Juan Carlos Pérez López (born 30 March 1990), known as Juan Carlos or Juankar, is a Spanish professional

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who played mainly as a

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and occasionally as a

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for

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club

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. He was known as ''El Galgo de Boadilla'' (

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of Boadilla) for his runs and speed.

Club career

Born in

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, Juan Carlos started his football career at the EFMO Boadilla academy, spending 11 years there from the age of six. In 2007,

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signed him to their youth system. After two years, Juan Carlos was promoted to

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, going on to spend two full

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seasons with them. His first goal with the reserves came on 8 November 2009, in a 4–2 home win against

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. On 28 September 2010, he was called up for a

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match at

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, but eventually did not leave the bench in the 1–0 victory. On 3 October 2010, Juan Carlos finally made his first appearance for Real's first team, playing 11 minutes in place of Ángel Di María in a 6–1

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home rout of

Deportivo de La Coruña Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña (), commonly known as Deportivo La Coruña () or simply Depor, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia, that competes in the Segunda División, the ...

. He added 32 games and three goals for the B side, which eventually fell short in the promotion playoffs. On 7 July 2011, Juan Carlos signed with fellow top-flight club

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from third-party owner Quality Sports Investments, via S.C. Braga. On 22 September, he came on as a second-half substitute in an away fixture against

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with the score at 4–1 for the hosts, and scored two goals in two minutes which eventually amounted to nothing, as the

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ese lost 4–3. Juan Carlos was subsequently loaned to Betis,

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and

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, all in the top division. On 19 July 2017, he joined the latter side on a permanent four-year contract. During his spell at the

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, Juan Carlos was often hindered by injury problems. On 9 September 2020, the 30-year-old signed a two-year deal with Greek club

Panathinaikos F.C. Panathinaikos Football Club ( ), known as Panathinaikos, or by its full name, and the name of its parent sports club, Panathinaikos A.O. or PAO (; ''Panathinaïkós Athlitikós Ómilos'', ), is a Greek professional football club based in Athen ...

for an undisclosed fee.

Career statistics

Honours

Panathinaikos *

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: 2021–22, 2023–24 Individual * Super League Greece Team of the Season: 2021–22Βραβεία ΠΣΑΠΠ: Η καλύτερη ενδεκάδα της χρονιάς (PSAPP awards: The year's all-star eleven)
Gazzetta, 12 December 2022 (in Greek)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Juan Carlos 1990 births Living people 21st-century Spanish sportsmen Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Madrid Men's association football fullbacks Men's association football wingers La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Real Madrid Castilla footballers Real Madrid CF players Real Zaragoza players Real Betis players Granada CF footballers Málaga CF players S.C. Braga players Super League Greece players Panathinaikos F.C. players Aris Thessaloniki F.C. players Spain men's under-21 international footballers Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Greece