Juan Carlos Pérez López (born 30 March 1990), known as Juan Carlos or Juankar, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays mainly as a left-back and occasionally as a left winger.
He was known as El Galgo de Boadilla (Greyhound of Boadilla) for his runs and speed.'El Galgo' Juan Carlos apunta al Depor ('Greyhound' Juan Carlos a possibility against Depor); Diario AS, 2 October 2010 (in Spanish)
Club career Born in Madrid, Juan Carlos started his football career at the EFMO Boadilla academy, spending 11 years there from the age of six. In 2007, Real Madrid signed him to their youth system.Juan Carlos: una roja ante el Pontevedra le abre la puerta (Juan Carlos: red card against Pontevedra opens doors for him); Diario AS, 25 September 2010 (in Spanish)
After two years, Juan Carlos was promoted to Real Madrid Castilla, going on to spend two full Segunda División B seasons with them. His first goal with the reserves came on 8 November 2009, in a 4–2 home win against Gimnástica de Torrelavega.4–2: Querer es poder (4–2: When there's a will there's a way) ; Real Madrid CF, 8 November 2009 (in Spanish) On 28 September 2010, he was called up for a UEFA Champions League group stage match at AJ Auxerre, but eventually did not leave the bench in the 1–0 victory.Di María strikes for Madrid; UEFA, 28 September 2010
On 3 October 2010, Juan Carlos finally made his first appearance for Real's first team, playing 11 minutes in place of Ángel Di María in a 6–1 La Liga home rout of Deportivo de La Coruña.Real Madrid 6–1 Deportivo ; Real Madrid CF, 3 October 2010Madrid crush sorry Depor ; ESPN Soccernet, 3 October 2010 He added 32 games and three goals for the B side, which eventually fell short in the promotion playoffs.El Alcoyano rompe la ilusión del Castilla (Alcoyano shatter Castilla's illusion); Marca, 29 May 2011 (in Spanish)
On 7 July 2011, Juan Carlos signed with fellow top-flight club Real Zaragoza from third-party owner Quality Sports Investments, via S.C. Braga.Juan Carlos y Mateos hacen las maletas para Zaragoza (Juan Carlos and Mateos get packing for Zaragoza); Marca, 7 July 2011 (in Spanish) On 22 September, he came on as a second-half substitute in an away fixture against Real Betis with the score at 4–1 for the hosts, and scored two goals in two minutes which eventually amounted to nothing, as the Aragonese lost 4–3.Real Betis climb to summit ; ESPN Soccernet, 22 September 2011
Juan Carlos was subsequently loaned to Betis,El Betis logra la cesión de Juan Carlos (Betis get the loan of Juan Carlos); Marca, 5 July 2012 (in Spanish) Granada CFJuan Carlos Pérez vestirá la elástica rojiblanca por una temporada (Juan Carlos Pérez will wear the red-and-white shirt for one season); Granada CF, 6 July 2014 (in Spanish) and Málaga CF,Málaga Club de Fútbol and Sporting Clube de Braga agree loan of Juan Carlos Pérez; Málaga CF, 24 June 2015 all in the top division. On 19 July 2017, he joined the latter side on a permanent four-year contract.Sp. Braga: Málaga anuncia chegada a título definitivo de Juan Carlos (Sp. Braga: Málaga announce arrival of Juan Carlos on a permanent basis); Mais Futebol, 19 July 2017 (in Portuguese)
During his spell at the La Rosaleda Stadium, Juan Carlos was often hindered by injury problems.Juankar, operado del cruzado, se despide hasta final de temporada (Juankar, after cruciate surgery, says goodbye until end of the season); La Opinión de Málaga, 5 November 2018 (in Spanish)La lesión de Juankar deja al Málaga con sólo diez profesionales (Juankar injury leaves Málaga with only ten professionals); El Confidencial, 10 October 2019 (in Spanish) On 9 September 2020, the 30-year-old signed a two-year deal with Greek club Panathinaikos F.C. for an undisclosed fee.Παναθηναϊκός: Επίσημα Χουάνκαρ μέχρι το 2022 (Panathinaikos: Juankar officially until 2022); Sport24, 9 September 2020 (in Greek)
Career statistics
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsReal Madrid B2008–09Segunda División B10——102009–10Segunda División B2911——29112010–11Segunda División B343——343Total6414——6414Real Madrid2010–11La Liga10000010Zaragoza2011–12La Liga24320—263Betis2012–13La Liga25010—2602013–14La Liga2002040260Total4503040520Granada2014–15La Liga21030—240Málaga2015–16La Liga19110—2012016–17La Liga28210—2922017–18La Liga10000—1002018–19Segunda División7110—812019–20Segunda División36010—370Total100440—1044Panathinaikos2020–21Super League Greece24010—2502021–22Super League Greece31260—3722022–23Super League Greece33130103712023–24Super League Greece1803090300Total10631301001293Career total3612425014040024
Honours Panathinaikos Greek Football Cup: 2021–22,El éxito español del Panathinaikos (Panathinaikos' Spanish success); Diario AS, 22 May 2022 (in Spanish) 2023–24Panathinaikos, campeón de Copa en una final dirigida por una mujer (Panathinaikos, Cup champions in final officiated by a woman); Mundo Deportivo, 25 May 2024 (in Spanish)
Individual Super League Greece Team of the Season: 2021–22Βραβεία ΠΣΑΠΠ: Η καλύτερη ενδεκάδα της χρονιάς (PSAPP awards: The year's all-star eleven); Gazzetta, 12 December 2022 (in Greek)
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