Juan Carreño (Chilean footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Juan Enrique Carreño López | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
Juan Carreño López (born September 16, 1968) is a retired Chilean football forward.He was nicknamed Candonga.
Player career
Club career
Carreño played mostly of his career in Chilean clubs,but in 1994 he had short spell in Mexican team Pumas de la UNAM. He was known for his hard temper,which was noted in a match between Huachipato and Provincial Osorno in September 1998, where he punched the rival goalkeeper Hernán Caputto [1].
National team
Carreño was part of the Chile national under-20 football team that finished fourth in the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship,played in Chile.
For the adult team,Carreño scored a goal against Bolivia in the 1998 World Cup qualifiers that qualified Chile to the 1998 World Cup.However,he wasn't selected for the final squad that went to France.