Place of birth Albacete, Spain Name Juan Carcelen Playing position Role Footballer | 1969–1971 Albacete Height 1.81 m 1971–1972 Hercules Position Midfielder | |
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Full name Juan Antonio Carcelen Garcia Date of birth (1954-04-28) 28 April 1954 (age 61) | ||
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Juan Antonio Carcelén García (born 28 April 1954) is a retired Spanish footballer and manager. Who played as a midfielder.
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Football career
At 16 he made his debut with Albacete Balompié and began to be followed by several teams. In June 1971, Hércules bought Carcelén and Perico Serrano, the top two youth players of Albacete. Hércules paid 300,000 pesetas to manchegan club by both players. In his first season in Alicante played with youth Hércules, though trained and played games with the first team. In the 1973–74 season was loan along with Perico Serrano to AD Hellín, where they had many minutes in the third level. From there he will become a key player for many years to Hércules. Played for Spain at youth level two games.
After 7 seasons with the Hércules in La Liga, Real Madrid signed him and his transfer cost 40 million pesetas. He came to Madrid as Vujadin Boškov personal commitment. In the 1981–82 season he played 11 games in league and won the Copa del Rey. In the next two seasons did not play any game due to a serious knee injury. He belonged to Real Madrid three seasons. In the 1984–85 season he moved to Hércules but never recovered from the injury and did not play. He retired as a player in 1985 and began training the reserves of Hércules. As a coach became a man of the house, which stands midseason as head coach of Hércules in the 1989–90 season. In the 2007–08 season he returned to Hércules as responsible for the capture players in the lower grades.
Personal
He is currently disconnected from the football. CAM bank is to work since his retirement as a player. He is a commentator for games of Hércules in some local radio stations in the city of Alicante.