Juan Manuel 'Juanma' Pavón Domínguez (born 15 February 1976) is a Spanish retired

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a

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, and is the current manager of

CD San Roque de Lepe Club Deportivo San Roque de Lepe, SAD is a Spanish football team based in Lepe, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1956 it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 4, holding home games at ''Estadio Ciudad de Lepe'', with a ...

Club career

Born in

Huelva Huelva (, ) is a city in southwestern Spain, the capital of the province of Huelva in the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is between two short rias though has an outlying spur including nature reserve on the Gulf of Cádiz coast. The rias ...

Andalusia Andalusia (, ; es, Andalucía ) is the southernmost Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Peninsular Spain. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomous community in the country. It is officially recognised as a ...

, Pavón finished his formation at

Recreativo de Huelva Real Club Recreativo de Huelva, S.A.D. () is a Spanish football club based in Huelva, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 23 December 1889, 2 days before Christmas, they are the oldest football club in Spain, and currently play i ...

, and made his senior debuts while on loan at

Ayamonte CF Ayamonte Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Ayamonte, Huelva, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1930 it plays in Tercera División – Group 10, holding home matches at '' Estadio Ciudad de Ayamonte'', with a 5 ...

in 1995. He was promoted to the main squad in

Segunda División B Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Foot ...

in the following year by manager

Joaquín Caparrós Joaquín de Jesús Caparrós Camino (born 15 October 1955) is a Spanish football manager. After winning the Segunda División with Sevilla in 2001, Caparrós was a regular on the La Liga sidelines for the best part of two decades. He coached ...

, appearing regularly. In the 1998 summer Pavón was loaned to

AD Ceuta Asociación Deportiva Ceuta was a Spanish football team based in the autonomous city of Ceuta. Founded in 1996, its last season was 2011–12 in Segunda División B, holding home matches at ''Estadio Alfonso Murube'', with a capacity of 6,500. ...

, also in the third level. He returned to ''Recre'' after the expiry of his loan, and despite appearing sparingly for the former, was included in the first team and made his debut as a professional on 7 November 1999, coming on as a late substitute in a 0–2 away loss against

Levante UD Levante Unión Deportiva, S.A.D. (, ca-valencia, Llevant Unió Esportiva ) is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club in Valencia, in the Valencian Community, namesake autonomous community. Founded on 9 September 1909, Levante ...

in the

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commercially known as LaLiga SmartBank for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spanish football league system. Administrated by the Lig ...

. On 8 November 2001 Pavón scored the first ever goal of

Estadio Nuevo Colombino Estadio Nuevo Colombino is a multi-purpose stadium in Huelva, Spain. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Recreativo de Huelva. Football was first introduced to Spain in Huelva and it still hosts the annual Tr ...

, and also netted the second in a 3–0 win against

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. Two months later, however, he moved to third level's

Algeciras CF Algeciras Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Algeciras, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1909 it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, holding home matches at ''Estadio Nuevo Mirador''. History Foot ...

, alleging lack of match experience. Pavón subsequently resumed his career in the third division but also in

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

, representing

CD Badajoz Club Deportivo Badajoz is a Spanish football team based in Badajoz, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. Founded in 1905 and refounded in 2012, it currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, and holds home games at ''Estadio Nu ...

CD Alcalá Club Deportivo Alcalá is a Spanish football team based in Alcalá de Guadaira, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1945 it plays in División de Honor Andaluza - Group 1, and plays home games at ''Nuevo Estadio Ciudad de Alcalá ...

Racing Club Portuense Racing Club Portuense is a Spanish football team based in El Puerto de Santa María, Province of Cádiz, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1928, dissolved in 2013 and reformed in 2017, it plays in the Tercera División Andaluza, ...

and Ayamonte. He retired with the latter in 2009, aged 33.

Post-playing career

After his retirement Pavón became Carlos Ríos' assistant at Recreativo de Huelva B. In 2012, he was appointed manager of the club's ''Juvenil'' squad. On 10 February 2015 Pavón was named manager of the main squad, replacing fired

José Luis Oltra José Luis Oltra Castañer (born 24 March 1969) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a midfielder, currently manager of Cypriot club AEK Larnaca FC. Playing career Born in Valencia, Oltra spend the vast majority of his 14-year senior ca ...

. On 24 March, despite only suffering one defeat in six games, he was replaced by

José Dominguez José Manuel Martins Dominguez (born 16 February 1974) is a Portuguese former association football, footballer who played as a winger (association football), winger, and later became a manager (association football), manager. A diminutive pl ...

but remained in the first team, being appointed assistant manager. Subsequently, Pavón was in charge of the reserves until October 2016, as he was appointed manager of the first team. On 25 October 2017, Pavón was named

CF Pobla de Mafumet Club de Fútbol Pobla de Mafumet is a Spanish football club based in La Pobla de Mafumet, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1953, it plays in Tercera Federación – Group 5, holding home games at ''Estadi Municipal'', which ...

manager.

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