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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Catafau and the second or maternal family name is Vignes.
Juan Catafau
Personal information
Full name Juan Antonio Catafau Vignes
Date of birth (1951-04-19) 19 April 1951 (age 73)
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right winger
Youth career
Colchagua
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1970 Colchagua
1971–1973 Green Cross-Temuco 47 (9)
1974 Unión Española 0 (0)
1974–1977 Valencia 0 (0)
1975–1977 → CD Mestalla (loan)
1977–1978 Getafe Deportivo 9 (0)
1979 Palestino
1979–1980 Green Cross-Temuco 58 (5)
1981 Deportes Concepción 29 (3)
1982–1983 Rangers 28 (3)
1984 Ñublense
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Juan Antonio Catafau Vignes (born 19 April 1951) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a right winger for clubs in Chile and Spain.[1]

Career

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A winger from the Colchagua youth system, Catafau made his debut in 1970 in the Chilean Segunda División. In 1971, he switched to Green Cross-Temuco until 1973,[2] becoming a well remembered player of the team.[3]

In 1974, he played for Unión Española in the Copa Libertadores.[4] After a tour through Spain with them following the FIFA World Cup and taking part in the La Línea de Concepción Tournament, he joined Valencia, becoming the second Chilean to play for the club after Higinio Ortúzar.[5] After having no chances to make appearances in the league with the first team, he was loaned to CD Mestalla, getting promotion to the Spanish Tercera División in the 1976–77 season.[6] In total, he made 9 appearances and scored one goal for Valencia in both friendlies and matches at regional level before switching to Getafe Deportivo for the 1977–78 season, where he made 9 appearances in the Spanish Segunda División.[1]

In 1979, he returned to Chile and joined Palestino for two months.[7] Next he played for Green Cross-Temuco, Deportes Concepción[8] and Rangers de Talca[9] in the top division.

His last club was Ñublense in 1984 in the Chilean Tercera División.[2]

Personal life

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Catafau was born in Santiago, Chile, to a Catalan father from Sentmenat.[6]

At the beginning of his stint in Valencia, he lived with his compatriot Carlos Caszely, a player of Levante UD at the time.[6]

He was nicknamed Cata, a short form of Catafau.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Ficha de Juan Catafau". www.ciberche.net (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b "jugadores Green Cross decáda setenta :: Indio Pije - Green Cross Temuco". Green Cross Temuco histórico (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Fanáticos de Green Cross celebran hoy el aniversario número 104 de la institución". SoyChile (in Spanish). 27 June 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Unión Española - Appearances Copa Libertadores 1974". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  5. ^ Torres, David (31 January 2017). "Orellana es el cuarto chileno en la historia del Valencia CF". ElDesmarque Valencia (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  6. ^ a b c Lloret, Paco (21 June 2019). "El misterioso fichaje de Catafau". Las Provincias (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Temas" (PDF). Revista Estadio (in Spanish). 1850. Santiago, Chile: Palestino Histórico: 9. 24 January 1979. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Concepcion 1981 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  9. ^ "Rangers 1982 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 January 2023.
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