Personal information | |||
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Full name | Juan Carlos Espinoza Zerón | ||
Date of birth | 24 August 1958 | ||
Place of birth | Tela, Honduras | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1980–1981 | Real España | ||
1984–1996 | Olimpia | ||
1989 | Alajuelense | 4 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
1985–1994 | Honduras | (2) | |
Teams managed | |||
2002A | Olimpia | ||
2008A | Olimpia | ||
2011C | Olimpia | ||
2012A | Real España (assistant) | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 January 2013 |
Juan Carlos Espinoza Zerón (born 24 August 1958) is a retired Honduran football player, who most recently was assistant manager of Real España in the Liga Nacional de Honduras.
He started his career at Real España but spent the majority of his career with Olimpia. He also had a short stint at Costa Rican side Alajuelense. He played with Alex Pineda Chacón, Belarmino Rivera, Eugenio Dolmo Flores, Danilo Galindo and his brother Nahúm Espinoza in the Olimpia and they won the CONCACAF Champions League in 1988.
Espinoza made his debut for Honduras in the 1980s and has earned at least 14 caps, scoring 2 goals. He has represented his country in 3 FIFA World Cup qualification match and played at the 1991 UNCAF Nations Cup as well as at the 1991 and 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cups. In the 1991 Gold Cup Final, he missed the decisive penalty.
His final international was a December 1994 friendly match against the United States, a game in which his brother Nahún made his international debut.