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Juan Esnáider (footballer, born 1992)

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Juan Esnáider
Personal information
Full name Juan Esnáider Ruiz
Date of birth (1992-01-31) 31 January 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Real Madrid
Villarreal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Villarreal C 4 (0)
2012 Rayo Majadahonda 15 (4)
2012–2013 Las Rozas 28 (14)
2013–2014 Zaragoza B 28 (13)
2014 Zaragoza 5 (1)
2014–2015 Huesca 34 (3)
2015–2016 Toledo 39 (12)
2016–2017 Lausanne-Sport 1 (0)
2017 Mérida 10 (0)
2018 Tudelano 18 (1)
2018–2021 Navalcarnero 72 (13)
2021 KTP 12 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:37, 2 February 2022 (UTC)

Juan Esnáider Ruiz (born 31 January 1992) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a forward.

He played as high as Segunda División in his own country (with Real Zaragoza), totalling 148 games and 20 goals in the Segunda División B for Zaragoza B, Huesca, Toledo, Mérida, Tudelano and Navalcarnero. He also had brief spells in the top divisions of Switzerland and Finland.

Club career

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Born in Madrid, Esnáider graduated from Villarreal's youth system, and made his senior debut with the C team in 2011, in Tercera División. On 9 January 2012, he signed with Rayo Majadahonda of the same level.[1]

Esnáider joined amateurs Las Rozas in the summer of 2012 and, in July of the following year, he moved to Real Zaragoza's reserves.[2] He appeared in his first game as a professional on 9 March 2014, coming on as a late substitute for Luis García in a 1–1 home draw against Mallorca in the Segunda División.[3] He scored his only goal in the competition seven days later, but in a 4–2 loss at Ponferradina.[4]

On 1 September 2014, Esnáider terminated his contract with the Aragonese club[5] and signed for neighbouring Huesca hours later.[6] On 3 August 2015, after achieving promotion to the second tier, he moved to Toledo.[7]

After a career-best 12 goals in his one season, in June 2016 Esnáider moved abroad for the first time to Lausanne-Sport of the Swiss Super League.[8] He made his debut on 16 September in the last 32 of the national cup, scoring in a 3–1 away defeat to Köniz.[9] His sole other appearance was his top-flight debut on 2 October late into a 4–1 home win over Lugano.[10]

Esnáider subsequently returned to Spain's third tier from July 2017, with Mérida,[11] Tudelano[12] and Navalcarnero. On 17 January 2021, he scored twice in a 3–1 home victory against La Liga club Eibar in the round of 32 of the Copa del Rey.[13]

In August 2021, Esnáider headed back to a foreign top flight, joining Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat of the Finnish Veikkausliiga for the remainder of the season with the option of one more.[14] He scored once to conclude a 2–0 home win over Honka on 16 October.[15]

Personal life

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Esnáider's father, also named Juan, was also a footballer and a forward. He too represented Zaragoza, and was a full international for Argentina.[16] His younger brother Fernando died aged 17 in 2012, from a terminal illness.[17] Another sibling, Facundo, was born in Porto and also became a footballer.[18]

The family surname, originally spelled Schneider, came from Volga German ancestors.[19]

References

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  1. ^ Juan Esnaider y Álvaro Machichado, nuevas incorporaciones del primer equipo. (Juan Esnaider and Álvaro Machichado, new additions to the first team.) Archived 21 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine; Rayo Majadahonda, 9 January 2012 (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Cuatro incorporaciones más para el filial zaragocista (Four more additions to Zaragoza's B team); Vavel, 16 July 2013 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ La mala racha continúa (The negative streak continues); Marca, 9 March 2014 (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Los bercianos cogen aire a costa de unos maños metidos en líos (Bercians take a breather at the expense of Aragonese deep into trouble); Marca, 31 May 2014 (in Spanish)
  5. ^ Juan Esnáider rescinde su contrato con el Real Zaragoza (Juan Esnáider terminates his contract with Real Zaragoza); Real Zaragoza, 1 September 2014 (in Spanish)
  6. ^ La SD Huesca se hace con los servicios de Juan Esnáider (SD Huesca acquire services of Juan Esnáider); Vavel, 1 September 2014 (in Spanish)
  7. ^ Juan Esnáider abandona la SD Huesca para jugar en el CD Toledo (Juan Esnáider leaves SD Huesca to play with CD Toledo); Sport Huesca, 3 August 2015 (in Spanish)
  8. ^ "Super League: de nouveaux joueurs au Lausanne-Sport venus d'Espagne et Italie" [Super League: new players at Lausanne-Sport from Spain and Italy] (in French). La Côte. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Lausanne-Sport battu 3–1 à Köniz" [Lausanne-Sport beaten 3–1 at Köniz] (in French). 24 heures. 16 September 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  10. ^ Di Cristino, Yves (3 October 2016). "Le FC Lausanne-Sport épuise Lugano et se porte seul dauphin de Bâle" [FC Lausanne-Sport snuff out Lugano and become sole second-placed team behind Basel] (in French). Le Multimedia. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  11. ^ "Un Esnáider para la delantera del Mérida" [An Esnáider for Mérida's forward line] (in Spanish). Hoy. 5 July 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  12. ^ "El Tudelano ficha al hijo de Juan Esnaider y Álex Sánchez se marcha a Australia" [Tudelano sign Juan Esnáider's son and Álex Sánchez heads to Australia] (in Spanish). Diario de Navarra. 3 January 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  13. ^ Abizanda, Jorge (18 January 2021). "Juan Esnáider y Manu Jaimez, el éxito de la sencillez en Navalcarnero" [Juan Esnáider and Manu Jaimez, the success of simplicity at Navalcarnero] (in Spanish). ABC. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  14. ^ "Juan Esnáider, de las Sesiones AFE al KTP Kotka de Finlandia" [Juan Esnáider, from AFE Sessions to KTP Kotka of Finland] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  15. ^ "Hongalle tappio Kotkassa" [Honka lost in Kotka] (in Finnish). Esport Honka. 17 October 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  16. ^ Herrera cita al hijo de Esnáider para el partido ante el Mallorca (Herrera calls Esnáider's son for game against Mallorca); Marca, 8 March 2014 (in Spanish)
  17. ^ "Falleció un hijo de Juan Esnáider" [A son of Juan Esnáider has died] (in Spanish). La Nación. 25 December 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  18. ^ Ricci, Filippo Maria (18 January 2021). "Giuliano Simeone e Juan Esnaider: eredi con il fiuto del gol" [Giuliano Simeone and Juan Esnáider: heirs with an eye for goal] (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  19. ^ Casado, Edu (6 September 2008). "Qué fue de… Esnáider" [What happened to... Esnáider] (in Spanish). 20 minutos. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
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