Juan Sebastián Peñaloza Ragga (born 3 May 2000) is a Colombian

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 plays as a

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for

Deportivo Pereira Deportivo Pereira is a professional Colombian football team based in Pereira, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at the Hernán Ramírez Villegas stadium. History Early years While there are several ...

, on loan from Spanish club

SD Huesca Sociedad Deportiva Huesca, S.A.D., is a Spanish football club in Huesca, in the autonomous community of Aragon. Founded on 29 March 1960, SD Huesca plays in the Segunda División, having played in the Spanish top division for the first time in t ...

Club career

Born in

Quibdó Quibdó () is the capital city of Chocó Department, in Western Colombia, and is located on the Atrato River. The municipality of Quibdó has an area of 3,337.5 km² and a population of 129,237, predominantly Afro Colombian, including Zambo C ...

, Peñaloza was a CD Estudiantil de Medellín youth graduate, and moved to Spain on 19 September 2018, after signing a five-year contract with

; he was initially assigned to the

farm team In sports, a farm team, farm system, feeder team, feeder club, or nursery club is generally a team or club whose role is to provide experience and training for young players, with an agreement that any successful players can move on to a higher ...

AD Almudévar 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 ...

. The following 31 January, he moved on loan to

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 ...

side

CD Teruel Club Deportivo Teruel is a Spanish football team based in Teruel, in the autonomous community of Aragon. Founded in 1954, the club plays in the Segunda División RFEF – Group 3, and holds home games at ''Estadio Pinilla'', with a capacity of ...

until June. Peñaloza played for

SD Ejea Sociedad Deportiva Ejea is a Spanish football team based in Ejea de los Caballeros, in the autonomous community of Aragon. Founded in 1927, it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 3, holding home games at '' Municipal de Ejea'', with a 2,24 ...

in the third division during the 2019–20 season, as the club became Huesca's new farm team. On 2 October 2020, he was loaned to fellow third tier side

Racing de Ferrol Racing Club de Ferrol is a Spanish football team based in Ferrol, Province of A Coruña, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1919, the club currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, holding home games at '' Estadi ...

. On 9 August 2021, Peñaloza returned to his home country after agreeing to a one-year loan deal with

Águilas Doradas Rionegro Águilas Doradas is a professional Colombian football team based in Rionegro that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at Alberto Grisales stadium. The club also has a futsal team. History On 16 July 2008, th ...

. He made his professional debut the following day, coming on as a half-time substitute for Juan Camilo Salazar and scoring the match's winner in a 1–0 home success over

Patriotas Boyacá Patriotas Boyacá, also known as Patriotas, is a professional Colombian football team based in Tunja, that currently plays in the Categoría Primera B. They play their home games at the La Independencia stadium. History Patriotas was founded i ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Penaloza, Juan 2000 births Living people People from Quibdó Colombian footballers Association football forwards Segunda División B players Tercera División players AD Almudévar players CD Teruel footballers SD Ejea players SD Huesca footballers Racing de Ferrol footballers Categoría Primera A players Águilas Doradas Rionegro players Deportivo Pereira footballers Colombian expatriate footballers Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate footballers in Spain Sportspeople from Chocó Department