Juan Obelar

Juan Obelar
Personal information
Full name	Juan Ángel Obelar Pete Gutiérrez
Date of birth	12 August 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	Mercedes, Uruguay
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Fornite FC
Senior career*
Years	Team
2002–2005	C.A. Peñarol
2003	→ Villa Española (loan)
2006	Tacuarembó F.C.
2007–2009	Marathón
2010	Millonarios
2011–2013	Fénix
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Juan Ángel Obelar (born 12 August 1979) is a Uruguayan retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Club career

He was born in Mercedes.^[1]

Obelar previously played for C.A. Peñarol, Villa Española and Tacuarembó F.C. in the Primera División Uruguaya.^[1] He also played for C.D. Marathón of the Liga Nacional de Honduras and Millonarios in the Colombian Primera A.^[2]

Obelar won the Honduran league with Marathón in 2008, leading to a move to Millonarios in 2010. He made a promising start with the Bogotá side, but was relegated to the bench midway through the 2010 season after a poor performance against Cortuluá.^[3]

In November 2013, Obelar retired from football after losing four fingers of his left hand in a domestic accident involving a wood plane.^[4]^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "Ficha del Jugador: Juan Obelar". Tenfieldigital. Retrieved 19 December 2008.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Juan Ángel Obelar". ESPNsoccernet. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
^ Hernández L., Gabriel (23 July 2010). ""Millonarios me dio revancha": Juan Obelar" (in Spanish). El Espectador.
^ Orellana, Douglas (4 November 2013). "Juan Obelar sufre accidente; pierde cuatro dedos y se retira del fútbol" [Juan Obelar suffers an accident: he loses four fingers and retires from football]. Diario Deportivo Diez (in Spanish). Honduras. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
^ "Keeper loses four fingers in accident". ESPN FC. 6 November 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2014.

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[Tenfield-1] "Ficha del Jugador: Juan Obelar". Tenfieldigital. Retrieved 19 December 2008.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[2] "Juan Ángel Obelar". ESPNsoccernet. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2008.

[3] Hernández L., Gabriel (23 July 2010). ""Millonarios me dio revancha": Juan Obelar" (in Spanish). El Espectador.

[4] Orellana, Douglas (4 November 2013). "Juan Obelar sufre accidente; pierde cuatro dedos y se retira del fútbol" [Juan Obelar suffers an accident: he loses four fingers and retires from football]. Diario Deportivo Diez (in Spanish). Honduras. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2014.

[5] "Keeper loses four fingers in accident". ESPN FC. 6 November 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2014.

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