Juan Carlos Real Explained

Juan Carlos Real Ruiz (born 15 March 1991), known as Juan Carlos, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Real Murcia.

Club career

Born in A Coruña, Juan Carlos was a product of local Deportivo de La Coruña's youth system, and made his official debut with the first team on 7 September 2011, playing the full 90 minutes in a 5–1 home win against Girona FC in the second round of the Copa del Rey.^[2] He scored 15 goals for the reserves in 2011–12 in the Tercera División.

On 3 June 2012, as Depor were already promoted to La Liga as champions, Juan Carlos made his league debut with the main squad, playing 28 minutes in a 1–0 Segunda División away victory over Villarreal CF B.^[3] He continued to appear regularly for the B side, however.

On 14 January 2013, Juan Carlos was loaned to SD Huesca until June.^[4] He scored his first professional goal later that month, opening the 2–1 away defeat of CD Numancia^[5] but seeing the Aragonese club eventually suffer second-tier relegation.

Juan Carlos returned to the Galicians in July, being definitely promoted to the first team also in division two.^[6] He played 27 matches and scored three goals during the season, as Deportivo returned to the top flight at the first attempt.^[7]

On 2 April 2014, Juan Carlos was slapped by teammate Luisinho in the face following an argument in training.^[8] On 26 January of the following year, after being rarely used during the campaign, he terminated his contract with Depor^[9] and joined second-division side CD Tenerife hours later.^[10]

After a two-year spell in the Romanian Liga I with CFR Cluj, Juan Carlos returned to Tenerife by signing a two-year deal.^[11] On 27 July 2018, he moved to UD Almería also of the second tier on a one-year contract.^[12]

On 31 July 2019, free agent Juan Carlos joined his former club Huesca on a two-year deal after their top-flight relegation.^[13] In August 2021, having been without a contract for two months, he re-signed for two years.^[14]

On 14 July 2023, Juan Carlos agreed to a three-year contract at FC Cartagena, still in division two.^[15] On 17 August of the following year, he terminated his link with the club.^[16]

On the next day, Juan Carlos joined Real Murcia in the third tier.^[17]

Honours

Deportivo

• Segunda División

2011–12

CFR Cluj

• Cupa României

2015–16

Huesca

• Segunda División: 2019–20

Notes and References

1. News: Juan Carlos. Diario AS. 10 January 2023.
2. Web site: Lassad y Valerón llevan a Riazor al éxtasis copero. Lassad and Valerón bring Riazor to cup ecstasy. Deportivo La Coruña. es. 7 September 2011. 1 September 2012.
3. News: Un Deportivo de record. A record Deportivo. Marca. es. 3 June 2012. 26 July 2014. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20140714204339/http://www.marca.com/2012/06/03/futbol/2adivision/1338751977.html. 14 July 2014.
4. http://www.marca.com/2013/01/14/futbol/equipos/huesca/1358189549.html Juan Carlos se marcha cedido al Huesca (Juan Carlos goes on loan to Huesca)
5. News: El Huesca aprovecha los errores del Numancia. Huesca take advantage of Numancia's mistakes. Marca. es. 27 January 2013. 26 July 2014. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20140729142952/http://www.marca.com/2013/01/27/futbol/2adivision/1359312264.html. 29 July 2014.
6. News: Juan Carlos: "Mi ilusión siempre ha sido estar en el primer equipo". Juan Carlos: "My dream was always to be in the first team". Marca. es. 14 July 2013. 26 July 2014. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20140729135514/http://www.marca.com/2013/07/14/futbol/equipos/deportivo/1373805873.html. 29 July 2014.
7. Web site: Uno por uno, la plantilla al detalle. One by one, squad under magnifying glass. Riazor. es. 2014. 2 April 2021.
8. http://www.marca.com/2014/04/02/futbol/equipos/deportivo/1396436225.html Luisinho le propina un manotazo a Juan Carlos en un 'rifi rafe' (Luisinho slaps Juan Carlos in a 'quarrel')
9. http://canaldeportivo.com/servlet/es.iris.servlets.Noticias?accion=4&ver=1&nid=29583&mid=13 Juan Carlos Real y el Deportivo firmaron esta mañana la resolución del contrato del futbolista (Juan Carlos Real and Deportivo signed the resolution of the footballer's contract this morning)
10. https://www.clubdeportivotenerife.es/noticia/juan-carlos-nuevo-jugador-del-cd-tenerife Juan Carlos, nuevo jugador del CD Tenerife (Juan Carlos, new player of CD Tenerife)
11. http://www.clubdeportivotenerife.es/noticia/juan-carlos-real-tercer-fichaje-del-cd-tenerife Juan Carlos Real, tercer fichaje del CD Tenerife (Juan Carlos Real, third signing of CD Tenerife)
12. Web site: Juan Carlos Real, experiencia y calidad para la UD Almería. Juan Carlos Real, experience and quality for UD Almería. UD Almería. es. 27 July 2018. 27 July 2018.
13. Web site: Juan Carlos Real, nuevo jugador de la SD Huesca. Juan Carlos Real, new player of SD Huesca. SD Huesca. es. 31 July 2019. 1 August 2019.
14. Web site: Juan Carlos Real volverá a ser jugador de la SD Huesca. Juan Carlos Real will be a SD Huesca player again. SD Huesca. es. 23 August 2021. 23 August 2021.
15. Web site: Juan Carlos Real, calidad y gol para la mediapunta del Efesé. Juan Carlos Real, quality and goal for the attacking midfield of Efesé. FC Cartagena. es. 14 July 2023. 14 July 2023.
16. Web site: Acuerdo para la rescisión del contrato de Juan Carlos Real. Agreement for the rescision of Juan Carlos Real's contract. FC Cartagena. es. 17 August 2024. 19 August 2024.
17. Web site: Real Murcia. Juan Carlos Real, calidad e imaginación para el ataque. 18 August 2024. 13 October 2024. es.