Juan Carlos Valerón
Valerón in 2010
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Juan Carlos Valerón Santana | ||
| Date of birth | 17 June 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Arguineguín, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1987–1990 | Arguineguín | ||
| 1990–1994 | Las Palmas | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1995 | Las Palmas B | 25 | (7) |
| 1995–1997 | Las Palmas | 54 | (5) |
| 1997–1998 | Mallorca | 36 | (3) |
| 1998–2000 | Atlético Madrid | 65 | (7) |
| 2000–2013 | Deportivo La Coruña | 328 | (24) |
| 2013–2016 | Las Palmas | 82 | (3) |
| Total | 590 | (49) | |
| National team | |||
| 1997–1998 | Spain U21 | 4 | (0) |
| 1997 | Spain U23 | 4 | (0) |
| 1998–2005 | Spain | 46 | (5) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Juan Carlos Valerón Santana (born 17 June 1975) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
He was known for his technical abilities, especially passing skills and ball control, but was also injury-prone. Over the course of 15 seasons, he amassed La Liga totals of 390 games and 29 goals in representation of Mallorca, Atlético Madrid and Deportivo, spending 13 years with the latter club; he started and finished his 22-year senior career with Las Palmas.
Valerón represented Spain in the 2002 World Cup and two European Championships, gaining 46 caps.
Born in Arguineguín, Gran Canaria, Valerón started playing with hometown's UD Las Palmas, but switched to the Balearic Islands in the 1997–98 season, representing RCD Mallorca and making his La Liga debut on 31 August 1997 by playing ten minutes in a 2–1 home win over Valencia CF.
He was an instrumental figure in the club's qualification for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, with the team also finishing fifth in the league and reaching the final of the Copa del Rey, lost to eventual champions FC Barcelona in a penalty shoot-out.
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