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Juan Espínola (footballer, born 1994)

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Juan Espínola
Personal information
Full name Juan Ángel Espínola González
Date of birth (1994-11-02) 2 November 1994 (age 28)
Place of birth Ciudad del Este, Paraguay
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Club Olimpia
Number 12
Youth career
Cerro Porteño PF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Cerro Porteño PF 25 (0)
2014–2015 Sarmiento 0 (0)
2015–2021 Nacional 33 (0)
2021–2022 Godoy Cruz 44 (0)
2023– Olimpia 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:19, 10 April 2022 (UTC)

Juan Ángel Espínola González (born 2 November 1994) is a Paraguayan footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Club Olimpia

Club career

Espínola was born in Ciudad del Este. He made his senior debut with Cerro Porteño de Presidente Franco on 22 May 2013, starting in a 2–1 away win against Sportivo Carapeguá for the Primera División championship.[1]

In 2014, Espínola moved abroad and joined Sarmiento.[2] He returned to his home country in the following year, joining Nacional Asunción.

Midway through the 2018 season, Espínola became a regular starter at Nacional.[3]

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Ciudad del Este

Ciudad del Este

Ciudad del Este is the second-largest city in Paraguay and capital of the Alto Paraná Department, situated on the Paraná River. It is located 327 km from Asunción, the capital, and is adjacent to the border with Brazil, to which it is connected by the Friendship Bridge on the Paraná River. It is the largest city within the Triple Frontier region, which borders Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil and Puerto Iguazú, Argentina. The Itaipú Dam, one of the largest hydroelectric power plants in the world, is near Ciudad del Este, as is the Iguazu Falls.

Club Cerro Porteño (Presidente Franco)

Club Cerro Porteño (Presidente Franco)

Club Cerro Porteño PF is a Paraguayan football club based in the city of Presidente Franco in the Alto Paraná Department. The club plays in the Primera B Nacional.

Sportivo Carapeguá

Sportivo Carapeguá

Club Sportivo Carapeguá, is a Paraguayan football club based in the city of Carapeguá in the Paraguarí Department. The club was founded on 3 September 2010 and plays in the División Intermedia.

Paraguayan Primera División

Paraguayan Primera División

The División Profesional de la Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol, also known as the Primera División, or due to sponsorship reasons Copa de Primera TIGO-Visión Banco, is the top-flight professional football league in Paraguay. Currently, there are 12 teams in the first division.

Club Atlético Sarmiento

Club Atlético Sarmiento

Club Atlético Sarmiento is an Argentine sports club based in Junín, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The club currently competes in Primera División, the top division of the Argentine football league system.

Club Nacional

Club Nacional

Club Nacional is a Paraguayan professional football club based in the neighbourhood of Obrero in Asunción. Founded in 1904, the club currently plays in the Paraguayan Primera División, and holds its home games at Estadio Arsenio Erico.

Internacional career

On 14 March 2019, Espínola was called up by Paraguay national team manager Eduardo Berizzo for friendlies against Peru and Mexico,[4] but did not take part in either match.

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Paraguay national football team

Paraguay national football team

The Paraguay national football team represents Paraguay in men's international football competitions, and are controlled by the Paraguayan Football Association. Paraguay is a member of CONMEBOL. Their nickname is the Albirroja, or red and white. The Albirroja has qualified for eight FIFA World Cup competitions, with their best performance coming in 2010 when they reached the quarter-finals. A regular participant at the Copa América, Paraguay have been crowned champions of the competition on two occasions. Paraguay's highest FIFA World Rankings was 8th and their lowest was 103. Paraguay was awarded second place with Best Move of the Year in 1996 for their rise in the FIFA Rankings.

Eduardo Berizzo

Eduardo Berizzo

Manuel Eduardo Berizzo Magnolo is an Argentine retired footballer who played as a central defender, currently manager of the Chile national team.

Peru national football team

Peru national football team

The Peru national football team represents Peru in men's international football. The national team has been organised, since 1927, by the Peruvian Football Federation (FPF). The FPF constitutes one of the ten members of FIFA's South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL). Peru has won the Copa América twice, and has qualified for the FIFA World Cup five times ; the team also participated in the 1936 Olympic football competition and has reached the semi-finals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup. In the past, they were often considered 4th best in South America, after Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay. The team plays most of its home matches at the Estadio Nacional in Lima, the country's capital.

Mexico national football team

Mexico national football team

The Mexico national football team represents Mexico in international football and is governed by the Mexican Football Federation. It competes as a member of CONCACAF.

Source: "Juan Espínola (footballer, born 1994)", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, January 7th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Espínola_(footballer,_born_1994).

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References
  1. ^ "Debut soñado para Juan" [Dream debut for Juan] (in Spanish). D10. 24 May 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Trotta "dia a dia"" ["Day by day" Trotta] (in Spanish). CA Sarmiento. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Juan Espínola en su momento ideal" [Juan Espínola in his best moment] (in Spanish). ABC Color. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Seis albirrojos del plano local, convocados para amistosos vs. Perú y México" [Six albirrojos from local teams, called up for friendlies vs. Peru and Mexico] (in Spanish). APF. 14 March 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
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