Juan Carlos Gómez Díaz

Juan Carlos Gómez Díaz (born 6 April 1973), known as Juan Carlos, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a forward, and a manager, most recently of Écija Balompié.

Juan Carlos
Personal information
Full name Juan Carlos Gómez Díaz
Date of birth (1973-04-06) 6 April 1973
Place of birth Córdoba, Spain
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Youth career
Córdoba
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1992 Córdoba B
1992–1993 Córdoba 31 (7)
1993–1996 Atlético Madrid B 39 (21)
1994–1995 → Marbella (loan) 30 (11)
1996–1997 Atlético Madrid 33 (5)
1997–1998 Valladolid 9 (2)
1998–2000 Sevilla 67 (25)
2000–2003 Atlético Madrid 12 (1)
2002–2003 → Getafe (loan) 23 (4)
2003–2004 Elche 7 (1)
2006–2007 Lucena 3 (0)
Total 254 (77)
Teams managed
2002–2013 Ciudad Jardín
2015 Mairena
2015–2018 Écija
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Gómez and the second or maternal family name is Díaz.

Playing career

Born in Córdoba, Andalusia, Juan Carlos made his senior debut with Córdoba CF's reserves in 1991. In 1993, after playing for the first team in Segunda División B, he moved to another reserve team, Atlético Madrid B in the same division.

After scoring a career-best 21 goals during the season, Juan Carlos was loaned to Segunda División side CA Marbella in July 1994, for one year. He made his debut in the category on 4 September of that year by starting in a 1–3 away loss against Hércules CF, and scored his first goal fourteen days later in a 4–1 away routing of CD Badajoz.

After scoring eleven goals for Marbella, Juan Carlos returned to Atleti in July 1995, and was subsequently assigned to the first team in La Liga the following January. He made his top tier debut on 6 January 1996, starting and scoring his team's first in a 3–1 home win against CD Tenerife.

Mainly a backup to Lyuboslav Penev and Kiko during his spell, Juan Carlos featured sparingly before moving to fellow league team Real Valladolid in 1997. In the following fter struggling with injuries, he joined Sevilla FC in the second level.

Juan Carlos was an ever-present figure for the club during his two-season stint, achieving top tier promotion as champions but suffering immediate relegation.

Juan Carlos spent the remainder of his career in the second level but being marred by injuries; he represented Atlético Madrid, Getafe CF[1] and Elche CF. He subsequently had trials with third level side CD Villanueva,[2] but nothing came of it.

Juan Carlos retired in 2007, aged 34, after playing for Lucena CF in Tercera División.[3]

Managerial career

Juan Carlos began his managerial career with CD Ciudad Jardín in 2012, in the regional leagues. In February 2015, after more than a year without a club, he took over CD Mairena in the fourth level.[1]

On 17 July 2015, Juan Carlos was appointed manager of Écija Balompié also in the fourth division.[4]

Honours

Player
Atlético Madrid

References
  1. "Juan Carlos: "El club debería haber hecho un esfuerzo mayor en cuestión de fichajes"" [Juan Carlos: "The club should have done a bigger effort in the matter of signings"] (in Spanish). ABC. 5 March 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  2. "El ex jugador del Atlético de Madrid, Juan Carlos, a prueba en el Villanueva" [Former Atlético de Madrid player, Juan Carlos, on trial at Villanueva] (in Spanish). ABC. 1 October 2005. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  3. "Juan Carlos, el chico de barrio que llegó a ser rey" [Juan Carlos, the neighborhood kid who became a king] (in Spanish). Cordopolis. 10 July 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  4. "Juan Carlos Gómez, nuevo entrenador del Écija Balompié" [Juan Carlos Gómez, new manager of Écija Balompié] (in Spanish). Écija Digital. 17 July 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
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