Juan José Viedma Schenkhuizen (born 27 October 1974), known as Viedma, is a Dutch retired

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who played as a

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or a

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Club career

Viedma was born in

Heemskerk Heemskerk () is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is located in the Kennemerland region. Local government As of March 2022, the municipal council of Heemskerk consists of 25 seats, which are divide ...

, North Holland. During his career, the son of a

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immigrant represented in his country NEC Nijmegen,

RBC Roosendaal RBC, commonly known under its previous official name RBC Roosendaal, is a football club based in Roosendaal, Netherlands. RBC currently plays in the seventh-tier Tweede Klasse after a bankruptcy in 2011, restarting the club in tenth tier Vijfde ...

(promoting to the

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is c ...

in his debut season) and

FC Omniworld Almere City Football Club is a Dutch professional football club based in Almere, Flevoland. Founded in 2001, plays in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, and hosts home matches at the Yanmar Stadion. The club builds on forme ...

, still playing afterwards with

VV Katwijk Voetbal Vereniging Katwijk is a Dutch football team founded in 1939, based in Katwijk, currently competing in the Dutch Tweede Divisie. History Katwijk have become Dutch amateur champions, by winning the overall Topklasse title in 2012–13. A ...

and FC Uitgeest at amateur level; both major divisions combined, he appeared in 140 matches and scored four times. During five years, Viedma competed in his ancestor's homeland with

SD Compostela Sociedad Deportiva Compostela is a Spanish football team based in Santiago de Compostela, in the autonomous community of Galicia. They play home matches at '' Estadio Multiusos de San Lázaro'', and compete in Segunda División RFEF, the fourth ...

, amassing

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totals of 41 games and two goals in his first two seasons. The rest was spent in the second tier, being used almost exclusively as a backup.

References

External links

Stats at Voetbal International
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Viedma, Juan 1974 births Living people People from Heemskerk Dutch people of Spanish descent Dutch footballers Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders Eerste Divisie players Eredivisie players NEC Nijmegen players RBC Roosendaal players Almere City FC players VV Katwijk players La Liga players Segunda División players SD Compostela footballers Dutch expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Spain Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Spain Footballers from North Holland