Juan Falcón (footballer)

Juan Falcón
Personal information
Full name Juan Manuel Falcón Jiménez
Date of birth (1989-02-24) 24 February 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Acarigua, Venezuela
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Simón Rodríguez de Acarigua
2003–2006 Portuguesa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Portuguesa
2007–2010 Llaneros de Guanare 63 (14)
2010 → Mineros (loan) 8 (1)
2010–2012 Trujillanos 42 (6)
2012–2014 Zamora 62 (36)
2014–2016 Metz 32 (5)
2015 Metz II 4 (2)
2016 → Al-Fateh (loan) 11 (2)
2016 Santa Fe 13 (2)
2017 Zamora 13 (5)
2018 ACD Lara 16 (5)
International career
2008–2015 Venezuela 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Juan Manuel Falcón Jiménez (born 24 February 1989) is a Venezuelan retired professional footballer who played as a striker.

Club career

Portuguesa FC

His first steps in professional football were in Portuguesa FC, where he started playing as a midfielder. Later on, he passed over several field positions until reaching the forward spot.[1]

Falcón scored his first professional goal in a Copa Venezuela match against Zamora FC, which eventually would be his last destination in the local league after a small period in Trujillanos FC.

Zamora

With Zamora, he won the league two times in a row and he became the top goalscorer in the league with 19 goals.

FC Metz

In mid 2014, he signed a three-year contract with French team FC Metz, in a transfer reported to be around €800,000.[2] He left the club in 2016.

Retirement

After two years without a club, Falcón confirmed on 17 January 2020, that he had retired at the age of 30 due to a knee injury.[3]

International career

He made his debut on 23 March 2008, coming as a substitute against El Salvador.

Honours

Club

Trujillanos
Zamora

Individual

  • Venezuelan Primera División top goalscorer: 2013–14, 19 Goals

References

  1. ^ Juan Falcón, delantero por “cosas del destino” (Juan Falcón: Forward for "a matter of fate") Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine; Líder en Deportes, 27 April 2014 (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Juan Falcón llevará sus goles a Francia (Juan Falcón will bring his goals to France); El Universal, 18 April 2014 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ (+TUIT) Juan Falcón se retira del fútbol a los 30 años, solovenex.com, 17 January 2020