Jaime de Gracia

Jaime de Gracia
Personal information
Full name Jaime Antonio de Gracia Cortes
Date of birth (1996-05-11) 11 May 1996
Place of birth Panama City, Panama
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Tauro
Leones de América[1]
2017–2018 Correcaminos UAT
?–2020 Sporting San Miguelito[2]
2020–2021 Plaza Amador
2022 Potros del Este
2023–2024 Plaza Amador
International career
2013 Panama U17 8 (0)
2015 Panama U20 9 (0)
2015 Panama U23 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jaime Antonio de Gracia Cortes (born 11 May 1996) is a Panamanian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.

Club career

In 2017, de Gracia joined Mexican club Correcaminos UAT.[1] In January 2020, he signed for Plaza Amador.[2]

In April 2021, de Gracia ruptured both the anterior cruciate ligament and lateral collateral ligament in his left knee during a match between Plaza Amador and Potros del Este, which ruled him out for the rest of the 2021 Apertura tournament.[3] He would not play again until October 2022, when he played for Potros del Este in a 2–0 win against Árabe Unido during the 2022 Liga LFP Clausura.[4]

International career

De Gracia played for Panama at youth level, and represented them at the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup, 2015 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, and 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[5] He also played for Panama at the 2015 Pan American Games,[6] and in the 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship.[1][5]

He was called up to the Panama national team for the first time in August 2016, for a match against Guatemala.[7] He was called up again January 2019 for a match against the United States, but had to withdraw from the squad due to injury.[8] De Gracia was later called up again to the national team in 2021 for the first round of 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Barbados and Dominica to replace Luis Mejía, who had tested positive for COVID-19.[9][10]

De Gracia was also called up for the Panama national beach soccer team.[5]

Personal life

De Gracia is also nicknamed "Jimmy".[3][4] In July 2019, he was accused by his ex-girlfriend of physical abuse.[5]

Honours

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 Montenegro, Edilberto (18 May 2017). "Otro panameño al fútbol mexicano - JMDeportes.com" [Another Panamanian to Mexican football] (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Plaza Amador refuerza su portería con Jaime De Gracia" [Plaza Amador strengthens its goalkeeping with Jaime De Gracia]. www.rpctv.com (in Spanish). 8 January 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  3. 1 2 J, Jair Gaez (30 April 2021). "Portero de la selección panameña sufre grave lesión - JMDeportes.com" [Panamanian national team goalkeeper suffers serious injury]. JM Deportes (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  4. 1 2 De León, Christian (3 October 2022). "¡Un regreso por lo alto! Jimmy de Gracia vuelve a las canchas - JMDeportes.com" [A triumphant return! Jimmy de Gracia is back on the court] (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Mujer acusa a seleccionado panameño de maltratarla físicamente; él lo niega" [Woman accuses Panamanian national team player of physical abuse; he denies it]. Día a Día (in Spanish). 10 July 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  6. ↑ "Panamá tiene lista su selección de fútbol con dos "legionarios" para Toronto". 6 July 2015.
  7. ↑ JM, Redaccion (6 August 2016). "Bolillo ya tiene su equipo para enfrentar a Guatemala - JMDeportes.com" [Bolillo already has his team to face Guatemala] (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  8. ↑ Roja, Marea (11 January 2019). "Jaime De Gracia baja por lesión en la selección y no viajará a USA" [Jaime De Gracia is out of the national team due to injury and will not travel to the USA.]. www.rpctv.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  9. ↑ "Jaime De Gracia y Cristian Martínez, convocados a la selección – Federación Panameña de Fútbol" [Jaime De Gracia and Cristian Martínez, called up to the national team]. FEPAFUT (in Spanish). 24 March 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  10. ↑ "Jaime De Gracia recibe el llamado para viajar a República Dominicana" [Jaime De Gracia receives the call to travel to the Dominican Republic]. Tvn Panamá (in Spanish). 24 March 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  11. ↑ "TSG announces CU20 Best XI, Awards". CONCACAF. 25 January 2015.
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