Juan Antonio Ureña

Juan Antonio Ureña
Personal information
Full name Juan Antonio González Ureña
Date of birth (1967-12-13) 13 December 1967
Place of birth Montilla, Spain
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Centre back
Youth career
Montilla
Betis
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1989 Betis B 69 (2)
1987–2000 Betis 228 (7)
Total 297 (9)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Juan Antonio González Ureña (born 13 December 1967) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender.

He played only for Betis during his career, amassing La Liga totals of 104 games and three goals over the course of ten seasons and adding 124/4 in Segunda División (276 matches and nine goals across all competitions).[1]

Football career

Ureña was born in Montilla, Córdoba. During his professional career he played solely for Real Betis, appearing in 228 games both major levels of Spanish football combined and scoring seven goals. He made his debut in La Liga on 24 May 1987, playing 35 minutes in a 5–1 home win against Real Sociedad.[2]

Ureña's best years came during 1989 to 1995: he played four seasons with the team in the second division then, after the Andalusians had returned to the top flight in 1993–94, contributed with 26 matches and one goal in the following year to an overachieving third place.

Ureña retired at the end of 1999–2000 at the age of 32, having taken no part in the league campaign which ended in relegation. He continued to work with his only club, mainly as a youth coach but also as a technical director;[3][4] during his spell, he also played in five games in the UEFA Cup (two separate editions combined) and two in the 1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ureña, el único montillano que triunfó en Primera (Ureña, the only montillano to make it big in Primera); Cordopolis, 28 August 2013 (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ 5–1: ¡Ozu, que Betis! (5–1: Ozu, what a Betis!); Mundo Deportivo, 25 May 1987 (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ Así es la nueva secretaría técnica del Betis (Meet Betis' new technical department); Al Final de La Palmera, 16 December 2010 (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ El club decide prescindir de Juan Ureña (Club decide to release Juan Ureña); Diario de Sevilla, 1 July 2012 (in Spanish)
  5. ↑ Ureña mantiene al Betis en la Recopa (Ureña keeps Betis alive in Cup Winners' Cup); El País, 7 November 1997 (in Spanish)
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