Juan Francisco García Peña (born 1 October 1989), known as Juanfri, is a Spanish footballer who plays for Gibraltarian club St Joseph's as a striker.
Club career Early years and Málaga Born in Fuengirola, Province of Málaga, Juanfri made his senior debut at the age of just 16 with local club UD Fuengirola Los Boliches in the Tercera División, scoring a hat-trick in a 9–0 win against Úbeda CF. In the 2008–09 season he moved to another modest side in Andalusia, Unión Estepona CF, partnering former Málaga CF legend Catanha up front,El Caravaca y La Unión buscan fuera de casa subir de categoría (Caravaca and La Unión looking to promote away from home); La Verdad, 31 May 2009 (in Spanish) and both were instrumental as they first promoted to Segunda División B;Spanish striker for Sporting; The Times of India, 31 January 2013 in the process, he netted the team's first-ever goal in the fourth tier of Spanish football.El delantero Juanfri (19 años), nuevo fichaje del Atlético Malagueño (Forward Juanfri (19), new Atlético Malagueño signing) ; Join Futbol, 23 July 2009 (in Spanish)
Juanfri signed with Málaga in July 2009, being assigned to the reserves in division four. He made his first-team debut on 7 January 2010, in a 2–1 home defeat of Getafe CF in the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey.(2–1) El 'Málaga B' y el Geta se la jugarán en la vuelta ((2–1) 'Málaga B' and Geta leave it all for second leg); El Desmarque, 7 January 2010 (in Spanish)
Sporting Goa Juanfri did not appear in any more competitive games for Málaga and, in summer 2012, left for neighbouring Écija Balompié in the third division.Plata y Juanfri fichan por el Écija (Plata and Juanfri sign with Écija) ; Écija Deportiva, 8 August 2012 (in Spanish) On 31 January 2013, however, he moved abroad and joined I-League franchise Sporting Clube de Goa until the end of the season.Sporting recruit third Spaniard; O Heraldo, 31 January 2013Sporting, Churchill have score to settle; The Times of India, 1 February 2013
Juanfri made his first appearance for his new team on 1 February 2013, being replaced in the 81st minute of the fixture against Churchill Brothers SC (1–0 home victory).Sporting beat 10-man Churchill Brothers 1–0 in I-League; The Times of India, 1 February 2013 He scored his first goal on 20 March, equalising an eventual 3–1 win at Salgaocar FC through a penalty.Sporting rally to beat Salgaocar 3–1; Sportskeeda, 20 March 2013
In June 2013, Juanfri was released.Juanfri: goles con acento hindú (Juanfri: goals with hindu accent); Málaga Hoy, 28 July 2013 (in Spanish) He went on to resume his career in his country's lower leagues.Vuelve Juanfri y se va Mane (Juanfri returns and Mane leaves); Écija al Día, 9 August 2013 (in Spanish)El Marbella ficha al delantero Juanfri, el goleador del San Pedro (Marbella sign forward Juanfri, San Pedro scorer); Marbella 24 Horas, 6 July 2015 (in Spanish)
Later career Early into the 2017 January transfer window, Juanfri left FC Saburtalo Tbilisi from Georgia and joined Tercera División club Antequera CF.Juanfri, el galáctico que le faltaba al Antequera (Juanfri, the galáctico that Antequera were missing) ; El Desmarque, 6 January 2017 (in Spanish) On 3 August 2018, he signed for St Joseph's in Gibraltar,@Juanfri_9 Signs for St Joseph’s FC from @AntequeraCF.; Twitter, 3 August 2018 where he formed an efficient attacking partnership with his compatriot Salva Boro;Juanfri-Boro, el dúo español que hace sombra a Haaland (Juanfri-Boro, the Spanish duo that steals the limelight from Haaland); Diario AS, 3 December 2019 (in Spanish) in 2020, he led a list of Spanish players abroad by scoring 21 goals in a calendar year.Los máximos goleadores españoles en el extranjero de 2020 (The top Spanish scorers abroad of 2020); Migrantes del Balón, 9 January 2021 (in Spanish)
Career statistics
ClubSeasonLeagueCupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsFuengirola2005–06Tercera División7500—752007–08Tercera División9000—90Total16500—165Estepona2008–09Tercera División351300—353Málaga B2009–10Tercera División3213——32132010–11Tercera División3213—2034132011–12Tercera División3014——3014Total9440—209640Málaga2010–11La Liga0010—10Écija2012–13Segunda División B10100—101Sporting Goa2012–13I-League9200—92Écija2013–14Segunda División B29510—305San Pedro2014–15Tercera División331800633921Marbella2015–16Segunda División B31900—319Lincoln Red Imps2016–17Gibraltar Premier Division00001010Saburtalo2016Umaglesi Liga11210—122Antequera2016–17Tercera División16200311932017–18Tercera División331310203613Total491510515416Career total31711040144335114
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