| Jonatan Almendra | |
| Fullname: | Jonatan Andrés Almendra Cifuentes |
| Birth Date: | 25 April 1991 |
| Birth Place: | Concepción, Chile |
| Position: | Forward |
| Youthclubs1: | Deportes Concepción |
| Years1: | 2011 |
| Years2: | 2012 |
| Years3: | 2013 |
| Years4: | 2013 |
| Years5: | 2014 |
| Years6: | 2014–2015 |
| Caps6: | 4 |
| Goals6: | 1 |
| Years7: | 2015–2016 |
| Caps7: | 27 |
| Goals7: | 8 |
| Years8: | 2016 |
| Years9: | 2017–2018 |
| Years10: | 2018–2019 |
| Caps10: | 4 |
| Goals10: | 0 |
| Years11: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs11: | → Tungelsta IF (loan) |
| Goals11: | 23 |
| Years12: | 2019 |
| Clubs12: | Nacka Juniors (futsal) |
| Caps12: | 6 |
| Goals12: | 8 |
| Years13: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs13: | Djurgården (futsal) |
| Years14: | 2020 |
| Clubs14: | Västerhaninge IF |
| Years15: | 2020–2023 |
| Clubs15: | Hammarby (futsal) |
| Years16: | 2021 |
| Clubs16: | Fittja IF |
| Years17: | 2022 |
| Clubs17: | FC Brandbergen |
Jonatan Andrés Almendra Cifuentes (born 25 April 1991) is a Chilean former footballer and futsal player who played as a forward for clubs in Chile, New Zealand and Sweden.
A forward from the Deportes Concepción youth system, Almendra switched to Universidad de Concepción before emigrating to New Zealand[1] and playing for Central League side Wairarapa United in 2013.[2]
The same year, he returned to his homeland and played for Fernández Vial, winning the league title of the Tercera A.[3] After, he played for Deportes Linares, Naval[4] and Fernández Vial, for second time.[5]
After training with Deportes Concepción, he moved to Sweden and signed with Huddinge IF in 2017.[6] Then, he switched to Arameisk-Syrianska, being loaned to Tungelsta IF in 2018, where he coincided with his compatriots Víctor Guglielmotti[7] and Cristián González and scored eleven goals in nine matches in his first season.[8] In the Swedish football, he also played for,[9] Fittja IF and FC Brandbergen.[10]
After playing for futsal club Nacka Juniors FF in the second half 2019, scoring eight goals in six matches, he signed with Djurgården.[9]
In 2020, he signed with Hammarby,[11] whose owner is the Sweden international Zlatan Ibrahimovic, with whom he took part of the UEFA Futsal Champions League[1] and won the 2020–21 Swedish Futsal League.[12]
Almendra is the younger brother of the former Chile international Patricio Almendra.[13]
He married the Swedish citizen Lina-Maja Bronnvall and they have a son, Mattheo. They made his home in Sweden.[1]
He has kept a friendship with another Chilean footballers in Sweden such as Víctor Guglielmotti and Cristián González.[14]