Juan José Expósito Ruiz (born 28 October 1985), commonly known as Juanjo, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a forward.
He amassed Segunda División totals of 276 matches and 43 goals over ten seasons, in representation of Sevilla Atlético, Alavés, Córdoba, Salamanca, Numancia, Ponferradina, Tenerife, Llagostera and Almería. In La Liga, he appeared for Racing de Santander and Sevilla.
Club career Juanjo was born in Santander. After making his professional debut with hometown club Racing de Santander during 2004–05, he was relatively used (mainly as a substitute) over the course of the following two seasons. His maiden La Liga appearance took place on 22 May 2005, as the Cantabrians lost 2–0 at Málaga CF.El Málaga cierra el curso en casa con una sosa victoria sobre el Racing (Málaga close home campaign will dull win over Racing); El País, 23 May 2005 (in Spanish)Juanjo. Biografía Juan José Expósito. Jugador Real Racing Club – Fútbol ElConfidencial.com (Juanjo. Juan José Expósito biography. Real Racing Club player – ElConfidencial.com football); El Confidencial, 28 January 2011 (in Spanish)
Juanjo was loaned in 2007–08, spending the campaign at Sevilla FC's reservesJuanjo se marcha cedido al Sevilla B (Juanjo goes on loan to Sevilla B); Marca, 30 July 2007 (in Spanish) and scoring seven league goals to help them retain their Segunda División status.¿Qué fue de los integrantes del Sevilla Atlético de Segunda división? (What happened to members of Sevilla Atlético of Segunda división?); Sevillismo en Vena, 5 November 2015 (in Spanish) However, due to injuries and international duty,Juanjo se incorpora al primer equipo (Juanjo added to first team); El Desmarque, 31 December 2007 (in Spanish) he also appeared in one top-division match on 12 January 2008, playing 30 minutes in a 2–0 away defeat against Athletic Bilbao.El Athletic obtiene el premio merecido a su mejor partido en casa (Athletic get deserved prize to best home match); El Correo Gallego, 13 January 2008 (in Spanish)
In July 2008, Juanjo returned to Santander and, on 31 August, in 2008–09's opener, scored as a late substitute in a 1–1 home draw with former side Sevilla.Frío arranque para Racing y Sevilla (Cold start for Racing and Sevilla); El Mundo, 31 August 2008 (in Spanish) However, after the arrival on loan of Serbian Nikola Žigić during the 2009 winter transfer window, he was deemed surplus to requirements, moving also on loan to Deportivo Alavés until the end of the season;Juanjo, cedido al Alavés hasta final de temporada (Juanjo, loaned to Alavés until the end of the season); Marca, 30 January 2009 (in Spanish) another forward, Toni Moral, was bought from the Basques.Alavés y Eibar pugnan por lograr la cesión del ariete racinguista Juanjo (Alavés and Eibar fight to get loan of Racing striker Juanjo); Naiz, 21 January 2009 (in Spanish)
After not being able to help Alavés avoid relegation, Juanjo returned to his alma mater. In the dying minutes of the August 2009 transfer window, a third consecutive loan was arranged, now to Córdoba CF.Juanjo y Zé Antonio se van (Juanjo and Zé Antonio leave); El Diario Montañés, 28 August 2009 (in Spanish) During the second-tier campaign, although heavily featured, he only managed to score once for the Andalusians; in the off-season, he was definitely released by RacingEl delantero Juanjo rescinde su contrato con el Racing de Santander (Forward Juanjo terminates contract with Racing de Santander); Marca, 24 August 2010 (in Spanish) and signed for another club in division two, UD Salamanca.Juanjo llega al Salamanca buscando "estabilidad" (Juanjo arrives at Salamanca in search of "stability"); Marca, 25 August 2010 (in Spanish)
Juanjo continued competing in the second division the following years, with CD NumanciaSunny y Juanjo, savia nueva para el Numancia (Sunny and Juanjo, new blood for Numancia); Marca, 13 July 2011 (in Spanish)Breve enciclopedia numantina (Brief numantina encyclopedia); Desde Soria, 29 May 2013 (in Spanish) and SD Ponferradina.Juanjo ficha por la Ponferradina (Juanjo signs for Ponferradina); Marca, 4 July 2013 (in Spanish) He scored eight goals in 34 games in 2011–12 with the former team, helping to a final tenth-place finish.Juanjo: «El Numancia me ha dado estabilidad personal y deportiva» (Juanjo: "Numancia has given me personal and sporting stability"); El Diario Montañés, 28 September 2012 (in Spanish)
Juanjo subsequently represented second-tier sides CD Tenerife, UE Llagostera and UD Almería,El Almería cierra el fichaje de Juanjo, un delantero competitivo y con experiencia (Almería complete signing of Juanjo, a competitive and experienced forward); UD Almería, 16 August 2016 (in Spanish) suffering relegation with the second in 2016. On 2 August 2017, he returned to his first club Racing, now in the third league.Juanjo Expósito, cuarto fichaje del Racing 2017/18 (Juanjo Expósito, fourth signing of 2017/18 Racing); Racing Santander, 2 August 2017 (in Spanish)
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