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Juan Manuel Fuentes (footballer)

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Spanish footballer For other footballers, see Juan Fuentes (disambiguation).

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fuentes and the second or maternal family name is Fernández.
Juan Manuel Fuentes
Personal information
Full name Juan Manuel Fuentes Fernández
Date of birth (1977-11-13) 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 Apps (Gls)
1996–1997 Compostela B
1997–1999 Ponferradina B
1999–2010 Ponferradina 292 (4)
*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.

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. 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.

Honours

Ponferradina

References

  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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