{{short description|Uruguayan footballer}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Jairo Coronel | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = Jairo Nicolás Coronel Valdez | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|3|4|df=y}} | birth_place = Montevideo, Uruguay | height = 1.89 m | position = Defensive midfielder | currentclub = Huracán FC | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 2013–2015 |youthclubs1 = River Plate Montevideo | youthyears2 = 2015–2016 |youthclubs2 = Rentistas | years1 = 2015–2016 |clubs1 = Rentistas |caps1 = 0 |goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2016–2017 |clubs2 = Boston River |caps2 = 0 |goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2018–2021 |clubs3 = Uruguay Montevideo |caps3 = 64 |goals3 = 2 | years4 = 2022 |clubs4 = Miramar Misiones |caps4 = 15 |goals4 = 1 | years5 = 2022 |clubs5 = → Atenas (loan) |caps5 = 8 |goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2023 |clubs6 = Cerro |caps6 = 19 |goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2024 |clubs7 = Cerro Largo |caps7 = 9 |goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2024 |clubs8 = Miramar Misiones |caps8 = 7 |goals8 = 0 | years9 = 2025 |clubs9 = Deportes Copiapó |caps9 = 18 |goals9 = 1 | years10 = 2026– |clubs10 = Huracán FC |caps10 = 0 |goals10 = 0 | club-update = 1 May 2025 }}
'''Jairo Nicolás Coronel Valdez''' (born 4 March 1996) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Huracán FC.
==Club career== As a youth player, Coronel was with River Plate de Montevideo<ref>{{cite web |title=Club Atlético River Plate - AUF - 2013/2014 SUB 19 |url=https://www.auf.org.uy/historico-planteles/4463/2/ |website=www.auf.org.uy |access-date=2 May 2025 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Club Atlético River Plate - AUF - 2014/2015 3A |url=https://auf.org.uy/historico-planteles/4463/6/ |website=auf.org.uy |access-date=2 May 2025 |language=es}}</ref> and Rentistas.<ref>{{cite web |title=Club Atlético Rentistas - AUF - 2015/2016 3A |url=https://www.auf.org.uy/historico-planteles/156/4/ |website=www.auf.org.uy |access-date=2 May 2025 |language=es}}</ref> After a stint with Boston River,<ref>{{cite web |title=Club Atlético Boston River - AUF - 2015/2016 |url=https://www.auf.org.uy/historico-planteles/20/4/ |website=www.auf.org.uy |access-date=2 May 2025 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Club Atlético Boston River - AUF - 2017 |url=https://auf.org.uy/historico-planteles/20/1/ |website=auf.org.uy |access-date=2 May 2025 |language=es}}</ref> he made his senior debut with Uruguay Montevideo in 2018,<ref>{{cite web |title=Uruguay Montevideo Football Club - AUF - 2018 |url=https://auf.org.uy/historico-planteles/280/5/ |website=auf.org.uy |access-date=2 May 2025 |language=es}}</ref> spending four seasons with them until 2021.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fontes |first1=Yalis |title=Derrota de Rocha 2-1 ante Uruguay Montevideo |url=https://rochaentrelineas.com.uy/2021/10/28/derrota-de-rocha-2-1-ante-uruguay-montevideo/ |website=rochaentrelineas.com.uy |access-date=2 May 2025 |language=es |date=28 October 2021}}</ref> In 2022, he played for Miramar Misiones and Atenas de San Carlos.<ref>{{cite tweet |user=futbolito100_ |number=1547325349628973058 |title=Jairo Coronel no va a continuar en la segunda ronda con Miramar Misiones y ya tiene un nuevo destino. |date=13 July 2022 |access-date=2 May 2025 |language=es}}</ref>
In 2023, Coronel signed with Cerro in the Uruguayan Primera División.