Junior Huerto
Peruvian footballer (born 1999)
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Carlos Junior Huerto Saavedra (born 26 April 1999) is a Peruvian footballer who plays as a left-back for UTC.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carlos Junior Huerto Saavedra | ||
| Date of birth | 26 April 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Lima, Peru | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | UTC | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Universidad San Martín | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2019 | Universidad San Martín | 57 | (4) |
| 2020–2023 | Sporting Cristal | 8 | (0) |
| 2021 | → Universidad San Martín (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Sport Boys (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Cantolao (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2023 | → Cantolao (loan) | 23 | (1) |
| 2024 | Universidad San Martín | 9 | (0) |
| 2024 | Unión Santo Domingo | ||
| 2025 | Deportivo Coopsol | 0 | (0) |
| 2025 | Atlante | 0 | (0) |
| 2026– | UTC | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2014 | Peru U-15 | ||
| 2015 | Peru U-17 | 1 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Peru U-20 | 5 | (0) |
| 2019 | Peru U-23 | 3 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 September 2024 | |||
Huerto is also known by his nickname 'Checho'.
Club career
Universidad San Martín
Huerto is a product of Universidad San Martín and made his debut for the club in November 2016. He became a regular starter in the 2018 season with four goals in 30 games. In 2019, Huerto made 25 league appearances.[2]
Sporting Cristal
On 4 January 2020 it was confirmed, that Huerto had joined Sporting Cristal on a deal until the end of 2023.[3] He made his debut for the club on 1 February 2020 against UTC Cajamarca.[4]
To get some more minutes, after playing only 422 minutes in eight games in 2020, Huerto was loaned out back to Universidad San Martín on 9 January 2021 for the entire 2021 season.[5]
On 5 December 2021 it was confirmed, that Huerto would play the 2022 on loan at Sport Boys.[6] However, the spell was cut short and he was instead loaned out to Cantolao in the beginning of July 2022, until the end of the year.[2] Huerto returned to Cristal ahead of the 2023 season, and sat on the bench for one game for Cristal, before heading on a new loan spell at Cantolao.
Later clubs
After five years away, Huerto re-joined Universidad San Martín in February 2024.[7]
On September 28, 2024, it was confirmed that Huerto had joined Unión Santo Domingo.[8]
On 18 March 2025, it was confirmed that Huerto had signed with Peruvian Segunda División side Deportivo Coopsol.[9] However, he never made his debut for the club before moving to the Mexican club Atlante in the summer of 2025.[10][11] He also failed to make any appearances in Mexico, after which Huerto returned to Peru, where he joined UTC ahead of the 2026 season.[12]
Estadísticas
Clubes
- As of match played on 13 February 2026.[13]
| Club | Division | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Universidad San Martín | Liga 1 | 2016 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2018 | 30 | 4 | — | — | 30 | 4 | ||||
| 2019 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 27 | 0 | |||
| Sporting Cristal | Liga 1 | 2020 | 8 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Universidad San Martín | Liga 1 | 2021 | 15 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | ||
| Sport Boys | Liga 1 | 2022 | 3 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Cantolao | Liga 1 | 2022 | 10 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | 23 | 1 | — | — | 23 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | ||
| Universidad San Martín | Liga 2 | 2024 | 10 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| Total | 81 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 4 | ||
| UTC | Liga 1 | 2026 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 127 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 133 | 6 | ||
