Juan Gutiérrez Moreno (born 23 July 1976), commonly known as Juanito, is a Spanish
football manager
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and former player who played as a
central defender
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Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
.
A player of physical display, he was noted for his excellent aerial ability. He spent the bulk of his career with
Betis, appearing in 294 official matches and winning the
2005 Copa del Rey.
With the
Spain national team, Juanito appeared in one
World Cup
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and two
European Championships, contributing to the conquest of
Euro 2008
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.
Club career
Cádiz and Betis
Juanito was born in
Cádiz
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Cádiz, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Western Europe, ...
. After taking his first steps as a senior with
the reserves of hometown club
Cádiz CF, he transferred to
Andalusia
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neighbours
Real Betis
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in 1997, spending three seasons with
the reserves; in
2000–01 he was loaned to another team in the region,
Recreativo de Huelva
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of
Segunda División.
Juanito made his debut for Betis' main squad in the
2001–02 campaign, and immediately established himself as a regular starter, often scoring from
deadball
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situations. His first came on 27 January 2002, a
last-minute goal
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against
Real Madrid in a 1–1 away draw.
In
2004–05, Juanito netted four goals in 33 games as the side achieved
qualification honours to the
UEFA Champions League
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, also
winning the
Copa del Rey
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.
David Rivas, the other stopper, added another four.
In the following three seasons, as Betis constantly battled
La Liga
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relegation successfully, Juanito only missed a total of 13 league matches, adding six goals. On 22 April 2007, in a 2–2 draw at
RCD Espanyol
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, he played the last minutes as a
goalkeeper
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due to the
dismissal of
Pedro Contreras, with a
penalty
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A p ...
being awarded –
Raúl Tamudo
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An icon at Espanyol, he captained the club for almost a decade, playing nearly 400 official games, winning two Copa del Rey an ...
equalised.
Atlético and Valladolid
After being relegated at the end of
2008–09, Juanito moved to
Atlético Madrid on a
free transfer, aged almost 33. His
debut season was shaky, as he started as first-choice, was relegated to the bench, regained his position from Colombian
Luis Perea and lost it again; on 4 April 2010 he scored his first goal as a ''Colchonero'', opening the 3–0 home victory over
Deportivo de La Coruña
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.
For the
2010–11 campaign, all Atlético stoppers remained with the team and Uruguayan
Diego Godín
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was also acquired. Hence, Juanito fell further down in the defensive pecking order, only appearing in a
Spanish Cup match against
Universidad de Las Palmas CF (1–1 home draw, after a 5–0 away win in the first leg); on 11 January 2011, he terminated his contract with the club, moving to second-tier
Real Valladolid
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The club c ...
shortly after.
International career
Juanito made his debut for
Spain
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on 21 August 2002 against
Hungary
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, in a
testimonial for
Ferenc Puskás. His first goal for the national side came on 1 March 2006, in a 3–2
friendly win against the
Ivory Coast.
Juanito represented Spain at
UEFA Euro 2004
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and
2008
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(playing in the 2–1 victory over
Greece
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in the latter tournament)
and the
2006 FIFA World Cup
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, scoring with his
head in the 1–0 defeat of
Saudi Arabia
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.
That goal was the first ever scored by a Betis player in the competition.
In the
2010 World Cup qualifier against
Estonia
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on 11 October 2008, Juanito netted through another header in a 3–0 away win.
He was overlooked for the finals in South Africa, however, as the national team emerged victorious.
International goals
:''Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Juanito goal.''
Coaching career
In August 2012, Juanito returned to Betis as assistant coach of their youth team, and two months later he was promoted to the same role at the reserve side. He was given his first job managing in his own right in June 2015, taking the reins at
CD San Roque de Lepe for the upcoming
Segunda División B campaign; he was sacked in March 2016, as they
occupied a relegation place.
Juanito was given a new job in the same division on 9 July 2016, at
Atlético Sanluqueño CF
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in his native province. He was relieved of his duties on 10 November with the team in last place, having not won since the opening day.
After a spell coaching in Betis' youth ranks, Juanito left in January 2019 for the first foreign job of his entire career, at
K.S.V. Roeselare of the
Belgian First Division B. He was their third Spanish manager of
the season, after
Jordi Condom and
Nano.
Honours
Betis
*
Copa del Rey
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:
2004–05
Atlético Madrid
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UEFA Europa League
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:
2009–10
*Copa del Rey runner-up:
2009–10
Spain
*
UEFA European Championship
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:
2008
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1976 births
Living people
Spanish footballers
Footballers from Cádiz
Association football defenders
La Liga players
Segunda División players
Segunda División B players
Tercera División players
Cádiz CF B players
Cádiz CF players
Betis Deportivo Balompié footballers
Real Betis players
Recreativo de Huelva players
Atlético Madrid footballers
Real Valladolid players
UEFA Europa League winning players
Spain international footballers
UEFA Euro 2004 players
2006 FIFA World Cup players
UEFA Euro 2008 players
UEFA European Championship-winning players
Outfield association footballers who played in goal
Spanish football managers
Segunda División B managers
Belgian First Division B managers
K.S.V. Roeselare managers
Spanish expatriate football managers
Expatriate football managers in Belgium
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Real Betis non-playing staff