Juan Páez
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Juan Antonio Páez Cepeda | ||
| Date of birth | 13 February 1950 | ||
| Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Juventud Universitaria | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1969–1970 | Universidad Católica | ||
| 1971–1972 | Ferroviarios | ||
| 1973–1975 | Palestino | 71 | (4) |
| 1975–1979 | Lota Schwager | 110 | (7) |
| 1980–1981 | Cobreloa | 47 | (8) |
| 1982 | Regional Atacama | 28 | (0) |
| 1983 | Santiago Wanderers | 7 | (0) |
| 1984 | Green Cross-Temuco | 11 | (0) |
| 1985 | Deportes Concepción | ||
| 1986 | Curicó Unido | ||
| 1987 | Soinca Bata | ||
| 1987 | Coquimbo Unido | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1991 | Soinca Bata (youth) | ||
| 1992 | Municipal Talagante | ||
| 1993 | Deportes Melipilla | ||
| 1994 | Provincial Osorno | ||
| 1995 | Deportes Iquique | ||
| 1997 | Deportes Linares | ||
| 1998 | San Antonio Unido | ||
| 1998–1999 | Magallanes | ||
| 2000–2001 | San Antonio Unido | ||
| 2003–2004 | Persib Bandung | ||
| 2007 | San Antonio Unido | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Juan Antonio Páez Cepeda (born 13 February 1950) is a Chilean football manager and former footballer who played as a centre-back.
Playing career
[edit]Born in Santiago, as a child Páez was with Juventud Universitaria and next he moved to Universidad Católica. After playing for Ferroviarios in Segunda División, he played in the Primera División for Palestino, Lota Schwager, Cobreloa, Regional Atacama, Santiago Wanderers, Green Cross-Temuco and Deportes Concepción.[1]
With Palestino, he won the 1975 Copa Chile, making 6 appearances in the tournament.[2] At league level, he made 71 appearances and scored 4 goals from 1973 to 1975.[3][4][5]
Lota Schwager, with Páez in the squad, got the best season in its history after reached the sixth place in the 1977 Primera División.[6] At league level, he made 110 appearances and scored 7 goals from 1975 to 1979.[7]
He played for Cobreloa in 1980 and 1981, making 47 appearances and scoring 8 goals and winning the league title in 1980.[8] In addition, he took part in the 1981 Copa Libertadores, where Cobreloa was the runner-up after being defeated by Flamengo.[9]
In his last years as footballer, he played in the Segunda División for Curicó Unido, Soinca Bata[10] and Coquimbo Unido.[11]
Coaching career
[edit]Páez mainly developed his career in Chile at both the second and the third divisions. San Antonio Unido was the club what he coached more times: 1998, 2000–01 and 2007.[12] In the Primera División, he led Deportes Melipilla in 1993.[13]
Abroad, Páez had a stint with the Indonesian club Persib Bandung (2003–04), saving it from the relegation to the lower division. In the club, he coached his compatriots Alejandro Tobar, Claudio Lizama, Julio Lopez and Angelo Espinosa.[14]
Personal life
[edit]He is the younger brother of the Chilean former international footballer Guillermo Páez.[15]
Honours
[edit]Player
[edit]Palestino
Cobreloa
References
[edit]- ^ "Juan PÁEZ". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ "!CAMPEONES!" (PDF). Palestino (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Palestino Histórico: 4. March 1976. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ "Palestino 1973 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ "Palestino 1974 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ "Palestino 1975 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ AGUANTELOTA: ENTREVISTA A JUAN PAEZ on YouTube
- ^ "ENTREVISTA A JUAN PAEZ (1976-1979)". AGUANTELOTA (in Spanish). 11 January 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ "CAMPEONATO NACIONAL 1980". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ "Recordamos dos grandes actuaciones internacionales de equipos chilenos (videos)". El Mostrador (in Spanish). 23 November 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ SOINCA BATA / 1987 Deportes Melipilla historia albiazul on Facebook (in Spanish)
- ^ "Mario Rodríguez: Loco por los tubos" (in Spanish). Diario El Día. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ LOS HERMANOS QUE TUVIERON SU PASO POR EL SAU Hinchas del SAU on Facebook
- ^ JUAN PÁEZ CEPEDA Deportes Melipilla historia albiazul on Facebook (in Spanish)
- ^ Snaz, Erwin (18 May 2020). "Kisah Juan Paez, Pelatih yang Menyelamatkan Persib dari Degradasi Lalu Merasa Tersakiti". bola.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ Bruna, Eduardo (19 September 2016). "El "Bonva" jugador: ni tronco ni superdotado". www.elagora.net (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 October 2022.
External links
[edit]- 1950 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Santiago, Chile
- Chilean men's footballers
- Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers
- Club Deportivo Ferroviarios footballers
- Club Deportivo Palestino footballers
- Lota Schwager footballers
- C.D. Cobreloa footballers
- C.D. Regional Atacama footballers
- Santiago Wanderers footballers
- Deportes Temuco footballers
- Deportes Concepción (Chile) footballers
- Curicó Unido footballers
- Deportes Melipilla footballers
- Coquimbo Unido footballers
- Chilean Primera División players
- Primera B de Chile players
- Men's association football defenders
- Chilean football managers
- Chilean expatriate football managers
- Deportes Melipilla managers
- Provincial Osorno managers
- San Antonio Unido managers
- Deportes Iquique managers
- Deportes Linares managers
- Magallanes managers
- Persib Bandung managers
- Chilean Primera División managers
- Primera B de Chile managers
- Expatriate football managers in Indonesia
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia