Juan Manuel 'Juanma' Pavón Domínguez (born 15 February 1976) is a Spanish retired

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who played as a

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, and is the current manager of

CD San Roque de Lepe Club Deportivo San Roque de Lepe, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Lepe, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1956 it plays in , holding home games at ''Estadio Ciudad de Lepe'', with a capacity of 3,512 seats. Season ...

Club career

Born in

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, Pavón finished his formation at

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, and made his senior debuts while on loan at Ayamonte CF in 1995. He was promoted to the main squad in

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in the following year by manager Joaquín Caparrós, appearing regularly. In the 1998 summer Pavón was loaned to

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, also in the third level. He returned to ''Recre'' after the expiry of his loan, and despite appearing sparingly for the former, was included in the first team and made his debut as a professional on 7 November 1999, coming on as a late substitute in a 0–2 away loss against

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in the

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. On 8 November 2001 Pavón scored the first ever goal of

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, and also netted the second in a 3–0 win against

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. Two months later, however, he moved to third level's

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, alleging lack of match experience. Pavón subsequently resumed his career in the third division but also in

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, representing

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, Racing Club Portuense and Ayamonte. He retired with the latter in 2009, aged 33.

Post-playing career

After his retirement Pavón became Carlos Ríos' assistant at Recreativo de Huelva B. In 2012, he was appointed manager of the club's ''Juvenil'' squad. On 10 February 2015 Pavón was named manager of the main squad, replacing fired

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. On 24 March, despite only suffering one defeat in six games, he was replaced by

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but remained in the first team, being appointed assistant manager. Subsequently, Pavón was in charge of the reserves until October 2016, as he was appointed manager of the first team. On 25 October 2017, Pavón was named CF Pobla de Mafumet manager.

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