Juan Manuel Falcón

Juan Manuel Falcón Jiménez (born 24 February 1989) is a Venezuelan professional footballer who plays for Venezuelan club ACD Lara and the Venezuela national football team as a striker.

Juan Falcón
Personal information
Full name Juan Manuel Falcón Jiménez
Date of birth (1989-02-24) 24 February 1989
Place of birth Acarigua, Venezuela
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 ACD Lara
Youth career
Simón Rodríguez de Acarigua
2003–2006 Portuguesa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Portuguesa
2007–2010 Llaneros de Guanare 63 (14)
2010 → Mineros (loan) 8 (1)
2010–2012 Trujillanos 42 (6)
2012–2014 Zamora 62 (36)
2014–2016 Metz 32 (5)
2015 Metz II 4 (2)
2016 → Al-Fateh (loan) 11 (2)
2016 Santa Fe 13 (2)
2017 Zamora 13 (5)
2018– ACD Lara 0 (0)
National team‡
2008– Venezuela 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 September 2016
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 June 2016

Club career

Venezuela

Portuguesa FC

His first steps in professional football were in Portuguesa FC, where he started playing as a midfielder. Later on, he passed over several field positions until reaching the forward spot.[1]

Falcón scored his first professional goal in a Copa Venezuela match against Zamora FC, which eventually would be his last destination in the local league after a small period in Trujillanos FC.

Zamora

With Zamora, he won the league two times in a row and he became the top goalscorer in the league with 19 goals.

FC Metz

In mid 2014, he signed a three-year contract with French team FC Metz, in a transfer reported to be around €800,000.[2] He left the club in 2016.

International career

He made his debut on 23 March 2008, coming as a substitute against El Salvador.

Honours

Club
Trujillanos
Zamora

Individual
  • Venezuelan Primera División top goalscorer: 2013–14, 19 Goals

References
  1. Juan Falcón, delantero por “cosas del destino” (Juan Falcón: Forward for "a matter of fate") Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine; Líder en Deportes, 27 April 2014 (in Spanish)
  2. Juan Falcón llevará sus goles a Francia (Juan Falcón will bring his goals to France); El Universal, 18 April 2014 (in Spanish)
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