Juanele

Juanele

Personal information
Full name	Juan Castaño Quirós
Date of birth	(1971-04-10) 10 April 1971
Place of birth	Gijón, Spain
Height
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Veriña
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989–1991	Sporting B
1991–1994	Sporting Gijón	91	(18)
1994–1999	Tenerife	151	(27)
1999–2004	Zaragoza	130	(19)
2004–2005	Terrassa	16	(1)
2005–2006	Avilés	2	(0)
2006–2007	Camocha
2007–2008	Roces	11	(0)
International career
1992	Spain U23	2	(0)
1994	Spain	5	(2)
2000–2001	Asturias	2	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Castaño and the second or maternal family name is Quirós.

Juan Castaño Quirós (born 10 April 1971 in Gijón, Asturias), known as Juanele, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a forward.

Club career

Skilled Juanele started playing professionally for Sporting de Gijón, making his first-team – and La Liga – debuts at the age of 20 and finishing his first season with his hometown side with three goals in 24 games. He became an undisputed starter in the following years.

In 1994 Juanele signed with CD Tenerife, being an essential offensive unit as the Canary Islands side reached the semifinals in the 1996–97 UEFA Cup, scoring twice against S.S. Lazio (5–3 home win, 5–4 on aggregate) and at Feyenoord (4–2 win, 4–2 on aggregate). In addition, he netted 15 league goals in 60 matches as the club achieved back-to-back top-ten finishes, which included the fifth place in 1996 that led to the European exploits.

After Tenerife's 1999 relegation Juanele joined Real Zaragoza, helping the Aragonese to two Copa del Rey trophies in the early 2000s, even though he was already a fringe player in the second conquest. Amassing top division totals of 346 games and 61 goals he left in 2004 to Terrassa FC in the second division, joining lowly Real Avilés Industrial after one season.

In the 2006–07 campaign Juanele had brief amateur stints with Atlético Camocha and TSK Roces, both in the Asturias regional leagues, retiring from football altogether at the end of the season.

International career

Juanele earned five caps for the Spanish national team in 1994, scoring twice (in his debut on 19 January, a 2–2 home draw against Portugal, and his last match five months later, a 2–0 away win over Canada). He was subsequently named in the 1994 FIFA World Cup squad, but did not play in the tournament.

Juanele also appeared twice for the Asturias autonomous team, playing for the first time in a friendly with Macedonia on 23 December 2000.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	19 January 1994	Balaídos, Vigo, Spain	Portugal	2–1	2–2	Friendly
2.	10 June 1994	Claude Robillard, Montreal, Canada	Canada	0–2	0–2	Friendly

Post-retirement

After some episodes of depression and a battle to overcome an addiction to prescription drugs, Juanele was admitted in early 2008 to a Gijón hospital, due to an excessive intake, but later recovered, eventually opening a football school with former Sporting teammate Iván Iglesias.

Honours

Zaragoza

• Copa del Rey: 2000–01, 2003–04

External links

• Juanele profile at BDFutbol
• National team data
• Juanele at National-Football-Teams.com