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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Juan Ramón Verón | ||
Date of birth | 17 March 1944 | ||
Place of birth | La Plata, Argentina | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder, Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1962–1972 | Estudiantes | 295 (total) | (77) |
1972–1975 | Panathinaikos | 57 | (22) |
1975 | Estudiantes | ||
1976–1977 | Junior | ||
1978–1979 | Cúcuta Deportivo | ||
1980–1981 | Estudiantes | ||
International career‡ | |||
1968–1971 | Argentina | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of September 2007 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 March 2010 |
Juan Ramón Verón (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxwan raˈmom beˈɾon]; born 17 March 1944 in La Plata) is an Argentine football coach and former professional player, who played as a midfielder or forward.
Career
Estudiantes
Nicknamed La Bruja [la ˈβɾuxa] (English: The Witch), Juan Ramón Verón was capable of playing both as a midfielder and as a striker, and was renowned for his technical skills, ability with the ball at his feet and his goal-scoring prowess. He played for Estudiantes de La Plata, who were a dominant force in Argentine football during the late 1960s. Verón was known for his .
Among the memorable goals he scored are his "bicycle kick" goal against Racing Club, his header in the Intercontinental Cup championship against Manchester United[1] and, most famously, his glorious hat-trick against Brazil's Palmeiras in the finals of the 1968 Copa Libertadores.
Later years
Known as one of Estudiantes' all-time great players, he moved on to play for Panathinaikos F.C. of Athens, Greece in 1972. After a successful 2½ seasons he returned to his beloved Estudiantes in 1975.
In 1976, he moved to Colombia where he played for Junior where he helped the team to win the 1977 Colombian title and then Cúcuta Deportivo before returning to his home club in 1980.
After retirement
After retiring, he had a brief career as coach in Central America and is now working as a special advisor for Estudiantes.
Personal life
His son, nicknamed La Brujita (The Little Witch), Juan Sebastián Verón, is also a footballer, who played for Estudiantes before moving to European football. In 2006, he returned to Estudiantes to captain them to their first title in 23 years in the Apertura 2006 tournament. In 2017, he came out of retirement to play for Estudiantes once again.[1][2]
Honours
- Primera División Argentina: Metropolitano 1967
- Copa Libertadores: 1968
- Intercontinental Cup: 1968
- Copa Libertadores: 1969
- Copa Libertadores: 1970
- Colombian League: 1977
References
- ^ a b Jack de Menezes (19 April 2016). "Juan Sebastian Veron admits he 'should have stayed' at Manchester United and not joined Chelsea". The Independent. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ^ La Brujita nació en un clásico Template:Es icon
External links
- Template:Es icon futbolpasion.com
- Template:Es icon Futbol Factory profile at the Wayback Machine (archived October 20, 2007)
- Juan Ramón Verón at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1944 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from La Plata
- Argentine footballers
- Estudiantes de La Plata footballers
- Panathinaikos F.C. players
- Junior F.C. footballers
- Argentine Primera División players
- Argentina international footballers
- Argentine expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Greece
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- Expatriate footballers in Colombia
- Guatemala national football team managers
- Cúcuta Deportivo footballers
- C.S.D. Comunicaciones managers
- Expatriate football managers in Guatemala
- Association football forwards
- Association football midfielders