Juan José González Argüelles (born 9 October 1973), known as Juanjo, is a Spanish retired

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who played as a

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, and

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Career

Born in

Gijón Gijón () or () is a city and municipality in north-western Spain. It is the largest city and municipality by population in the autonomous community of Asturias. It is located on the coast of the Cantabrian Sea in the Bay of Biscay, in the cent ...

Asturias Asturias (, ; ast, Asturies ), officially the Principality of Asturias ( es, Principado de Asturias; ast, Principáu d'Asturies; Galician-Asturian: ''Principao d'Asturias''), is an autonomous community in northwest Spain. It is coextensiv ...

, Juanjo spent most of his playing career with hometown club

Sporting de Gijón Real Sporting de Gijón, S.A.D. (), commonly known as Real Sporting, Sporting Gijón, or simply Sporting (although in an international context this can lead to confusion with Sporting Clube de Portugal) is a Spanish football club from Gijón, ...

, making 77 total appearances including 14 in

La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men' ...

early on. He began his managerial career 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 ...

with

UP Langreo Unión Popular de Langreo is a Spanish football team based in Langreo, in the autonomous community of Asturias. Founded in 1961, it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 1, holding its home games at '' Estadio Ganzábal'' in La Felguera, wi ...

and

CD Llanes Club Deportivo Llanes is a football team based in Llanes in the autonomous community of Asturias. Founded in 1949, the team plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 2. The club's home ground is '' San José'', which has a capacity of 2,000 spect ...

. On 11 November 2009, Juanjo and fellow assistant Fede Castaños managed

Racing de Santander Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. (), also known as Racing de Santander () or simply Racing, is a football club based in Santander, Cantabria, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league syst ...

in the second leg of their last-16 tie with

UD Salamanca Unión Deportiva Salamanca, S.A.D. () was a historical Spanish football team based in Salamanca, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 February 1923 and nicknamed ''Los Charros'', the club played in white shirts and blac ...

following the dismissal of

Juan Carlos Mandiá Juan Carlos Mandiá Lorenzo (born 17 January 1967) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a defender, currently a manager. Playing career Mandiá was born in Alfoz, Province of Lugo. Over a 16-year playing career he represented Real M ...

, winning 4–1 at home for a 4–2 aggregate win. In late November 2011,

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was dismissed from Racing, who were last-place in the top flight with nine points. To save money in the club that was

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, three current employees were promoted to manager – Juanjo, Castaños and Pablo Pinillos. Juanjo alone was sacked the following March. Juanjo returned to football in early February 2013 with

Real Avilés Real may refer to: Currencies * Brazilian real (R$) * Central American Republic real * Mexican real * Portuguese real * Spanish real * Spanish colonial real Music Albums * ''Real'' (L'Arc-en-Ciel album) (2000) * ''Real'' (Bright album) (2010) ...

of Segunda División B. In May, having avoided relegation with a late run of form, his deal was not renewed.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gonzalez, Juanjo 1973 births Living people Footballers from Gijón Spanish footballers Association football goalkeepers La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Sporting de Gijón B players CD Linares players Spanish football managers Racing de Santander managers Real Avilés CF managers