Juan Miguel "Juanmi" Callejón Bueno (born 11 February 1987) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for San Fernando CD. He amassed

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totals of 88 games and five goals, representing four clubs in the competition. He spent most of his professional career with Club Bolívar, where he scored 125 goals in the Bolivian Primera División and finished as the league's top scorer in the 2014–15 season.

Club career

Callejón was born in Motril,

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. In 2005–06, he played in 33 games and scored eight goals for

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's ''Juvenil A'' and, in March 2007, he made his senior debut for the B side, finishing the season in the

with that sole substitute appearance as they dropped down a level. In 2007–08, Callejón played together with brother José as Real B were now in

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. On 11 August 2008 he signed a four-year contract with

RCD Mallorca Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, S.A.D. (, ca, Reial Club Deportiu Mallorca , ''Royal Sporting Club Mallorca''), commonly known as Real Mallorca or just Mallorca is a Spanish professional football club based in Palma on the island of Majorca in ...

, leaving in the same transfer window as his twin brother – the

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club retained 75% of the player's rights. He made his La Liga debut on 25 September 2008 in a 2–0 home win against

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, starting in what would be his only league match in the entire

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. On 25 August 2009, Callejón was loaned to Albacete Balompié of the second division in a season-long move. He stayed in that league for

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, joining

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in his native Andalusia on a free transfer. In January 2013, after second-tier seasons of irregular playing time with

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, free agent Callejón signed for

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of Greece on a -year deal. In July, he switched clubs and countries again and joined Bolivia's Club Bolívar. He scored four goals in twelve appearances in the latter's semi-final run in the

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and, on 30 November 2014, he netted a hat-trick in a 6–1 victory over Club Real Potosí to keep his team on top of the

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, and him as the top scorer; in a 2–1 defeat of the same opponents on 19 March 2015, both he and teammate

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were sent off for retaliation. After finishing the 2016 Apertura as top scorer with 16 goals, including one in the final lost to

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, Callejón left Bolívar in January 2017 for the Saudi Professional League's Ettifaq FC, managed by compatriot Juan Carlos Garrido. Having scored twice in 26 games, he rescinded his contract with the club from

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in December. Callejón returned to Bolívar in January 2018, a year after leaving them. On 17 March 2019, with a goal against Sport Boys Warnes in a 4–1 win, he became the seventh player in the league's history to reach 100 goals. Seven months later, he added five more in a 7–2 drubbing of

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. He finished the year's Clausura tournament with 19 goals, tied with Carlos Saucedo and Jair Reinoso as top scorer; his tally of 36 goals for the calendar year was second-most for a Spaniard abroad, after

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's 40 in the Philippines. Callejón ended his seven years of playing abroad on 30 December 2019, when he signed an 18-month deal at third-tier Marbella FC in his home region. In July 2021, the 34-year-old joined Primera Federación side San Fernando CD on a one-year deal.

Personal life

Callejón's twin brother, José, was also a footballer. Both were Real Madrid graduates.

Honours

Real Madrid C * Tercera División: 2005–06 Bolívar * Bolivian Primera División: 2014 Apertura, 2015 Clausura, 2016 Apertura, 2017 Clausura, 2019 Apertura Individual *Bolivian Primera División top scorer: 2014–15 (23 goals)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Callejon, Juanmi 1987 births Living people People from Motril Spanish twins Twin sportspeople Sportspeople from the Province of Granada Spanish footballers Footballers from Andalusia Association football midfielders La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Primera Federación players Real Madrid C footballers Real Madrid Castilla footballers RCD Mallorca players Albacete Balompié players Córdoba CF players Hércules CF players Marbella FC players San Fernando CD players Super League Greece players Levadiakos F.C. players Bolivian Primera División players Club Bolívar players Saudi Professional League players Ettifaq FC players Spanish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Greece Expatriate footballers in Bolivia Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Greece Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Bolivia Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia