Juan Ramón Verón

Juan Ramón Verón
Personal information
Full name	Juan Ramón Verón
Date of birth	17 March 1944
Place of birth	La Plata, Argentina
Position(s)	Midfielder, Forward
Senior career*
National team‡
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 2007; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 March 2010

Juan Ramón Verón (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxwan raˈmom beˈɾon]; born 17 March 1944 in La Plata) is an Argentine football coach and former professional player, who played as a midfielder or forward.

Career

Estudiantes

Nicknamed La Bruja [la ˈβɾuxa] (English: The Witch),^[1] Juan Ramón Verón was capable of playing both as a midfielder and as a striker, and was renowned for his technical skills, ability with the ball at his feet and his goal-scoring prowess. He played for Estudiantes de La Plata, who were a dominant force in Argentine football during the late 1960s.

Among the memorable goals he scored are his "bicycle kick" goal against Racing Club, his header in the Intercontinental Cup championship against Manchester United^[2] and, most famously, his glorious hat-trick against Brazil's Palmeiras in the finals of the 1968 Copa Libertadores.

Later years

Known as one of Estudiantes' all-time great players, he moved on to play for Panathinaikos F.C. of Athens, Greece in 1972. After a successful 2½ seasons he returned to his beloved Estudiantes in 1975.

In 1976, he moved to Colombia where he played for Junior where he helped the team to win the 1977 Colombian title and then Cúcuta Deportivo before returning to his home club in 1980.

After retirement

After retiring, he had a brief career as coach in Central America and is now working as a special advisor for Estudiantes.

Personal life

His son, nicknamed La Brujita (The Little Witch), Juan Sebastián Verón, is also a footballer, who played for Estudiantes before moving to European football. In 2006, he returned to Estudiantes to captain them to their first title in 23 years in the Apertura 2006 tournament. In 2017, he came out of retirement to play for Estudiantes once again.^[1]^[2]

Honours

Estudiantes

Primera División Argentina: Metropolitano 1967
Copa Libertadores: 1968
Intercontinental Cup: 1968
Copa Libertadores: 1969
Copa Libertadores: 1970

Atlético Junior

Colombian League: 1977

References

^ ^a ^b La Brujita nació en un clásico (in Spanish)
^ ^a ^b Jack de Menezes (19 April 2016). "Juan Sebastian Veron admits he 'should have stayed' at Manchester United and not joined Chelsea". The Independent. Retrieved 28 February 2017.

External links

(in Spanish) futbolpasion.com
(in Spanish) Futbol Factory profile at the Wayback Machine (archived October 20, 2007)
Juan Ramón Verón at National-Football-Teams.com
Veron playing for Argentina national team

[clásico-1] La Brujita nació en un clásico (in Spanish)

[stayed-2] Jack de Menezes (19 April 2016). "Juan Sebastian Veron admits he 'should have stayed' at Manchester United and not joined Chelsea". The Independent. Retrieved 28 February 2017.

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