Juan Ramón Tejera

Juan Tejera
Personal information
Full name	Juan Ramón Tejera Pérez
Date of birth	23 February 1956 (age 68)
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Leo FC
	Danubio
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Danubio
Managerial career
1994–1997	Defensor Sporting (youth)
1996	Defensor Sporting (interim)
1997	Liverpool Montevideo
1998	Defensor Sporting (youth)
1999–2000	Liverpool Montevideo
2002–2003	Defensor Sporting (youth)
2004–2005	Defensor Sporting
2006–2007	Liverpool Montevideo
2007	Rentistas
2013	Racing Montevideo
2013–2014	Fénix
2014	Cerro
2015–2016	Defensor Sporting
2018–2019	Racing Montevideo
2020–2021	Boston River
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Juan Ramón Tejera Pérez (born 23 February 1956) is a Uruguayan football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.

Career

Born in Montevideo, Tejera started out at local amateur sides, and was also a part of Danubio squad in 1977 which first reached the Copa Libertadores in the club's history.^[2] Shortly before his retirement (which occurred in 1990), he started studying to become a coach,^[3] and joined Defensor Sporting's youth setup in 1994.^[4]

Tejera's first managerial experience occurred in 1996, as he was interim manager of Defensor.^[5] He was manager of Liverpool Montevideo during the 1997 season,^[6] but returned to Defensor in 1998 as manager of their reserve team.^[4]

Tejera returned to Liverpool for the 1999 season, but left in January 2000.^[7] He returned to Defensor and their youth categories in 2002,^[4] and became the club's first team manager in May; with the club in a poor run of form, Tejera recovered the club's form and qualified them to a continental competition after four years.^[5]

Tejera resigned in October 2005,^[8] and rejoined Liverpool for a third spell in July 2006, replacing Voltaire García.^[9] He left the latter club in 2007, and subsequently worked for a short period at Rentistas.

Tejera then spent some time away from football, working at the Administración Nacional de Puertos. On 6 January 2013, he returned to managerial duties after being named in charge of Racing Montevideo.^[10] In June, he was replaced by Rosario Martínez,^[11] and took over Fénix on 28 October.^[12]

Tejera left Fénix in June 2014, as his contract expired,^[13] and was named Cerro manager on 8 September.^[14] He resigned on 25 November,^[15] and returned to Defensor the following 30 June.^[16]

Tejera resigned from Defensor on 15 February 2016,^[17] and stayed two years without a club before returning to Racing on 13 August 2018.^[18] He opted to leave the club the following June, as his contract was due to expire.^[19]

On 11 November 2020, after another year of inactivity, Tejera replaced player-manager Sebastián Abreu at the helm of Boston River.^[20] He was sacked the following 23 June, with only four points in nine matches into the new season.

References

^ "¿Por qué los técnicos uruguayos fueron defensas, goleros o mediocampistas?" [Why the Uruguayan managers were defenders, goalkeepers or midfielders?] (in Spanish). La Red 21. 29 May 2001. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
^ "... y Danubio llegó a la Copa" [... and Danubio reached the Copa] (in Spanish). Danubio FC. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
^ "3 millones con Juan Tejera: «Sin tiempo ni proyecto no hay frutos»" [3 million with Juan Tejera: "Without time or project there are no rewards"] (in Spanish). Tenfield. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Por la Unión y por la Blanca" (in Spanish). La Diaria. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Juan Tejera: "Tenemos que ser protagonistas"" [Juan Tejera: "We have to be protagonists"] (in Spanish). El Observador. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
^ "Historia" [History] (in Spanish). Liverpool FC Montevideo. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
^ ""Me une con Liverpool un sentimiento muy especial"" ["A special feeling connects me to Liverpool"] (in Spanish). La Red 21. 25 January 2000. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
^ "Jorge Da Silva es el nuevo técnico de Defensor Sporting" [Jorge Da Silva is the new manager of Defensor Sporting] (in Spanish). La Red 21. 25 October 2005. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
^ "Sigue la puesta a punto" [Ongoing development] (in Spanish). La Red 21. 24 July 2006. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
^ "Juan Tejera es el nuevo DT de Racing" [Juan Tejera is the new manager of Racing] (in Spanish). Aguante Che. 6 January 2013. Archived from the original on 9 January 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
^ "Rosario Martínez dirigirá a Racing" [Rosario Martínez will manage Racing] (in Spanish). Fútbol.uy. 21 June 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
^ "Fenix cambió de técnico, y nombró a Juan Tejera que asume el martes en el Complejo a las 10" [Fénix changed manager, and named Juan Tejera who takes over on Tuesday in the Complex at 10] (in Spanish). Tenfield. 28 October 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
^ "Fénix no le renovará el contrato a Juan Tejera" [Fénix will not renew the contract of Juan Tejera] (in Spanish). Tenfield. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
^ "Cerro: Juan Tejera nuevo DT" [Cerro: Juan Tejera new manager] (in Spanish). Fútbol.uy. 8 September 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
^ "Cerro se quedó sin entrenador, se marchó Juan Tejera" [Cerro ended up without a manager, Juan Tejera left] (in Spanish). Futbol Uruguayo. 25 November 2014. Archived from the original on 22 August 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
^ "Juan Tejera asumirá como director técnico de Defensor" [Juan Tejera will take over as manager of Defensor] (in Spanish). Teledoce. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
^ "Juan Tejera renunció como DT de Defensor Sporting" [Juan Tejera resigned as manager of Defensor Sporting] (in Spanish). El Observador. 15 February 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
^ "Juan Tejera es el nuevo técnico de Racing" [Juan Tejera is the new manager of Racing] (in Spanish). El Observador. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
^ "Juan Tejera decidió no seguir en Racing" [Juan Tejera opted to not continue at Racing] (in Spanish). Ovación. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
^ "Boston River: Juan Tejera fue designado como nuevo director técnico" [Boston River: Juan Tejera was appointed as new manager] (in Spanish). Fútbol.uy. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2021.