Juan Carlos Valerón
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| Juan Carlos Valerón | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Juan Carlos Valerón Santana | |
| Date of birth | June 17, 1975 | |
| Place of birth | Arguineguín, Spain | |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Deportivo La Coruña | |
| Number | 21 | |
| Youth career | ||
| Arguineguín Las Palmas |
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| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1994–1995 1995–1997 1997–1998 1998–2000 2000– |
Las Palmas B Las Palmas Mallorca Atlético Madrid Deportivo La Coruña |
25 (7) 54 (2) 36 (3) 65 (7) 211 (17) |
| National team | ||
| 1997–1998 1997 1998–2005 |
Spain U21 Spain U23 Spain |
4 (0) 4 (0) 46 (5) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Juan Carlos Valerón Santana (born June 17, 1975 in Arguineguín, Gran Canaria) is a Spanish footballer who currently plays for Deportivo de La Coruña, as an attacking midfielder.
Valerón is known for his technical abilities, especially passing skills and ball control. He also had many injuries during his professional career.
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[edit] Club career
Valerón started playing with hometown UD Las Palmas, but switched to the Balearic Islands in 1997–98, representing RCD Mallorca and making his first division debut on August 31, 1997, playing 10 minutes in a 2–1 home win over Valencia CF. He was an instrumental figure in the side's UEFA Cup qualification as fifth, as it also reached the Spanish Cup final, lost to eventual league winners FC Barcelona.
In the next two years, Valerón played with Atlético de Madrid where he was an undisputed starter but, following the club's relegation in 1999–2000, joined Deportivo de La Coruña, sharing club and position with equally talented Brazilian Djalminha. He gradually would become first-choice, signing a contract to eventually see off the remainder of his career with the Galicians in February 2004.[1]
Since January 2006, however, Valerón also had a bad run with injuries. He suffered a knee injury[2] which relapsed in August[3] and early 2007 (with him only managing two league appearances in the process), leading to another surgery.[4] Consequently he did not reappear until midway through 2007–08.
On January 27, 2008, Valerón returned to the bench (the first callup in 133 days) for Deportivo's game against Real Valladolid - in a 3–1 home win, replacing Mexican Andrés Guardado for the final 15 minutes. In 2008–09, aged 33, he eventually became an important first-team fixture again,[5] both in domestic and European fronts.[6]
[edit] International career
A Spanish international since November 18, 1998 (Italy 4 – Spain 1), Valerón appeared with the national side at UEFA Euro 2000, the 2002 FIFA World Cup (where he netted in a 3–1 win over Slovenia) and Euro 2004, scoring immediately after coming from the bench in a 1–0 victory over Russia.
[edit] Honours
Deportivo La Coruña:
- Spanish Cup: 2001–02
- Spanish Supercup: 2000, 2002
Spain U21:
[edit] Personal
Valerón's older brother, Miguel Ángel, is also a former footballer and a midfielder.[7]Having represented Las Palmas and Mallorca B, his career was also curtailed by injuries.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Club
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Spain | League | Copa del Rey | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 1994-95 | Las Palmas B | Tercera División | ? | ? | - | - | - | - | ? | ? |
| 1995-96 | Las Palmas | Segunda División B | 27 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 29 | 1 |
| 1996-97 | Segunda División | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 28 | 2 | |
| 1997-98 | Real Mallorca | Primera División | 36 | 3 | 11 | 1 | - | - | 47 | 4 |
| 1998-99 | Atlético Madrid | Primera División | 30 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 40 | 3 |
| 1999-00 | 35 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 47 | 4 | ||
| 2000-01 | Deportivo La Coruña | Primera División | 31 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 41 | 4 |
| 2001-02 | 36 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 53 | 6 | ||
| 2002-03 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 2 | ||
| 2003-04 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 49 | 6 | ||
| 2004-05 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 47 | 1 | ||
| 2005-06 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 23 | 5 | ||
| 2006-07 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2007-08 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2008-09 | ||||||||||
| Total | Spain | 344 | 29 | 38 | 3 | 59 | 6 | 441 | 38 | |
| Career Total | 344 | 29 | 38 | 3 | 59 | 6 | 441 | 38 | ||
[edit] International
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2002-06-02 | Gwangju World Cup Stadium, Gwangju, South Korea |  Slovenia |
0-2 | 1-3 | 2002 FIFA World Cup |
| 2 | 2002-09-07 | Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium, Athens, Greece |  Greece |
0-2 | 0-2 | UEFA Euro 2004 Qualifier |
| 3 | 2003-10-11 | Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia |  Armenia |
0-1 | 0-4 | UEFA Euro 2004 Qualifier |
| 4 | 2004-06-05 | Coliseum Alfonso Pérez, Madrid, Spain |  Andorra |
4-0 | 4-0 | Friendly |
| 5 | 2004-06-12 | Estádio Algarve, Faro, Portugal |  Russia |
1-0 | 1-0 | UEFA Euro 2004 |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Deportivo profile (Spanish)
- Stats at Liga de Fútbol Profesional (Spanish)
- BDFutbol profile
- National team data (Spanish)
- FootballDatabase profile and stats
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