Juan Manuel Marrero Monzón (born 18 October 1982), known as Juanma, is a Spanish professional

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. On the left side, he can either operate as a defender or a

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. He played 285

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games for

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Huesca Huesca (; ) is a city in north-eastern Spain, within the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Aragon. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Aragon between 1096 and 1118. It is also the capital of the Spanish Huesca (province), ...

, Numancia and

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, scoring 27 times. He added 155 matches and 17 goals in the

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with Las Palmas,

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and Fuenlabrada.

Club career

Las Palmas

Born in

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, Juanma moved from

UD Vecindario Unión Deportiva Vecindario is a Spanish football team based in Vecindario, Santa Lucía de Tirajana, Gran Canaria, in the autonomous community of Canary Islands. Founded in 1962 and refounded in 2021, they play in , holding home games at '' Esta ...

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, where he made his professional debut in the

on 6 September 2003, starting in a 2–2 home draw against

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. After two years in the

, he scored his first goal in the second tier on 26 September 2006, a first-half

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in a game of the same result also at the

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Rayo Vallecano

Juanma signed a two-year contract with

in July 2008. Barely used in his time in the outskirts of

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, he was loaned a year later to

SD Huesca Sociedad Deportiva Huesca, S.A.D., is a Spanish football club based in Huesca, in the autonomous community of Aragon. Founded in 1910, the club competes in the Segunda División, having played in the Spanish top division for the first time in th ...

also in the second division.

Oviedo and Numancia

On 25 August 2010,

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Juanma joined

Real Oviedo Real Oviedo ( Asturian: Real Uviéu) is a Spanish professional football club based in Oviedo, Asturias. Founded on 26 March 1926, the club plays in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system. The club plays at ...

. After two seasons in division three, neither ending in a playoff place, he returned up a level at

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 ...

. Used regularly by

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and

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, he signed a new two-year deal with the option of a third in October 2015.

Fuenlabrada

In July 2016, having rescinded his contract when his opportunities in

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decreased, Juanma dropped back down to ''Segunda B'' to represent

CF Fuenlabrada Club de Fútbol Fuenlabrada, S.A.D. is a football club based in Fuenlabrada, Community of Madrid, Spain, that currently competes in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, the third tier of the Spanish league system. It was founded in 1975. It holds ...

. Having achieved promotion to the second tier via the playoffs for the first time – as champions and at the third time of asking – the 36-year-old

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renewed for one more season with the possibility of another in June 2019. Still a regular player for ''Fuenla'', Juanma agreed to a one-year extension in July 2021.

Honours

Fuenlabrada *

: 2018–19

References

External links

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