Juanmi (footballer, born 1971)

Juan Miguel García Inglés (born 9 March 1971), known as Juanmi, is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is García and the second or maternal family name is Inglés.
For other people named Juanmi, see Juanmi (disambiguation).

Juanmi
Personal information
Full name Juan Miguel García Inglés
Date of birth (1971-03-09) 9 March 1971
Place of birth Cartagena, Spain
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Cartagena
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988 Cartagena 2 (0)
1990–1992 Real Madrid B 51 (0)
1992–1994 Real Madrid 0 (0)
1993–1994 → Zaragoza (loan) 15 (0)
1994–2002 Zaragoza 207 (0)
2002–2003 Deportivo La Coruña 27 (0)
2003–2007 Murcia 94 (0)
2007–2008 Gimnàstic 4 (0)
Total 400 (0)
International career
1990 Spain U20 1 (0)
1992 Spain U21 1 (0)
1992 Spain U23 1 (0)
2000 Spain 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He appeared in 267 La Liga matches over 12 seasons, mainly in representation of Zaragoza (nine years).

Club career

Juanmi was born in Cartagena, Region of Murcia. He began his career with local Cartagena FC, playing two Segunda División games in 1987–88 – still a junior – in a relegation-ending campaign. In summer 1990 he signed for Real Madrid,[1] going on to spend two full seasons with the reserves; in 1992–93, he was third-choice for the main squad behind Francisco Buyo and Pedro Jaro.

In the 1993 off-season, Juanmi moved to Real Zaragoza as backup to veteran Andoni Cedrún. After two years as second-choice (although he did manage to total 27 La Liga appearances), he went on to become the Aragonese side's undisputed starter, being instrumental in their 2001 conquest of the Copa del Rey.[1]

In July 2002, following Zaragoza's top-flight relegation, Juanmi signed for Deportivo de La Coruña on a free transfer, initially backing up José Francisco Molina.[2] However, a testicular cancer to the latter made him the starter, and he performed well enough to help the Galicians to eventually finish third.[3]

Subsequently, Juanmi joined Real Murcia, alternating between the posts and the bench in four years. After only six games in the 2006–07 season, in a final promotion,[4] he moved to Gimnàstic de Tarragona also of the second division for one year.

Juanmi retired in January 2008 at the age of 36,[5] being immediately named his hometown club's FC Cartagena's goalkeeping coach.[6]

International career

Juanmi earned one cap for Spain, on 26 January 2000, in a match played in his city of birth. He replaced Molina for the final six minutes against Poland, in a 3–0 friendly win.[7]

Honours

Zaragoza

Deportivo

References
  1. Casado, Edu (4 September 2009). "Qué fue de… Juanmi" [What happened to… Juanmi]. 20 minutos (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  2. "Deportivo to unveil duo". UEFA. 19 July 2002. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  3. Bouzas, Fabián (3 September 2015). "El deportivismo recuerda con Jonás Gutiérrez el caso de Molina y su cáncer de testículos" [Deportivo faithful remember the case of Molina and his testicular cancer with Jonás Gutiérrez]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  4. "Pésima despedida del Murcia camino de Primera" [Terrible Murcia goodbye on their way to Primera]. La Opinión de Murcia (in Spanish). 16 June 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  5. "Juanmi se retira del fútbol por problemas personales" [Juanmi quits football due to personal problems]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 21 January 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  6. Moya, Francisco Javier (14 March 2019). "Juanmi llega al Olimpo" [Juanmi reaches Mount Olympus]. La Verdad (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  7. "España dota de argumentos a Camacho con otra goleada" [Spain give reasons to Camacho with another rout]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 26 January 2000. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  8. Ros, Cayetano (26 August 2002). "El Depor gana el título sin desgastarse" [Depor win title without wearing out]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 August 2023.
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