Juan Fernando Sarrachini Donati (29 January 1946 – 27 January 2012) was an

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who played as a

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Football career

In the 1969–70 season played in

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with

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. A season later he went to Hércules, where he played 4 seasons in

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. Hércules signed on July 23, 1970, at Sarrachini from

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and José Luque Puerta from Atlético Baleares. These signings were thanks to the efforts of the technical secretary of Hércules, Jesús Berenguer. In the 1973–74 season won promotion to

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told him not to play in La Liga, and the player went to

AD Almería Agrupación Deportiva Almería was a Spanish football club based in Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1971, it held home matches at '' Estadio Municipal Juan Rojas'', with a 13,468-seat capacity. History In only two ...

, where he played one year. He died in January 2012 in the Argentine town of Villa Amelia.

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Biographical newspaper article
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sarrachini, Juan 1946 births 2012 deaths Footballers from Santa Fe, Argentina Argentine men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Newell's Old Boys footballers RCD Mallorca players Hércules CF players AD Almería footballers Argentine Primera División players La Liga players Argentine expatriate men's footballers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain