![]() Cazares playing for Ecuador in 2015
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Juan Ramón Cazares Sevillano | ||
Date of birth | 3 April 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Quinindé, Ecuador | ||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Atlético Mineiro | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
2006–2008 | Barcelona SC | ||
2009 | Norte América | ||
2009–2011 | Independiente DV | ||
2010–2011 | → River Plate (loan) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009 | Independiente DV | 9 | (1) |
2011–2015 | River Plate | 2 | (0) |
2013 | → Barcelona SC (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2013–2015 | → Banfield (loan) | 76 | (10) |
2016– | Atlético Mineiro | 24 | (8) |
National team‡ | |||
2011 | Ecuador U20 | 11 | (1) |
2014– | Ecuador | 19 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 December 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 June 2017 |
Juan Ramón Cazares Sevillano (born 3 April 1992) is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Brazilian club Atlético Mineiro.
Born in Quinindé, Esmeraldas, Cazares moved to Guayaquil at early age and joined Barcelona's youth setup in 2006, aged 14. After being rarely used, he moved to Norte América in 2009, and subsequently joined Independiente José Terán later in the same year.
At Independiente, Cazares made his senior debut in 2009 Ecuadorian Serie B, appearing in nine matches and scoring one goal on 6 September, in a 4–0 home routing of Municipal Cañar.
In January 2010, Cazares was loaned to River Plate. Initially assigned to the reserves, he impressed enough to secure a permanent contract in August of the following year. River paid Independiente US$ 500,000 for 50% of his rights, with a further one million in a future sale.
Cazares made his first team debut for River on 7 December 2011, coming on as a late substitute for goalscorer Chori Domínguez in a 1–0 Copa Argentina home win against Defensores de Belgrano; he became the first Ecuadorian to play for the club. In 2012, after establishing himself as a starter for the B-side, he won the 2012 U-20 Copa Libertadores and was also elected the tournament's best player.