Juanma (footballer, born 1990)

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Delgado and the second or maternal family name is Lloria.
Juanma
Personal information
Full name Juan Manuel Delgado Lloria
Date of birth (1990-11-17) 17 November 1990
Place of birth Valencia, Spain
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
UCAM Murcia
(on loan from Hearts)
Number 18
Youth career
2006–2009 Levante
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Jove Español 41 (8)
2011–2012 Dénia 26 (2)
2012–2013 Alavés 27 (7)
2013–2014 Asteras Tripoli 30 (5)
2014–2015 Kalloni 26 (7)
2015– Hearts 33 (12)
2016–UCAM Murcia (loan) 2 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 September 2016.


Juan Manuel Delgado Lloria (born 17 November 1990), commonly known as Juanma, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for UCAM Murcia CF on loan from Scottish club Heart of Midlothian as a forward.

Football career

Born in Valencia, Juanma only played lower league football in his country, starting out at FC Jove Español San Vicente in Tercera División.[1] He then moved to Segunda División B, where he represented CD Dénia[2] and Deportivo Alavés;[3] he scored and was sent off – after having already been replaced – in his competitive for the latter on 17 October 2012, a 2–1 away win against Huracán Valencia CF for the season's Copa del Rey.[4][5]

In the 2013 summer, Juanma joined Greek club Asteras Tripoli FC.[6] He played his first game as a professional on 15 September of that year, featuring six minutes in a 1–1 Superleague draw at OFI Crete.[7] His first goal came on 12 January 2014, when he contributed to a 3–0 home win over Platanias FC.[8]

After featuring in 36 games all competitions comprised and leaving by mutual consent,[9] Juanma spent the 2014–15 campaign with fellow league side Kalloni FC.[10] He scored his first goal for his new team on 9 November 2014, in a 2–0 away win over Panionios FC.[11] He netted twice on 9 February of the following year, helping to a 2–2 home draw against Skoda Xanthi F.C.[12] and an eventual 11th-place finish; subsequently, he signed a new contract.[13]

Juanma signed for Heart of Midlothian on a three-year deal in June 2015,[14] with Kalloni being entitled to 20% of any future transfer.[15] On 2 August, in his Scottish Premiership debut, he capitalised on a Brad McKay mistake to score the opener at home against St Johnstone, in an eventual 4–3 win.[16] Six days later, in a 2–1 success at Dundee, he netted twice in five minutes, starting with a penalty;[17] on 19 December, against the same opponent, he received a straight red card in a goalless draw for headbutting David Wotherspoon, and manager Robbie Neilson attributed it to frustration at Scottish referees being more lenient on fouls against strikers than their Spanish counterparts.[18]

On 31 August 2016, Juanma was loaned to UCAM Murcia CF for one year.[19]

References

  1. "Un gol de Juanma permite el primer triunfo del Jove Español" [Juanma goal allows for first Jove Español win] (in Spanish). Diario Información. 4 October 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  2. "Un Dénia sin delanteros busca romper la racha de la UE Llagostera" [Forward-free Dénia seeks to halt UE Llagostera's run] (in Spanish). Las Provincias. 3 March 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  3. "El Alavés cierra su plantilla con el fichaje de Juanma" [Alavés completes squad with signing of Juanma] (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  4. "El Huracán, fuera de la Copa" [Huracán, ousted from Cup] (in Spanish). Super Deporte. 17 October 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  5. "Huracán 1–2 Alavés" (in Spanish). RFEF. 17 October 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  6. "Παίρνει Χουάνμα ο Αστέρας" [Asteras takes Juanma] (in Greek). Gazzetta. 9 July 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  7. "ΟΦΗ – Αστέρας Τρίπολης 1–1" [ΟFI – Αsteras Τripoli 1–1] (in Greek). Sport 24. 15 September 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  8. "Αστ. Τρίπολης-Πλατανιάς 3–0" [Αst. Tripoli-Platanias 3–0] (in Greek). Sport 24. 12 January 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  9. "Λύθηκε το συμβόλαιο του Χουάνμα" [Juanma terminated his contract] (in Greek). Sport 24. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  10. "Τετραπλό χτύπημα η Καλλονή" (in Greek). Sport 24. 24 June 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  11. "Πανιώνιος – Καλλονή 0–2" [Panionios – Κalloni 0–2] (in Greek). Sport 24. 9 November 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  12. "Καλλονή – Ξάνθη 2–2" [Κalloni – Xanthi 2–2] (in Greek). Gazzetta. 9 February 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  13. "Έμεινε και ο Χουάνμα στην Καλλονή" [Juanma stays at Kalloni] (in Greek). Sport 24. 29 May 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  14. "Hearts sign striker Juanma Delgado from Kalloni". BBC Sport. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  15. "Ποσοστό μεταπώλησης σε Χουάνμα!" [Transfer percentage on Juanma!] (in Greek). Sport 24. 29 May 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  16. Lindsay, Clive (2 August 2015). "Hearts 4–3 St Johnstone". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  17. "Dundee 1–2 Hearts". BBC Sport. 8 August 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  18. McLauchlin, Brian (19 December 2015). "St Johnstone 0–0 Hearts: Juanma must adapt – Hearts boss". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  19. "Juanma Delgado, gol para el UCAM Murcia" [Juanma Delgado, goal for UCAM Murcia] (in Spanish). UCAM Murcia. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
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