Juan Manuel García García (born 20 February 1993), commonly known as Juanma, is a Spanish

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who plays for

Albacete Balompié Albacete Balompié is a Spanish football team based in Albacete, in the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. Founded on 2 August 1940, it currently plays in Segunda División, the second tier of Spanish football, holding home matches ...

as a

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Club career

Born in

La Rinconada La Rinconada is a municipality located in the Seville (province), province of Seville, Andalusia, Spain. According to the 2020 census (Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain), INE), the city has a population of 39,062 inhabitants. File:Igles ...

Province of Seville The Province of Seville ( es, Sevilla) is a province of southern Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is bordered by the provinces of Málaga, Cádiz in the south, Huelva in the west, Badajoz in the north and C ...

, Juanma played youth football for local

Real Betis Real Betis Balompié, known as Real Betis () or just Betis, is a Spanish professional football club based in Seville in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1907, it plays in La Liga. It holds home games at the Estadio Benito Vill ...

, and made his senior debuts while on loan at

Coria CF Coria Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Coria del Río, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1923, it plays in Tercera Federación – Group 10, holding home matches at Estadio Guadalquivir with a capacity of 5, ...

in the 2012–13 season, 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 Di ...

. After the expiry of his loan he was released and joined

CD Alcalá Club Deportivo Alcalá is a Spanish football team based in Alcalá de Guadaira, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1945 it plays in División de Honor Andaluza - Group 1, and plays home games at ''Nuevo Estadio Ciudad de Alcalá ...

also in the fourth level. After netting seven times in only 13 matches, Juanma returned to Betis, being initially assigned to the reserves in the same division. He appeared in his first official game with the

Andalusia Andalusia (, ; es, Andalucía ) is the southernmost Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Peninsular Spain. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomous community in the country. It is officially recognised as a ...

ns' main squad on 2 March 2014, coming on as a substitute for Juanfran in the 76th minute of a 1–1

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's ...

away draw against

Villarreal CF Villarreal Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. ( ca-valencia, Vila-real Club de Futbol, S.A.D.), usually abbreviated to Villarreal CF or simply Villarreal, is a professional football club based in Villarreal, in the Castellón province of eastern Spain, th ...

. After leaving Betis in 2017, Juanma represented

Segunda División B Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Foot ...

sides

CD Badajoz Club Deportivo Badajoz is a Spanish football team based in Badajoz, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. Founded in 1905 and refounded in 2012, it currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, and holds home games at ''Estadio Nu ...

Marbella FC Marbella Fútbol Club, formerly known as Unión Deportiva Marbella, is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Marbella, the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1997 it currently plays in Tercera Federación, Te ...

and

Burgos CF Burgos Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded in 1985, it started to play in 1994. It currently plays in Segunda División, holding home matches at the ''Esta ...

, achieving promotion to

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with the latter in

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. He scored his first professional goals at the age of 28 on 5 September 2021, netting a brace in a 3–0 home win over

Real Valladolid Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., or simply Real Valladolid () or Valladolid, is a professional football club based in Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain that competes in La Liga, the top tier of the Spanish league system. The club colo ...

. On 23 July 2022, Juanma signed a three-year contract with

also in the second tier.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Juanma 1993 births Living people People from Seville (comarca) Footballers from the Province of Seville Spanish men's footballers Men's association football forwards La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Betis Deportivo Balompié footballers Real Betis players CD Badajoz players Marbella FC players Burgos CF footballers Albacete Balompié players