Juan Manuel Fuentes (footballer)

Juan Manuel Fuentes
Personal information
Full name	Juan Manuel Fuentes Fernández
Date of birth	13 November 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth	Ordes, Spain
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Wing-back
Senior career*
Years	Team
1996–1997	Compostela B
1997–1999	Ponferradina B
1999–2010	Ponferradina
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Juan Manuel Fuentes Fernández (born 13 November 1977) is a Spanish former footballer. On the left side of the pitch, he could appear as either a defender or a midfielder.

Club career

Born in Ordes, Province of A Coruña, Fuentes spent his entire professional career, which consisted of 11 seasons, with SD Ponferradina. In 2005–06, he started in all his 28 league appearances to help the Galicians be promoted to Segunda División for the first time in their history.^[1]

Fuentes played his first game as a professional on 27 August 2006 at the age of nearly 29, starting and being booked in a 2–0 away loss against Albacete Balompié.^[2] He again was first choice, but his team was relegated at the end of the campaign.

Fuentes retired in June 2010 aged 32, having contributed 14 matches as Ponfe returned to the second tier. He appeared in 319 competitive games during his tenure with the club.^[3]

Honours

Ponferradina

Segunda División B: 2009–10

References

^ Penadés, José Manuel (26 June 2006). "La Ponferradina hace historia en el Rico Pérez" [Ponferradina make history at the Rico Pérez]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 March 2014.
^ Líbero, Pedro (28 August 2006). "Héctor acaba con la resistencia de los bercianos y Azkorra pone la guinda" [Héctor ends bercian resistance and Azkorra tops it]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 March 2014.
^ "La Deportiva rinde homenaje a los históricos" [Deportiva honour legends] (in Spanish). SD Ponferradina. 28 April 2016. Archived from the original on 28 February 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

External links

Juan Manuel Fuentes at BDFutbol

[1] Penadés, José Manuel (26 June 2006). "La Ponferradina hace historia en el Rico Pérez" [Ponferradina make history at the Rico Pérez]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 March 2014.

[2] Líbero, Pedro (28 August 2006). "Héctor acaba con la resistencia de los bercianos y Azkorra pone la guinda" [Héctor ends bercian resistance and Azkorra tops it]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 March 2014.

[3] "La Deportiva rinde homenaje a los históricos" [Deportiva honour legends] (in Spanish). SD Ponferradina. 28 April 2016. Archived from the original on 28 February 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

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