Juande

Juan de Dios Prados López (born 12 August 1986), known as Juande, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Australian club Perth Glory FC as a defensive midfielder.

Not to be confused with Juande Ramos.

Juande
Personal information
Full name Juan de Dios Prados López[1]
Date of birth (1986-08-12) 12 August 1986
Place of birth Alicante, Spain[1]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Perth Glory
Number 27
Youth career
Costa Tropical
Betis
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 Betis B
2007–2011 Betis 69 (3)
2011 → Granada (loan) 17 (0)
2011–2012 Westerlo 15 (1)
2012–2014 Ponferradina 76 (0)
2014–2018 Spezia 62 (0)
2016–2017 → UCAM Murcia (loan) 32 (0)
2018– Perth Glory 34 (1)
National team
2007 Spain U21 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 February 2020

Club career

Born in Alicante, Valencian Community, and brought up in Real Betis' youth system, Juande was raised in Motril, Province of Granada since he was a child,[2] and he made his debut for the first team on 6 December 2005 in a UEFA Champions League game against R.S.C. Anderlecht, being replaced by Marcos Assunção in the 71st minute of a 0–1 home loss as the race for the UEFA Cup position was already decided in favour of the former.[3]

Juande would only play in La Liga in the following season, his debut coming on 17 February 2007 as he started and was booked in a 0–0 draw at Real Madrid. At this time he was still registered for the B-side,[4] but would appear in 22 matches in the 2007–08 campaign, scoring his first goal on 19 April 2008 in a 3–1 win over Atlético Madrid at the Vicente Calderón Stadium.[5]

On 5 November 2007, it was speculated that English Premier League team Liverpool would make a €8 million purchase of Juande, replacing Mohamed Sissoko,[6] but the deal never materialised. He appeared in only nine games in 2008–09 as Betis were relegated to Segunda División after eight years, adding 19 (with two goals) in the following season, with the Andalusians failing to regain their lost status.[7][8]

In the last days of the 2011 January transfer window, Juande was loaned to Betis neighbours Granada CF, joining his local club until the end of the second division campaign.[9] He totalled 29 appearances for the two teams combined, with both finally attaining promotion.[10]

On 16 July 2014, after two years in the second level with SD Ponferradina where he was an undisputed first-choice,[11] Juande joined Spezia Calcio from the Italian Serie B.[12] On 26 August 2016 he returned to his homeland, signing a one-year loan deal with UCAM Murcia CF.[13]

At the age of 32, Juande moved to the Australian A-League in July 2019, signing a two-year contract at Perth Glory FC.[14]

International career

Juande won his only cap for the Spanish under-21s on 16 November 2007, coming in midway through the second half of the 3–0 home win against Poland for the 2009 UEFA European Championship qualifiers.[15]

Honours

Betis

Perth Glory

References
  1. "Juan de Dios Prados López" (in Spanish). El Mundo. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  2. "En el futuro sólo me veo jugando en el Betis" ("I can only see myself playing in Betis in the future"); Diario AS, 15 October 2007 (in Spanish)
  3. Betis 0–1 Anderlecht; UEFA, 6 December 2005
  4. Isidoro y Juande serán titulares en el Bernabéu (Isidoro and Juande will start at the Bernabéu) Archived 16 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine; El Desmarque, 17 January 2007 (in Spanish)
  5. Atlético Madrid 1–3 Real Betis; ESPN Soccernet, 19 April 2008
  6. Sunday's gossip column; BBC Sport, 4 November 2007
  7. Con una defensa así no se puede llegar muy lejos (With such a defence you will not get very far); El Correo, 4 October 2009 (in Spanish)
  8. La goleada más inútil y triste del beticismo (Betis' most useless and saddest routing); Marca, 19 June 2010 (in Spanish)
  9. Juande, cedido al Granada (Juande, loaned to Granada); Diario de Sevilla, 28 January 2011 (in Spanish)
  10. Juande Prados se despide del Granada mediante una carta a la afición (Juande Prados says goodbye to Granada through letter to fans); Ideal, 27 June 2011 (in Spanish)
  11. Juande, el primer jugador en aceptar la renovación (Juande, first player to accept renewal); Vavel, 12 June 2013 (in Spanish)
  12. Ufficiale: Spezia, preso Juande (Official: Spezia, Juande signed); Tutto Mercato Web, 16 July 2014 (in Italian)
  13. Juande se incorpora al UCAM Murcia (Juande added to UCAM Murcia); UCAM Murcia, 26 August 2016 (in Spanish)
  14. Perth Glory signs another Spanish midfielder; FourFourTwo, 19 July 2018
  15. España golea a Polonia con un Bojan estelar (Spain rout Poland with stellar Bojan); El Mundo, 16 November 2007 (in Spanish)
  16. Un ascenso de portería a portería (A promotion from goal to goal); ABC, 12 May 2011 (in Spanish)
  17. Perth Glory win the 2018–19 A-League Premiers Plate with win over Newcastle Jets; Goal, 14 April 2019
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