Juan Mera González (born 22 November 1993) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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for

Indian Super League The Indian Super League (ISL) is an Indian professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Indian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Organised by the All India Football Federat ...

club

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...

Club career

Spain

Born in

Gijón Gijón () or () is a city and municipality in north-western Spain. It is the largest city and municipality by population in the autonomous community of Asturias. It is located on the coast of the Cantabrian Sea in the Bay of Biscay, in the cent ...

Asturias Asturias (, ; ast, Asturies ), officially the Principality of Asturias ( es, Principado de Asturias; ast, Principáu d'Asturies; Galician-Asturian: ''Principao d'Asturias''), is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in nor ...

, he made his senior debut with

Sporting de Gijón B Real Sporting de Gijón B is a Spanish football club based in Gijón Gijón () or () is a city and municipality in north-western Spain. It is the largest city and municipality by population in the autonomous community of Asturias. It is loca ...

in the 2010–11 season. Juan played his first match on 29 August 2010 against Gimnástica Torrelavega He played for Sporting B, in Segunda División B, till 2015–16 season. He scored 21 goals. In 2016–17, he was promoted to

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. After that he joined Celta Vigo B,

Racing Ferrol Racing Club de Ferrol is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Ferrol, Galicia, Ferrol, Province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia. Founded in 1919, the club currently plays in Prim ...

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, and

Leioa Leioa ( es, Lejona) is a municipality in Biscay, Basque Country, in northern Spain. It is located south of Getxo and Berango delimitating east and south with Erandio, Portugalete and Sestao. Today it is part of the Bilbao conurbation. Its populat ...

in Spain till 2018–19 and played 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 ...

India

On 24 August 2019, Juan pursued a one-year deal and moved to Indian club,

East Bengal FC East Bengal Club, commonly referred to as East Bengal (), is an Indian professional multi-sport club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. It is best known for its professional men's football team that competes in the Indian Super League, the top fl ...

. On 12 September, he played his first match for the club in

Calcutta Football League The Calcutta Football League (CFL) is a ladder-based football competition in the Indian state of West Bengal, organised by Indian Football Association (WB), under state football leagues in India. Due to sponsorship reasons, the league is off ...

, against

Kalighat MS Kalighat Milan Sangha (also known as Kalighat MS), is an Indian professional multi-sports club based in Kalighat, Kolkata, West Bengal, that competes in the Premier Division of Calcutta Football League. Founded in 1944, the club has mostly been ...

. He made his professional league debut on 4 December 2019 in

I-League The I-League (known as Hero I-League for sponsorship ties with Hero MotoCorp) is the second-tier men's professional football competition of the Indian football league system. It is currently contested by 12 clubs across the country with the w ...

, in match against

Real Kashmir FC Real Kashmir FC is an Indian professional football club based in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, Club competes in both the I-League, and J&K Premier Football League. Nicknamed ''Snow Leopards'', it is the first ever club from Jammu and Kashmir th ...

He assisted a goal and was also named Man of the Match. In 2021, he moved to another

side NEROCA and made his debut for the club on 27 December in their 3–2 win against

Sreenidi Deccan Sreenidi Deccan Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Hyderabad, Telangana. Established on 1 January 2015 as a football academy at Hyderabad and launched from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh in 2021, the club currently co ...

. In September 2022, he signed for another

club

RoundGlass Punjab RoundGlass Punjab FC is an Indian professional football club from Mohali in Punjab that competes in the Punjab State Super Football League and I-League. Founded as ''Minerva Academy FC'', in 2005, the club name was rebranded to ''Minerva Punjab ...

. The club later clinched its second I-League title in 2022–23 season and gained promotion to

2023–24 Indian Super League The 2023–24 Indian Super League is the 10th season of the Indian Super League (ISL) and the 28th season of top-tier in Indian football. Fixtures until December 2023 were announced on 7 September 2023. This season will have a mid-season break ...

Career statistics

Club

Honours

RoundGlass Punjab *

: 2022–23 Individual *

Best Midfielder of the Season: 2022–23

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mera, Juan 1993 births Living people Footballers from Gijón Spanish men's footballers Men's association football wingers Segunda División B players Sporting de Gijón B players RC Celta Fortuna players Racing de Ferrol footballers CD Teruel footballers SD Leioa players CD Lealtad players I-League players East Bengal Club players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Spanish expatriate sportspeople in India Expatriate men's footballers in India NEROCA FC players Calcutta Football League players Punjab FC players