Juan Cervián

Juan Cervián
Personal information
Full name	Juan de Dios Cervián Escobar
Date of birth	13 November 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth	Seville, Spain
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Left back
Youth career
	Gorra
1986–1995	Sevilla
Senior career*
Years	Team
1995–1999	Sevilla B
1999–2001	Granada
2001–2006	Almería
2006–2007	Sant Andreu
2007–2008	Sabadell
Managerial career
2014–2017	Sevilla B (assistant)
2017–2018	Osasuna (assistant)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Juan de Dios Cervián Escobar (born 13 November 1975) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a left back, and is a current coach.

Club career

Born in Seville, Andalusia, Cervián finished his formation with Sevilla FC. He made his senior debuts with the reserves in 1995 in the Segunda División B.

In the 1999 summer Cervián moved to Granada CF also in the third level. In 2001, he joined fellow league team UD Almería, achieving promotion in his first season.^[1]^[2]

Cervián played his first match as a professional on 31 August 2002, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–2 home loss against UD Salamanca in the Segunda División.^[3] He scored his first goal in the division on 19 January of the following year, but in a 2–5 loss at CD Leganés;^[4] during his spell he was also team captain.^[5]

Cervián left the Rojiblancos in 2006, and resumed his career in the third division, representing UE Sant Andreu and CE Sabadell FC.^[6] He retired with the latter in 2008, aged 32.

References

^ Leyendas rojiblancas: Cervián (Legends rojiblancas: Cervián); Vavel, 4 April 2013 (in Spanish)
^ ¿Qué fue de Cervián? (What happened to Cervián?); Sport Almería, 26 November 2014 (in Spanish)
^ El Salamanca gana en Almería (Salamanca wins in Almería); El Mundo Deportivo, 1 September 2002 (in Spanish)
^ El Leganés se desmelena (Leganés roughs up); El Mundo Deportivo, 20 January 2003 (in Spanish)
^ El mejor portero era el lateral izquierdo (The best goalkeeper was a left back); El País, 18 May 2005 (in Spanish)
^ Juan de Diós Cervián espera tancar el seu fitxatge pel Centre d'Esports Sabadell en els pròxims dies (Juan de Diós Cervián hopes to complete his signing with Centre d'Esports Sabadell in the following days) Archived 2015-02-17 at the Wayback Machine; Radio Sabadell, 27 August 2007 (in Catalan)

External links

Juan Cervián at BDFutbol

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[1] Leyendas rojiblancas: Cervián (Legends rojiblancas: Cervián); Vavel, 4 April 2013 (in Spanish)

[2] ¿Qué fue de Cervián? (What happened to Cervián?); Sport Almería, 26 November 2014 (in Spanish)

[3] El Salamanca gana en Almería (Salamanca wins in Almería); El Mundo Deportivo, 1 September 2002 (in Spanish)

[4] El Leganés se desmelena (Leganés roughs up); El Mundo Deportivo, 20 January 2003 (in Spanish)

[5] El mejor portero era el lateral izquierdo (The best goalkeeper was a left back); El País, 18 May 2005 (in Spanish)

[6] Juan de Diós Cervián espera tancar el seu fitxatge pel Centre d'Esports Sabadell en els pròxims dies (Juan de Diós Cervián hopes to complete his signing with Centre d'Esports Sabadell in the following days) Archived 2015-02-17 at the Wayback Machine; Radio Sabadell, 27 August 2007 (in Catalan)

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