Juan José Cañas (footballer)

Juan José "Juanjo" Cañas Gutiérrez (born 17 April 1972) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

Not to be confused with José Cañas.
This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Cañas and the second or maternal family name is Gutiérrez.
Juanjo Cañas
Personal information
Full name Juan José Cañas Gutiérrez
Date of birth (1972-04-17) 17 April 1972
Place of birth Rota, Spain
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Betis
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1993 Betis B 79 (8)
1991–2006 Betis 303 (13)
2006–2008 Alcalá 63 (3)
Total 445 (24)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He spent the majority of his career with Betis, where he appeared in nearly 400 official matches over 15 seasons.[1]

Club career

Born in Rota, Cádiz, Cañas represented Real Betis during his professional career and played 228 La Liga games during his tenure (scoring ten goals), his debut in the competition coming on 4 September 1994 in a 0–0 away draw against CD Logroñés – previously, he amassed a total of 53 first-team appearances in three seasons combined, as the Andalusians were in Segunda División. The highlight of his lengthy career was lifting the Copa del Rey in 2005, as he was always team captain when playing.[2][3]

Also in the 2004–05 campaign, Cañas still managed 24 league appearances to help the club to a fourth place in the league, good enough to reach the qualifying rounds in the UEFA Champions League.[4] From 2006 to 2008 he played for lowly CD Alcalá (also in his native region) in Segunda División B, and retired at the age of 36.

Afterwards, Cañas worked two seasons with Betis as a member of their technical staff.[5]

Personal life

Cañas' nephew, José, was also a footballer and a midfielder. He too spent most of his professional career with Betis.[6]

Honours

Betis

References
  1. Juanjo Cañas, toda una vida de lucha y entrega en verdiblanco (Juanjo Cañas, a lifetime of fight and commitment in green-and-white); El Córner del Sur, 30 May 2018 (in Spanish)
  2. Dani delivers for Betis; UEFA, 12 June 2005
  3. El Betis celebra el décimo aniversario de su último gran título (Betis celebrate tenth anniversary of their last great title); El Correo de Andalucía, 11 June 2015 (in Spanish)
  4. Captain Cañas to carry on at Betis; UEFA, 21 June 2005
  5. El Betis despide a Manolo Momparlet y Juan José Cañas (Betis fire Manolo Momparlet and Juan José Cañas); Marca, 19 July 2010 (in Spanish)
  6. "Bético de familia" [Bético by family] (in Spanish). Blanquivioletas. 7 February 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
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