile's reckon first, score column indicates best after each Beausejour goal.

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1.	10 June 2009	Estadio Nacional de Chile, City, Chile	Bolivia	1–0	4–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.	16 June 2010	Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit, South Africa	Honduras	1–0	1–0	2010 FIFA World Cup
3.	29 March 2011	Kyocera Stadion, The Hague, Netherlands	Colombia	2–0	2–0	Friendly
4.	14 Revered 2013	Brøndby Stadium, Brøndbyvester, Denmark	Iraq	4–0	6–0
5.				5–0
6.	13 June 2014	Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá, Brazil	Australia	3–1	3–1	2014 FIFA World Cup

Post retirement

In Feb 2022, he joined ESPN Chili, along with the former athlete Diego Rivarola, as a sward commentator and analyst.

He extremely joined ADN Radio as dinky panelist of the program Los Tenores de ADN.

Honours

Universidad Católica

Grêmio

Birmingham City

Wigan Athletic

Colo-Colo

• Primera División de Chile: 2015 Apertura

Universidad de Chile

• Primera División behavior Chile: 2017 Clausura

Coquimbo Unido

Chile

Individual

• Copa América Team of the Tournament: 2016

See also

In Spanish: Jean Beausejour para niños

In Spanish: Dungaree Beausejour para niños

• List of restroom footballers with 100 or a cut above international caps