Juan Carlos Real
Spanish footballer
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Juan Carlos Real Ruiz[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1991-03-15) 15 March 1991 (age 33)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | A Coruña, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Cartagena | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2001 | Victoria | ||
| 2001–2010 | Deportivo La Coruña | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2013 | Deportivo B | 115 | (28) |
| 2012–2015 | Deportivo La Coruña | 31 | (3) |
| 2013 | → Huesca (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2015 | Tenerife | 19 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | CFR Cluj | 39 | (7) |
| 2017–2018 | Tenerife | 31 | (5) |
| 2018–2019 | Almería | 39 | (10) |
| 2019–2023 | Huesca | 105 | (13) |
| 2023– | Cartagena | 25 | (3) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 June 2024 | |||
Juan Carlos Real Ruiz (born 15 March 1991), known as Juan Carlos, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for FC Cartagena.
Club career
Born in A Coruña, Juan Carlos was a product of local Deportivo de La Coruña's youth system, and made his official debut with the first team on 7 September 2011, playing the full 90 minutes in a 5–1 home win against Girona FC in the second round of the Copa del Rey.[2] He scored 15 goals for the reserves in 2011–12 in the Tercera División.
On 3 June 2012, as Depor were already promoted to La Liga as champions, Juan Carlos made his league debut with the main squad, playing 28 minutes in a 1–0 Segunda División away victory over Villarreal CF B.[3] He continued to appear regularly for the B side, however.
On 14 January 2013, Juan Carlos was loaned to SD Huesca until June.[4] He scored his first professional goal later that month, opening the 2–1 away defeat of CD Numancia[5] but seeing the Aragonese club eventually suffer second-tier relegation.
Juan Carlos returned to the Galicians in July, being definitely promoted to the first team also in division two.[6] He played 27 matches and scored three goals during the season, as Deportivo returned to the top flight at the first attempt.[7]
On 2 April 2014, Juan Carlos was slapped by teammate Luisinho in the face following an argument in training.[8] On 26 January of the following year, after being rarely used during the campaign, he terminated his contract with Depor[9] and joined second-division side CD Tenerife hours later.[10]
After a two-year spell in the Romanian Liga I with CFR Cluj, Juan Carlos returned to Tenerife by signing a two-year deal.[11] On 27 July 2018, he moved to UD Almería also of the second tier on a one-year contract.[12]
On 31 July 2019, free agent Juan Carlos joined his former club Huesca on a two-year deal after their top-flight relegation.[13] In August 2021, having been without a contract for two months, he re-signed for two years.[14]
On 14 July 2023, Juan Carlos agreed to a three-year contract at FC Cartagena, still in division two.[15]
Honours
Deportivo
CFR Cluj
Huesca
- Segunda División: 2019–20
References
- ^ a b c "Juan Carlos". Diario AS. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ "Lassad y Valerón llevan a Riazor al éxtasis copero" [Lassad and Valerón bring Riazor to cup ecstasy] (in Spanish). Deportivo La Coruña. 7 September 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
- ^ "Un Deportivo de record" [A record Deportivo] (in Spanish). Marca. 3 June 2012. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
- ^ Juan Carlos se marcha cedido al Huesca (Juan Carlos goes on loan to Huesca); Marca, 14 January 2013 (in Spanish)
- ^ "El Huesca aprovecha los errores del Numancia" [Huesca take advantage of Numancia's mistakes] (in Spanish). Marca. 27 January 2013. Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
- ^ "Juan Carlos: "Mi ilusión siempre ha sido estar en el primer equipo"" [Juan Carlos: "My dream was always to be in the first team"] (in Spanish). Marca. 14 July 2013. Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
- ^ "Uno por uno, la plantilla al detalle" [One by one, squad under magnifying glass] (in Spanish). Riazor. 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- ^ Luisinho le propina un manotazo a Juan Carlos en un 'rifi rafe' (Luisinho slaps Juan Carlos in a 'quarrel'); Marca, 2 April 2014 (in Spanish)
- ^ Juan Carlos Real y el Deportivo firmaron esta mañana la resolución del contrato del futbolista (Juan Carlos Real and Deportivo signed the resolution of the footballer's contract this morning); Deportivo La Coruña, 26 January 2015 (in Spanish)
- ^ Juan Carlos, nuevo jugador del CD Tenerife (Juan Carlos, new player of CD Tenerife); CD Tenerife, 26 January 2015 (in Spanish)
- ^ Juan Carlos Real, tercer fichaje del CD Tenerife (Juan Carlos Real, third signing of CD Tenerife); CD Tenerife, 10 July 2017 (in Spanish)
- ^ "Juan Carlos Real, experiencia y calidad para la UD Almería" [Juan Carlos Real, experience and quality for UD Almería] (in Spanish). UD Almería. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
- ^ "Juan Carlos Real, nuevo jugador de la SD Huesca" [Juan Carlos Real, new player of SD Huesca] (in Spanish). SD Huesca. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
- ^ "Juan Carlos Real volverá a ser jugador de la SD Huesca" [Juan Carlos Real will be a SD Huesca player again] (in Spanish). SD Huesca. 23 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ "Juan Carlos Real, calidad y gol para la mediapunta del Efesé" [Juan Carlos Real, quality and goal for the attacking midfield of Efesé] (in Spanish). FC Cartagena. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
External links
- Juan Carlos at BDFutbol
- Juan Carlos at Soccerway
