Juan Carlos Vera

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Juan Carlos Vera
Personal information
Full name Juan Carlos Vera Rivera
Date of birth (1960-07-05) 5 July 1960 (age 63)
Place of birth La Calera, Chile
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
Rayo Vallecano
Unión La Calera
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1979–1984 Unión La Calera
1985 Audax Italiano 29 (5)
1986 Huachipato (12)
1986–1987 Cruz Azul 8 (0)
1987–1988 Morelia 29 (4)
1988–1990 Tampico Madero 8 (1)
1990–1993 UNAM 71 (11)
1991–1992 → Atlas 31 (3)
1993–1994 Pachuca
1994–1995 DFW Toros
1995 Unión La Calera (1)
International career
1991 Chile 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Juan Carlos Vera Rivera (born 5 July 1960) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a attacking midfielder for clubs in Chile, Mexico and the United States.

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Club career

Born in La Calera, Chile, in 1975 Vera moved to Spain and joined Rayo Vallecano youth system at the age of 15. [1] He returned to Chile and played for Unión La Calera, where he made his professional debut, Audax Italiano and Huachipato. [2] [3]

In 1986 he moved to Mexico. He came to Morelia thanks of his former fellow in Unión La Calera, Marco Antonio Figueroa. [1] In Morelia, he and his Chilean fellows Marco Antonio Figueroa and Ángel Bustos are well remembered as a prolific attacking trident. [4] Along with Pumas UNAM, he won the 1990–91 Primera División, which is remembered as El Tucazo. [5] In Mexico, he also played for Cruz Azul, Tampico Madero, Atlas and Pachuca. [3]

After a step in the United States with DFW Toros, his last club was Unión La Calera in 1995, [6] scoring one goal. [7]

International career

He made an appearance for the Chile national team in a friendly match versus Mexico on 9 April 1991. [8]

Personal life

After the 1973 Chilean coup d'état, he went alone to Spain in 1975. His family was made up by his father, a railway worker, his mother, a housekeeper, and his five siblings. All of them stayed in Chile. [1]

When he was a player of Unión La Calera, he was nicknamed Pelé . [5]

His first son was born in Mexico when he was a player of Morelia. [1]

Following his retirement, he started a women's clothing factory along with his wife [1] and they also have a guesthouse in Santiago, Chile, called The Fox Hostel. [6] In addition, he has worked in football scouting, linking Chilean players with Mexican clubs. [5]

Honours

Unión La Calera

UNAM

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Mendoza, Christian (2017). "Vida después de la fama". interactivo.eluniversal.com.mx (in Spanish). El Universal . Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "GOLEADORES CAMPEONATO NACIONAL 1986". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  3. 1 2 "¡Feliz cumpleaños Juan Carlos Vera! uno de los más grandes en Pumas". Dale Azul y Oro (in Spanish). 25 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  4. ↑ Sánchez, Gabriel (9 June 2022). "Héroe por un gol". VAVEL (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  5. 1 2 3 Linares, Héctor (22 June 2017). "Vera recuerda el título Puma; Tucazo casi le vuela la cabeza". Excélsior (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  6. 1 2 Guevara, Jordi (8 October 2021). "¿Qué fue de Juan Carlos Vera?, el mejor chileno que ha jugado en Pumas". En Cancha México (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  7. ↑ "GOLEADORES CAMPEONATO SEGUNDA DIVISION 1995". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  8. ↑ "Juan Carlos Vera". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 August 2022.
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