Juan Antonio Señor Gómez (born 26 August 1958 in

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) is a Spanish retired

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who played as a

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, and is the

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. During his professional career he played mainly for

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, amassing nearly 400 official appearances in nine years. The scorer of one of

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's most important goals, he earned more than 40 caps during the 1980s, representing the nation in one World Cup and one European Championship.

Club career

During his career,

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youth graduate Señor represented professionally CD Ciempozuelos (

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(

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) and

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. With the

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ese team he played 304

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games, scoring 54 goals. In the 1986–87 season, which featured a second stage, Señor netted 11 times in 43 matches as Zaragoza finish fifth. He also helped the side to the

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, being voted by magazine ''

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'' the league's best player in the 1982–83 campaign where he recorded 33 appearances and five goals. Señor had to retire sooner than expected due to a

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disease, his last season being 1989–90. He subsequently moved into coaching, going on to work with

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, FC Cartagena and

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, and also began managing a football campus for children in the Aragonese

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International career

Señor made 41 appearances for

, his debut coming on 27 October 1982 in a

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against

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, a 1–0 win in

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. Also during that stage, he scored the most important of his six international goals: on 23 December 1983, as the national team needed to win by 11 goals against

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to qualify, he scored in the 85th in a final 12–1 result in

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. Señor was part of the nation's squads at Euro 1984 and the

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, where he scored another late goal, in a quarter-final penalty shootout loss against

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(1–1 after 120 minutes).

International goals

Honours

Club

;Zaragoza *

: 1985–86

International

;Spain *

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: Runner-up

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

References

External links

* * * *
Official football campus website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Senor, Juan 1958 births Living people Footballers from Madrid Spanish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders La Liga players Segunda División players Deportivo Alavés players Real Zaragoza players Spain men's amateur international footballers Spain men's B international footballers Spain men's international footballers UEFA Euro 1984 players 1986 FIFA World Cup players Spanish football managers Segunda División managers Mérida UD managers UD Salamanca managers FC Cartagena managers CD Logroñés managers Pontevedra CF managers