<ref>{{cite web |title=Las polémicas que rodearon los triunfos de Nacional y Peñarol por la quinta fecha del Clausura |url=https://www.espn.com.co/futbol/uruguay/nota/_/id/12732468/torneo-clausura-5ta-fecha-polemicas-nacional-penarol |website=ESPN |access-date=2 May 2025 |language=es |date=16 October 2023 |quote=para que expulsara del campo de juego al volante de Cerro, Jairo Coronel. El jugador del elenco albiceleste estaba amonestado}}</ref> The next year, he played for Cerro Largo,<ref>{{cite news |title=Cerro Largo se rearma |url=https://elprofesional.uy/www/archivos/18731 |access-date=2 May 2025 |work=El Profesional |date=4 January 2024 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=El plantel de Cerro Largo decidió "suspender la prestación de servicios" por impagos y se expresó la Mutual |url=https://www.elpais.com.uy/ovacion/futbol/el-plantel-de-cerro-largo-decidio-suspender-la-prestacion-de-servicios-por-impagos-y-se-expreso-la-mutual |access-date=2 May 2025 |work=El País |date=4 July 2024 |language=es}}</ref> with whom he took part in the Copa Sudamericana,<ref>{{cite news |title=Racing y Cerro Largo debutan en Copa Sudamericana |url=https://mediospublicos.uy/racing-y-cerro-largo-debutan-en-copa-sudamericana/ |access-date=2 May 2025 |work=Portal Medios Públicos |date=7 March 2024 |language=es}}</ref> and Miramar Misiones.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mauro Brasil no seguirá en Cerro Largo Futbol Club |url=https://www.lavozdemelo.com.uy/2024/06/25/mauro-brasil-no-seguira-en-cerro-largo-futbol-club/ |access-date=2 May 2025 |work=www.lavozdemelo.com.uy |date=25 June 2024 |language=es |quote=Jairo Coronel quien ya abandonó el equipo para incorporarse a Miramar Misiones.}}</ref>
In 2025, Coronel moved to Chile and signed with Deportes Copiapó alongside his compatriot Briam Acosta.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Francke |first1=Lucas |last2=Merlo |first2=César Luis |title=Copiapó se arma para su regreso a Primera B: ficha a Briam Acosta y Jairo Coronel del fútbol uruguayo |url=https://www.encancha.cl/futbol-chileno/primera-b/2024/12/30/copiapo-se-arma-para-su-regreso-a-primera-b-ficha-a-brian-acosta-y-jairo-coronel-del-futbol-uruguayo/ |access-date=2 May 2025 |work=En Cancha |date=30 December 2024 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Deportes Copiapó ficha a seis jugadores para el plantel 2025 |url=https://www.chanarcillo.cl/deportes-copiapo-ficha-a-seis-jugadores-para-el-plantel-2025/ |access-date=2 May 2025 |work=Diario Chañarcillo |date=3 January 2025 |language=es}}</ref>
Back to Uruguay, Coronel joined Huracán FC in January 2026.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pavez |first1=Felipe |title=Movidas 2026: Protagonizó polémica en la Primera B, recibió seis fechas de sanción y ahora se va al extranjero |url=https://redgol.cl/mercado-de-fichajes/movidas-2026-protagonizo-polemica-en-la-primera-b-recibio-seis-fechas-de-sancion-y-ahora-se-va-al-extranjero |access-date=15 January 2026 |work=RedGol |date=15 January 2026 |language=es}}</ref>
===Controversies=== On 1 November 2025, Coronel was arrested by assaulting Ernesto Lorca, a technical staff member of Universidad de Concepción, in the last matchday of the 2025 Primera B de Chile in the context of the Chilean violence in stadiums law.<ref>{{cite news |title=El escándalo en la Primera B fue más allá: Jugador de Copiapó fue detenido e integrante de la U.de Conce terminó con el ojo morado |url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/Deportes/2025/11/02/1182073/escandalo-copiapo-concepcion-primerab-pelea.html |access-date=2 November 2025 |work=Emol |date=2 November 2025 |language=es}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
==External links== *{{Soccerway|jairo-nicolas-coronel-valdez/604051}} *{{ESPN FC|381379}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Coronel, Jairo}} Category:1996 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Montevideo Category:Uruguayan men's footballers Category:Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:C.A. Rentistas players Category:Boston River players Category:Uruguay Montevideo players Category:Miramar Misiones players Category:Atenas de San Carlos players Category:C.A. Cerro players Category:Cerro Largo F.C. players Category:Deportes Copiapó footballers Category:Huracán F.C. players Category:Uruguayan Segunda División players Category:Uruguayan Primera División players Category:Primera B de Chile players Category:Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Chile Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Category:21st-century Uruguayan sportsmen