| Jairo Vásquez | |
| Fullname: | Jairo Damián Vásquez Ampuero |
| Birth Date: | 16 January 2001 |
| Birth Place: | Trelew, Argentina |
| Height: | 1.76 m[1] |
| Position: | Forward |
| Currentclub: | Deportes Puerto Montt |
| Clubnumber: | 24 |
| Youthyears1: | 2005–2020 |
| Youthclubs1: | C.A.I. |
| Youthyears2: | 2014–2019 |
| Youthclubs2: | → Estudiantes (loan) |
| Youthyears3: | 2020 |
| Youthclubs3: | → Universidad de Chile (loan) |
| Years1: | 2020–2021 |
| Years2: | 2022 |
| Caps2: | 5 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2023 |
| Caps3: | 20 |
| Goals3: | 4 |
| Years4: | 2023 |
| Years5: | 2024– |
| Caps5: | 4 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2017 |
| Nationalteam1: | Chile U17 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Pcupdate: | 26 March 2024 |
Jairo Damián Vásquez Ampuero (born 16 January 2001) is an Argentine-Chilean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Deportes Puerto Montt in the Segunda División Profesional de Chile.
Born in Trelew, Argentina, Vásquez raised in Caleta Olivia where he was with clubs Estrella del Norte, Estrella del Sur, Mar del Plata and Olimpia Juniors as a youth player. He joined the C.A.I. youth system at the age of four and was loaned out to Estudiantes at the age of thirteen.[2] [3]
Atr the end of his contract with Estudiantes, Vásquez moved to Chile and joined Universidad de Chile in February 2020,[4] [5] returning to C.A.I. at the end of the same year.[2]
In 2022, he returned to Chile and joined Deportes Iquique.[6] [7] The next season, he switched to Deportes Limache, with whom he won the 2023 Segunda División Profesional.[8] At the end of 2023, he rejoined C.A.I.[2]
In 2024, Vásquez signed with Deportes Puerto Montt.[9]
Vásquez represented Chile U17 in the 2017 FIFA World Cup, making two appearances against England and Iraq.[10] [11]
Vásquez naturalized Chilean by descent since his grandparents are Chilean.[12]