Juan Maldonado Jaimez
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Juan Maldonado Jaimez Junior | ||
| Date of birth | February 6, 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Coritiba | ||
| Number | 55 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–2000 | São Paulo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2001 | São Paulo | 0 | (0) |
| 2001–2004 | Arsenal | 0 | (0) |
| 2003 | → Millwall (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Fluminense | 42 | (1) |
| 2006–2010 | Flamengo | 148 | (14) |
| 2011–2013 | São Paulo | 31 | (4) |
| 2012 | → Santos (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | Vitória | 44 | (3) |
| 2015– | Coritiba | 29 | (5) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2008 | Brazil | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of August 14, 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of August 4, 2012 |
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Juan Maldonado Jaimez Junior (born February 6, 1982 in São Paulo), better known as Juan, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Coritiba, mainly as a left wingback. He also holds an EU passport as a Spanish citizen.
He started his career with São Paulo before being signed by English side Arsenal in 2001. He only made two first-team appearances for Arsenal, his debut coming against Grimsby Town in the League Cup on November 27, 2001. His other appearance came when he started in the 5th Round of the FA Cup against Gillingham on February 16, 2002. Juan was due to play in Arsenal's Third Round League Cup tie against Sunderland but picked up a knee injury ahead of the game. He also scored in a pre-season friendly for Arsenal against Stevenage in 2002. On November 8, 2002 additional diagnosis confirmed an ACL knee injury. This injury essentially ended Juan's Arsenal career.
He had a brief period on loan for two months at Millwall in 2003. There he played three league matches and one League Cup match.
Juan moved to Flamengo in the beginning of 2006. Late in that year he scored one goal in the final of Brazilian Cup against Vasco da Gama and was named "man of the match".
After being voted one of the best players in the Brazilian Série A 2007, Juan received the second place prize Bola de Prata (Silver Ball) award for best left back awarded by Revista Placar, a prestigious Brazilian football magazine. Juan played well once again in the 2008 season, this time winning the Bola de Prata (Silver Ball) award as the best player in his position.
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