Juan Manuel Barrero Barrero (born 27 June 1980), known as Juanma, is a Spanish retired

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who played as a

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, and is the current

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. He spent most of his 16-year professional career in the Spanish lower leagues. He appeared in 38

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games over three seasons, with

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and Numancia.

Club career

Juanma was born in

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Extremadura Extremadura ( ; ; ; ; Fala language, Fala: ''Extremaúra'') is a landlocked autonomous communities in Spain, autonomous community of Spain. Its capital city is Mérida, Spain, Mérida, and its largest city is Badajoz. Located in the central- ...

. After beginning with local side

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, he moved in 2002 to

, starting out at their reserves. He played twice with the first team in his first season, then 11 times in the 2003–04 campaign as all goalkeepers (himself,

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and Sergio Aragoneses) appeared in roughly the same matches and they eventually

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for the

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. Juanma then spent two seasons with

CD Numancia Club Deportivo Numancia de Soria, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club in Soria, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 April 1945, it plays in , holding home games at '' Nuevo Estadio Los Pajaritos''. Besides football it ...

, starting in his first but being relegated from

. He left in 2006, resuming his career in the lower leagues: Mérida again,

Universidad de Las Palmas CF Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Club de Fútbol was a Spanish football team based in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands. Founded in 1994 as Vegueta-Universidad, it was dissolved in 2011 due to insurmountable economic pr ...

, CF Atlético Ciudad and

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. In mid-July 2010, after helping Alcorcón promote for the first time in its history to the

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– he was also in goal for the club's historical elimination of

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in the

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– the 30-year-old Juanma moved abroad, joining a host of compatriots at

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with whom he agreed to a two-year contract. After one unassuming

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in Greece he returned to his country, signing for

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of the second level.

Managerial career

On 28 February 2020, Juanma was appointed manager of Mérida AD in the third tier. Prior to the appointment he had already worked in the club's structure as goalkeeper coach and director of the academy. Juanma only managed the club on two matches, as the competition was suspended due to the

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, and joined

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's staff in December 2020, as an assistant of

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. He left in May after Menéndez was sacked, and returned to Mérida on 16 January 2022. Juanma announced his departure from Mérida on 29 May 2023, after promoting the club to

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and leading them to a comfortable 8th place finish. On 27 September, he was named manager of

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, replacing the sacked

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, but was himself dismissed on 12 March 2024. On 1 July 2024, Juanma was named manager of

also in the third division, on a contract for the upcoming campaign.

Managerial statistics

References

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