Juan Manuel Rodríguez Rubio (born 19 October 1968), also known as Juan Rubio, is a Chilean former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a

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for clubs in Chile and Indonesia.

Career

Born in

Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile (), is the capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is located in the country's central valley and is the center of the Santiago Metropolitan Regi ...

, Rodríguez Rubio is a product of both

Colo-Colo Colo-Colo (), officially Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo, is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano, it competes in the Chilean Primera División, from which the club has never been ...

and

Coquimbo Unido Coquimbo Unido is a Chilean football club based in the city of Coquimbo. The club was founded in 1958 and has played in the Chilean Primera División since being promoted in 2022. Their home games are played at the Estadio Municipal Francisco Sán ...

youth systems. He made his professional debut with Coquimbo Unido when his father, Juan Sr., was the coach. In Chile, he also played for Deportes Valdivia,

Santiago Wanderers Club de Deportes Santiago Wanderers is a football club based in Valparaíso, a founding member of the Chilean Football Federation. Their home ground, Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander, is in the north-west of the city. Wanderers have played their ...

, Municipal Talagante and

Deportes Melipilla Deportes Melipilla is a Chilean football club, based on Melipilla, a comune in the Santiago Metropolitan Region. It was founded on January 24, 1992, as a successor of ''Club Deportivo Soinca Bata''. The club has its classic rival, San Antonio Un ...

at all divisions, before moving to Indonesia. In 1995, he joined

Persma Manado Persatuan Sepakbola Manado (simply known as Persma Manado) is an Indonesian football club based in Manado, North Sulawesi North Sulawesi () is a Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia. It is mainly located on the Minahasa Peninsula of ...

and switched to

Arema Malang Arema Football Club is an Indonesian professional association football, football club based in Malang Regency, Malang, East Java. The club competes in the Liga 1 (Indonesia), Liga 1, the top flight of Football in Indonesia, Indonesian Footba ...

in 1996, staying with the club until 2000, with a stint in Singapore playing for

Gombak United Gombak United Football Club was a professional football club based in Bukit Gombak, Singapore that last competed in the top tier of the Singapore football league system. The club took part in the S.League from 1998 to 2002, and from 2006 to 2 ...

in 1998–99. In Persma Manado, he coincided with his compatriots Rodrigo Araya and Nelson León Sánchez. In Arema Malang, he coincided with Araya and León Sánchez again, in addition to his younger brother,

Francisco Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''. Meaning of the name Francisco In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco (name), Paco". Francis of Assisi, San Francisco de A ...

, and Julio César Moreno. He is noted for introducing the song ''Vamos Leones'' (Let's go Lions), sung by fans of

Universidad de Chile The University of Chile () is a public research university in Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile (), is the capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is located in the co ...

, to Arema Malang fans who changed the words to ''Come on, come on Arema''. The song later spread across Indonesia with the lyrics being changed to suit their respective clubs by Indonesian football fans. He after played for

PSDS Deli Serdang Persatuan Sepakbola Deli Serdang, or simply knows as PSDS, is an Indonesian football team based in Deli Serdang, North Sumatra. They currently compete in Liga Nusantara and their homebase is Baharuddin Siregar Stadium. Players Current squad ...

, Gelora Putra Delta and Persikab Bandung.

Personal life

Juan and his younger brother,

or ''Paco'', who also played in Indonesian football, are the sons of the former Chile international footballer Juan Rodríguez Vega and the nephews of the also former footballers

Manuel Manuel may refer to: People * Manuel (name), a given name and surname * Manuel (''Fawlty Towers''), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers'' * Manuel I Komnenos, emperor of the Byzantine Empire * Manuel I of Portugal, king of Po ...

and Gabriel Rodríguez Vega.

References

External links

Juan Rodríguez Rubio
at WeAremania.net
Juan Rodríguez Rubio
at MemoriaWanderers.cl * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rodriguez Rubio, Juan 1968 births Living people Footballers from Santiago, Chile Chilean men's footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Coquimbo Unido footballers Deportes Valdivia footballers Santiago Wanderers footballers Deportes Melipilla footballers Persma Manado players Arema F.C. players Gombak United FC players PSDS Deli Serdang players Deltras F.C. players Persikab Bandung players Primera B de Chile players Chilean Primera División players Tercera División de Chile players Indonesian Premier Division players Singapore Premier League players Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Singapore Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia Expatriate men's footballers in Singapore Men's association football midfielders 20th-century Chilean sportsmen