Juan (footballer)

Juan

Juan in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Juan Silveira dos Santos
Date of birth	1 February 1979
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current team	Flamengo
Number	4
Youth career
1989–1996	Flamengo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–2002	Flamengo	75	(5)
2002–2007	Bayer Leverkusen	139	(10)
2007–2012	Roma	117	(9)
2012–2015	Internacional	69	(5)
2016–	Flamengo	8	(0)
National team
1995–1996	Brazil U-17	6	(2)
1997–1999	Brazil U-20	5	(0)
2001–2010	Brazil	79	(7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 November 2016.

Juan Silveira dos Santos (Portuguese pronunciation: [huˈɐ̃ siɫˈvejɾɐ dus ˈsɐ̃tus]; born 1 February 1979 in Rio de Janeiro), commonly known as Juan, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a central defender for Brazilian Série A side Flamengo.

Having begun his career with Flamengo, he spent a decade playing in Europe in service of Bayer Leverkusen and Roma before returning to Brazil with Internacional in 2012.

Juan earned 79 caps and scored seven international goals for Brazil. He represented the nation at two FIFA World Cups, three FIFA Confederations Cups and three Copa América tournaments, winning two apiece of the latter two events.

Club career

Early career

Juan played for six years for Flamengo in Brazil. In 2002, he moved to Bayer Leverkusen. He played five years in Germany scoring ten goals for Bayer. In 2007, he moved to Roma for €6.3 million.^[1]

Roma

Juan played for Roma between 2007 and 2012. In all competitions for Roma he scored 11 goals in more than 140 appearances. With Roma he won one Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana. He was a first-choice centre-back for Roma, and wore the number four jersey. Juan scored his first goal for Roma against Reggina on 16 September 2007.

In the 2011–12 season, he usually played alongside Gabriel Heinze. He scored his seventh goal for Roma in a 5–1 win over Cesena on 21 January 2012. He scored again in Roma's 4–2 loss Cagliari in Sardinia, followed by his third goal of the season, and the opening goal, in Roma's 4–0 demolition of Internazionale at the Stadio Olimpico. He scored nine goals for Roma during his time there.

Internacional

On 16 July 2012, Roma and Juan agreed to cancel his contract by mutual consent, which was set to end on 30 June 2013.^[2] On the same day, Juan signed a two-year contract with the club of Porto Alegre Internacional, with a one-year option.

Return to Flamengo

On 11 November 2015, Juan and Internacional agreed to cancel his contract by mutual consent, almost a month later on 8 December 2015, Juan confirmed his return to Flamengo.

International career

Juan played on Brazil's Copa América-winning teams in 2004 and 2007, also winning the FIFA Confederations Cup in 2005 and 2009. He scored the winning goal in the penalty shootout at the end of the 2004 Copa América Final against Argentina in Lima.^[3] In the quarter-finals of the same competition in 2007, he opened the scoring in a 6–1 thrashing of Chile in Puerto La Cruz.^[4]

On 28 June 2010, Juan scored the first goal against Chile with a headed finish from a corner as Brazil won 3–0 to advance to the quarter-finals of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.^[5]

Career statistics

Club	Season	League		Cup		Continental		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Flamengo	1996	11	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
	1997	14	2	4	1	2	0	20	3
	1998	10	0	1	0	5	0	16	0
	1999	7	0	0	0	7	1	14	2
	2000	15	2	7	0	4	2	26	3
	2001	18	1	6	1	9	5	33	7
	2002	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0
	Total	75	5	18	2	20	8	113	15
Bayer Leverkusen	2002–03	24	2	2	0	3	2	29	4
	2003–04	30	2	1	0	0	0	31	2
	2004–05	27	1	3	0	9	2	39	3
	2005–06	30	3	1	0	1	0	32	3
	2006–07	28	2	1	1	10	1	39	3
	Total	139	10	8	1	23	5	170	16
Roma	2007–08	22	2	1	0	8	1	31	3
	2008–09	21	2	1	0	4	1	26	2
	2009–10	29	0	2	0	5	0	36	0
	2010–11	31	2	3	0	3	0	37	2
	2011–12	11	3	0	0	0	0	11	3
	Total	114	9	8	0	20	2	144	11
Internacional	2012	6	1	-	-	-	-	6	1
	2013	32	4	7	0	-	-	39	4
	2014	21	0	2	0	-	-	23	0
	2015	10	0	-	-	8	1	18	1
	Total	69	5	9	0	8	1	86	6
Flamengo	2016	8	0	8	0	3	0	19	0
	Total	8	0	8	0	3	0	19	0
Career totals		398	28	47	3	70	16	487	43

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
01.	11 July 2004	Estadio Monumental Virgen de Chapi, Arequipa, Peru	Costa Rica	2 – 0	4 – 1	2004 Copa América
02.	4 September 2005	Estádio Mané Garrincha, Brasília, Brazil	Chile	1 – 0	5 – 0	World Cup Qualifying
03.	24 March 2007	Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden	Chile	4 – 0	4 – 0	International Friendly
04.	7 July 2007	Estadio Olímpico Luis Ramos, Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela	Chile	1 – 0	6 – 1	2007 Copa América
05.	6 June 2009	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay	Uruguay	2 – 0	4 – 0	World Cup Qualifying
06.	15 June 2009	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa	Egypt	3 – 1	4 – 3	2009 Confederations Cup
07.	28 June 2010	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa	Chile	1 – 0	3 – 0	2010 World Cup

Honours

Flamengo

• Copa Mercosur (1): 1999
• Campeonato Carioca (3): 1999, 2000, 2001
• Copa dos Campeões (1): 2001

Roma

• Coppa Italia (1): 2008
• Supercoppa Italiana (1): 2007

Internacional

• Campeonato Gaúcho (3): 2013, 2014, 2015

International

• Copa América (2): 2004, 2007
• FIFA Confederations Cup (2): 2005, 2009
• Lunar New Year Cup (1): 2005

References

1. "Aquisizione a titolo definitivo del diritto alle prestazioni sportive del calciatore Juan Silveira dos Santos" (PDF). asroma.it (in Italian). AS Roma. 21 June 2007. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
2. "JUAN DOS SANTOS SILVEIRA" (PDF) (in Italian). A.S. Roma. 16 July 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
3. O'Connor, Michael (26 July 2004). "Brazil snatch cup in late twist". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
4. "El baile fue ahora en la cancha: Brasil goleó 6-1 a Chile" [The dance was on the pitch: Brazil thrash Chile 6–1]. Emol (in Spanish). 7 July 2007. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
5. Fletcher, Paul (29 June 2010). "Brazil 3–0 Chile". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 30 June 2010.

External links

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