Juanma (footballer, born 1980)

Juan Manuel Barrero Barrero (born 27 June 1980), known as Juanma, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently the head coach of AD Mérida, which plays in the Spanish Segunda División B.[1]

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Barrero and the second or maternal family name is Barrero.
Juanma
Personal information
Full name Juan Manuel Barrero Barrero
Date of birth (1980-06-27) 27 June 1980
Place of birth Badajoz, Spain
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Nueva Ciudad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2002 Mérida 39 (0)
2002–2003 Atlético B 16 (0)
2003–2004 Atlético Madrid 13 (0)
2004–2005 Numancia 30 (0)
2006 Mérida 18 (0)
2006–2008 Universidad LP 20 (0)
2009 Atlético Ciudad 7 (0)
2009–2010 Alcorcón 38 (0)
2010–2011 Aris 5 (0)
2011–2013 Cartagena 26 (0)
2013 Ponferradina 0 (0)
2013–2014 Arroyo 33 (0)
2014–2015 Extremadura
Total 245 (0)
Teams managed
2020– Mérida AD
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He spent most of his 16-year professional career in the Spanish lower leagues. He appeared in 38 La Liga games over three seasons, with Atlético Madrid and Numancia.

Club career

Juanma was born in Badajoz, Extremadura. After beginning with local side Mérida UD, he moved in 2002 to Atlético Madrid, starting out at their reserves. He played twice with the first team in his first season, then 11 times in the 2003–04 campaign as all goalkeepers (himself, Germán Burgos and Sergio Aragoneses) appeared in roughly the same matches[2][3] and they eventually qualified for the UEFA Intertoto Cup.

Juanma then spent two seasons with CD Numancia, starting in his first but being relegated from La Liga.[4] He left in 2006, resuming his career in the lower leagues: Mérida again, Universidad de Las Palmas CF, CF Atlético Ciudad and AD Alcorcón.

In mid-July 2010, after helping Alcorcón promote for the first time in its history to the second division – he was also in goal for the club's historical elimination of Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey – the 30-year-old Juanma moved abroad, joining a host of compatriots at Aris Thessaloniki F.C.[5] with whom he agreed to a two-year contract. After one unassuming season in Greece he returned to his country, signing for FC Cartagena of the second level.[6]

Managerial career

On February 28, 2020 he was appointed the head coach of AD Mérida.[7] Prior to the appointment he had already worked in the club's structure as goalkeeper coach and director of the academy.[8]

References
  1. "El ex atlético Juanma Barrero, nuevo entrenador del Mérida". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 2020-02-28. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  2. Manolete (26 April 2004). "Aragoneses, peor que Juanma y Burgos" [Aragoneses, worse than Juanma and Burgos]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  3. Borasteros, Daniel (1 May 2004). "Juanma vuelve a la titularidad en el Atlético" [Juanma returns to starting duties in Atlético]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  4. "Breve enciclopedia numantina" [Brief numantina encyclopedia]. Desde Soria (in Spanish). 29 May 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  5. "El Atleti tiene enfrente a su ex, Juanma, también conocido por el 'alcorconazo' al Madrid" [Atleti face former man Juanma, also known for 'alcorconazo' to Madrid] (in Spanish). RTVE. 16 September 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  6. "El Cartagena anuncia el fichaje del portero Juanma, del Aris griego" [Cartagena announce signing of goalkeeper Juanma, from Greece's Aris]. La Información (in Spanish). 4 July 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  7. "Juanma Barrero, nuevo entrenador del Mérida, en sustitución de Diego Merino". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2020-02-28. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  8. "El Mérida elige a Juanma Barrero como su nuevo entrenador". Tus noticias deportivas de Algeciras y Campo de Gibraltar (in Spanish). 2020-02-28. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
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