Personal information | |||
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Full name | Juan Ramón Barrera Pérez | ||
Date of birth | May 2, 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Ocotal, Nicaragua | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Playing position | Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Comunicaciones | ||
Number | 20 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2006 | Real Estelí | ||
2006–2007 | Villa Austria | ||
2008–2011 | Walter Ferretti | ||
2011 | Tauro | 8 | (1) |
2012 | Real Estelí | ||
2013 | → Deportivo Petare (loan) | 10 | (1) |
2013–2015 | Real Estelí | 72 | (25) |
2015-2016 | SC Rheindorf Altach | 2 | (0) |
2015-2016 | SC Rheindorf Altach II | 4 | (0) |
2016– | C.S.D. Comunicaciones | 17 | (3) |
National team‡ | |||
2009– | Nicaragua | 39 | (10) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:01, 23 January 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 March 2017 |
Juan Ramón Barrera Pérez (born May 2, 1989) is a Nicaraguan footballer who currently plays for C.S.D. Comunicaciones in the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala, Belongs to the agency of representation Aspisal Sports.
Nicknamed el Iluminado, he started his professional career at Real Estelí, then had a couple of seasons at Walter Ferretti. In summer 2011 he moved abroad to play for Panamanian outfit Tauro for whom he would play 8 league matches. In February 2012, he rejoined Estelí from Tauro.
In 2013, he became the second Nicaraguan footballer to play in a CONMEBOL First Division, when he was sent out on loan to Deportivo Petare of the Venezuelan Primera División for a six-month stint. He rejoined Estelí in summer 2013.
In early March it was announced that Barrera had signed with Austrian first division team SC Rheindorf Altach becoming the first Nicaraguan to play in Europe [1].
This December, he changed clubs once again having been signed on a free transfer to C.S.D Communicaciones.
Barrera made his debut for Nicaragua in a January 2009 UNCAF Nations Cup match against El Salvador and has, as of March 2017, earned a total of 39 caps, scoring 10 goals. He has represented his country in 4 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the 2009 and 2011 UNCAF Nations Cups as well as at the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup.