Juan Carlos Real

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.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Real and the second or maternal family name is Ruiz.

Juan Carlos
Juan carlos portrait
Personal information
Full name Juan Carlos Real Ruiz[1]
Date of birth (1991-03-15) 15 March 1991[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
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 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 May 2023

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 with 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 after both argued during a 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 after signing a two-year deal.[11] On 27 July 2018, he moved to UD Almería also of the second tier after agreeing to 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] On 23 August 2021, after nearly two months without a contract, he re-signed for two years.[14]

On 14 July 2023, Juan Carlos agreed to a three-year deal with FC Cartagena, still in division two.[15]

Honours

Deportivo

CFR Cluj

Huesca

References
  1. "Juan Carlos". Diario AS. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  2. "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.
  3. "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.
  4. Juan Carlos se marcha cedido al Huesca (Juan Carlos goes on loan to Huesca); Marca, 14 January 2013 (in Spanish)
  5. "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.
  6. "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.
  7. "Uno por uno, la plantilla al detalle" [One by one, squad under magnifying glass] (in Spanish). Riazor. 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  8. 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)
  9. 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)
  10. Juan Carlos, nuevo jugador del CD Tenerife (Juan Carlos, new player of CD Tenerife); CD Tenerife, 26 January 2015 (in Spanish)
  11. Juan Carlos Real, tercer fichaje del CD Tenerife (Juan Carlos Real, third signing of CD Tenerife); CD Tenerife, 10 July 2017 (in Spanish)
  12. "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.
  13. "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.
  14. "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.
  15. "Juan Carlos Real, calidad y gol para la mediapunta del Efesé" [Juan Carlos Real, quality and goal for the attacking midfield of the Efesé] (in Spanish). FC Cartagena. 14 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
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