Juan José Cañas (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Juan José Cañas Gutiérrez | ||
| Date of birth | 17 April 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Rota, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Betis | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1993 | Betis B | 79 | (8) |
| 1991–2006 | Betis | 303 | (13) |
| 2006–2008 | Alcalá | 63 | (3) |
| Total | 445 | (24) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Juan José Cañas Gutiérrez (born 17 April 1972), also known as Juanjo Cañas,[1] is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder.
He spent the majority of his career with Betis, where he played in nearly 400 competitive games over 15 seasons.
Football career
Born in Rota, Cádiz, Cañas represented Real Betis during his professional career and played 228 La Liga games during his tenure (scoring ten goals). His debut in the competition came on 4 September 1994 in a 0–0 away draw against CD Logroñés. Previously, he amassed a total of 53 first-team appearances in three seasons combined, as the Andalusians were in Segunda División. A highlight of his lengthy career was lifting the Copa del Rey in 2005.
Also in that campaign, as he approached the end of his playing days, Cañas still managed 24 league appearances to help the club to a fourth place in the league, good enough to reach the qualifying rounds in the UEFA Champions League.[2]
From 2006 to 2008, he appeared for CD Alcalá (also in his native region) in Segunda División B, and retired at the age of 36. Afterwards, he worked for Betis for two season as a member of their technical staff.[3]
Personal life
Cañas' nephew, José, was also a footballer and a midfielder. He too spent most of his professional career with Betis.[4]
Honours
Betis
References
- ^ http://www.elcornerdelsur.com/juanjo-canas-toda-una-vida-lucha-entrega-verdiblanco/
- ^ Captain Cañas to carry on at Betis; UEFA, 21 June 2005
- ^ El Betis despide a Manolo Momparlet y Juan José Cañas (Betis fire Manolo Momparlet and Juan José Cañas); Marca, 19 July 2010 (in Spanish)
- ^ "Bético de familia" [Bético by family] (in Spanish). Blanquivioletas. 7 February 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
External links
- Juan José Cañas at BDFutbol
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