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Jon Andoni Pérez Alonso (born 5 March 1974), known as Bolo, is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a centre-forward.

In a 16-year professional career, in which he represented six clubs, he appeared in 479 games across the two major levels of Spanish football, scoring 95 goals. He amassed totals of 168 matches and 29 goals in La Liga, with Athletic Bilbao and Rayo Vallecano (four seasons apiece).

Playing career

Club

Born in Bilbao, Biscay, Bolo was a product of Lezama, Athletic Bilbao's youth structure. He first appeared with the first team on 20 February 1994 in a 1–0 away defeat against Real Zaragoza, in what would be his sole La Liga appearance of the season.

After a four-year stint with the Basques (with loans to CA Osasuna and Hércules CF in the Segunda División included), Bolo went on to play for Rayo Vallecano where he had his most steady period, appearing in the UEFA Cup in the 2000–01 campaign and being joint-top scorer (alongside Dimitar Berbatov) with seven goals to help his team reach the semi-finals; at times, he formed part of a forward line alongside two Bosnian internationals with very similar names: 'Baljić, Bolić and Bolo'. He suffered consecutive relegations in his last two years, at Gimnàstic de Tarragona and CD Numancia.

In August 2008, Bolo was released by Numancia as the Soria team returned to the top flight, and returned to the Basque region, signing with Segunda División B side Barakaldo CF. After only one season, he retired from football at the age of 35, becoming his last club's general manager.

International

Bolo was never capped by Spain at any level, but represented the Basque Country's non-FIFA team. On 27 December 2003, he scored both goals in a 2–1 win over Uruguay at his hometown's San Mamés Stadium.

Coaching career

Bolo was appointed manager of Arenas Club de Getxo on 18 March 2014, achieving promotion to division three in his first full season. On 31 May 2018, he was named at the helm of SD Ponferradina also in the third tier, winning another promotion in his debut campaign.

On 27 May 2022, after nearly four years in charge of Ponfe, Bolo announced that he would leave the club at the end of the season. On 15 June, he took over fellow second division side Real Oviedo, being dismissed on 16 October.

On 31 May 2023, Bolo replaced the departing Julián Calero at the helm of Burgos CF also in division two. On 28 October of the following year, he was sacked after a poor start to the campaign.

Personal life

Bolo's son, Adrián (born in Madrid in 2001 while his father was with Rayo), is also a footballer. A central defender, he also came through at Athletic Bilbao.

Bolo's father Juan Antonio was also involved in the sport, as a forward. He notably played for Tercera División club CD Santurtzi, and died on 19 December 2022 at age 79.

Managerial statistics

As of match played 27 October 2024

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record								Ref
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Arenas Getxo		18 March 2014	31 May 2018	173	68	61	44	241	183	+58	039.31
Ponferradina		31 May 2018	28 May 2022	176	71	52	53	218	191	+27	040.34
Oviedo		15 June 2022	16 October 2022	11	2	4	5	5	9	−4	018.18
Burgos		31 May 2023	28 October 2024	57	22	14	21	69	73	−4	038.60
Total				414	163	130	121	532	453	+79	039.37	—

Honours

Numancia

• Segunda División: 2007–08

Individual

• UEFA Cup top scorer: 2000–01 (joint)

References

1. ^ "Juan Antonio Pérez Alonso "BOLO"". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 June 2021.
2. Andrés, Mariano (21 February 1994). "Un inofensivo Athletic tropieza en La Romareda" [Harmless Athletic stumble at La Romareda]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 January 2018.
3. González Villarreal, Javier (23 May 2019). "¿Qué fue de Bolo? De jugar la UEFA con el Rayo a intentar subir a Segunda con la Ponferradina" [What happened to Bolo? From playing UEFA with Rayo to trying to promote to Segunda with Ponferradina]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 June 2021.
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5. ^ "Eight-goal Soriano is Europa League top scorer". UEFA. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
6. Torres, Diego (24 November 2001). "Baljic, Bolic y Bolo desafían a un Zidane en estado de gracia" [Baljic, Bolic and Bolo challenge Zidane in a state of grace]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 May 2021.
7. Muntané, Eduard (28 November 2004). "Bolo sentencia en tiempo de descuento" [Bolo decides it in injury time]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 December 2015.
8. "Breve enciclopedia numantina" [Brief numantina encyclopedia]. Desde Soria (in Spanish). 29 May 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
9. Ortiz de Lazcano, Javier (21 March 2011). "El Barakaldo cesa al entrenador y al secretario técnico" [Barakaldo sack manager and technical secretary]. El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 January 2018.
10. "Dos goles de Bolo terminan con la resistencia uruguaya" [Two goals from Bolo finish off the Uruguayan resistance]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 27 December 2003. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
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16. R. Otero, Francisco (27 May 2022). "Jon Pérez Bolo anuncia que deja el banquillo de la Ponferradina" [Jon Pérez Bolo announces that he will leave the bench of Ponferradina]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2022.
17. "Jon Pérez Bolo, nuevo entrenador del Real Oviedo" [Jon Pérez Bolo, new manager of Real Oviedo] (in Spanish). Real Oviedo. 15 June 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
18. "Comunicado oficial" [Official announcement] (in Spanish). Real Oviedo. 16 October 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
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    "Matches Bolo, 2015–16 season". BDFutbol.
    "Matches Bolo, 2016–17 season". BDFutbol.
    "Matches Bolo, 2017–18 season". BDFutbol.
27. "Matches Bolo, 2018–19 season". BDFutbol.
    "Matches Bolo, 2019–20 season". BDFutbol.
    "Matches Bolo, 2020–21 season". BDFutbol.
    "Matches Bolo, 2021–22 season". BDFutbol.
28. "Matches Bolo, 2022–23 season". BDFutbol.
29. "Matches Bolo, 2023–24 season". BDFutbol.
    "Matches Bolo, 2024–25 season". BDFutbol.
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External links

• Bolo at BDFutbol
• Bolo manager profile at BDFutbol
• Bolo at Athletic Bilbao

• 1974 births
• Living people
• Spanish men's footballers
• Footballers from Bilbao
• Men's association football forwards
• La Liga players
• Segunda División players
• Segunda División B players
• Danok Bat CF players
• Athletic Bilbao B footballers
• Athletic Bilbao footballers
• CA Osasuna players
• Hércules CF players
• Rayo Vallecano players
• Gimnàstic de Tarragona footballers
• CD Numancia players
• Barakaldo CF footballers
• Basque Country men's international footballers
• Spanish football managers
• Segunda División managers
• Segunda División B managers
• Tercera División managers
• Arenas Club de Getxo managers
• SD Ponferradina managers
• Real Oviedo managers
• Burgos CF managers