Juan Señor

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Señor and the second or maternal family name is Gómez.

Juan Señor
Personal information
Full name Juan Antonio Señor Gómez
Date of birth (1958-08-26) 26 August 1958 (age 66)
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1974–1977 Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1978 Ciempozuelos
1978–1981 Alavés 80 (17)
1981–1990 Zaragoza 304 (54)
Total 384 (71)
International career
1981 Spain B 1 (0)
1983 Spain amateur 2 (0)
1982–1988 Spain 41 (6)
Managerial career
1999–2000 Mérida
2000–2001 Salamanca
2002 Cartagena
2003 Logroñés
2023 Pontevedra
Medal record
Representing  Spain
UEFA European Championship
Runner-up 1984 France
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Juan Antonio Señor Gómez (born 26 August 1958) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central midfielder, currently a manager.

During his professional career he played mainly for Zaragoza, making nearly 375 official appearances in nine years. The scorer of one of Spain's most important goals, he earned 41 caps during the 1980s, representing the nation in one World Cup and one European Championship.

Club career

Señor was born in Madrid. During his career, the Real Madrid youth graduate represented CD Ciempozuelos (Tercera División), Deportivo Alavés (Segunda División) and Real Zaragoza as a professional.[1] He played 369 competitive games with the Aragonese club, scoring 70 goals.[2]

In the 1986–87 season, which featured a second stage, Señor netted 11 times in 43 matches as Zaragoza finished fifth.[3] He also helped the side to win the Copa del Rey in 1986,[4] being voted by magazine Don Balón the league's best player in the 1982–83 campaign where he recorded 33 appearances and five goals.[5]

Señor had to retire sooner than expected due to a heart disease, his last season being 1989–90.[6] He subsequently moved into coaching, going on to work with CP Mérida, UD Salamanca, FC Cartagena and CD Logroñés,[7][8] and also began running a football campus for children in the Aragonese Pyrenees.[9]

On 27 February 2023, 20 years after he last managed, Señor was appointed at Primera Federación club Pontevedra CF.[10] He was unable to prevent relegation, as second-bottom.[11]

International career

Señor made 41 appearances for Spain, his debut coming on 27 October 1982 in a UEFA Euro 1984 qualifier against Iceland, a 1–0 win in Málaga.[12][13] Also during that stage, he scored the most important of his six international goals: on 23 December 1983, as the national team needed to win by 11 goals against Malta to qualify, he scored in the 85th in a final 12–1 result in Seville.[14]

Señor was part of the nation's squads at Euro 1984[15] and the 1986 FIFA World Cup,[16] where he scored another late goal, in a quarter-final penalty shootout loss to Belgium (1–1 after 120 minutes).[17]

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition[18]
1. 16 February 1983 Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville, Spain  Netherlands 1–0 1–0 Euro 1984 qualifying
2. 15 May 1983 Ta' Qali, Attard, Malta  Malta 0–1 2–3 Euro 1984 qualifying
3. 5 October 1983 Parc des Princes, Paris, France  France 1–1 1–1 Friendly
4. 21 December 1983 Benito Villamarín, Seville, Spain  Malta 12–1 12–1 Euro 1984 qualifying
5. 11 April 1984 Luis Casanova, Valencia, Spain  Denmark 2–1 2–1 Friendly
6. 22 June 1986 Cuauhtémoc, Puebla, Mexico  Belgium 1–1 1–1 1986 FIFA World Cup

Honours

Zaragoza

Spain

References

  1. ^ Iñigo, Iñaki (8 February 2023). "Un 'Señor' en Mendizorroza" [A 'Mister' (his surname in English) in Mendizorroza]. Noticias de Álava (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  2. ^ Martín Cisneros, Ignacio (3 March 2014). "Juan Señor: "Yo creo que el máximo accionista sabe que este ciclo se ha acabado"" [Juan Señor: "I think that the major shareholder knows this cycle is over"]. El Periódico de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Real Zaragoza 1986/87" (in Spanish). ADN Zaragocista. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  4. ^ a b Santamaría, Chesus (26 April 2016). "Hoy se cumplen 30 años de La Tercera" [30th anniversary of The Third is today] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  5. ^ Pla Díaz, Emilio. "Spain – Footballer of the Year". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  6. ^ "Juan Señor tuvo que colgar las botas por una dolencia cardiaca" [Juan Señor had to hang up boots due to heart disease] (in Spanish). Real Zaragoza. 19 September 2008. Archived from the original on 25 September 2008. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
  7. ^ "Juan Señor, destituido como entrenador del Salamanca" [Juan Señor, dismissed as manager of Salamanca]. Libertad Digital (in Spanish). 25 March 2001. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  8. ^ Rodríguez, Ángel (4 December 2019). "Juan Señor: "Ahora hay algo que me falta, volver a sentirme entrenador"" [Juan Señor: "There's something I'm missing these days, to feel a manager again"]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  9. ^ García, Javier (27 July 2019). "Juan Señor: «Quiero volver a los banquillos»" [Juan Señor: "I want to return to the benches"] (in Spanish). Sport Aragon. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  10. ^ Jiménez, Sergio (27 February 2023). "Juan Señor ficha por el Pontevedra tras casi veinte años sin entrenar" [Juan Señor signs for Pontevedra after nearly twenty years without coaching]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  11. ^ Penedo, Pablo (14 May 2023). "El Pontevedra consuma su descenso a Segunda Federación" [Pontevedra confirm their relegation to Segunda Federación]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  12. ^ Rovira, Ramón (28 October 1982). "1–0: Pobre resultado para la nueva selección" [1–0: Poor result for the new national team]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  13. ^ Pla Díaz, Emilio. "Señor – International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
  14. ^ "España, con 12 goles a Malta, alcanzó la fase final de la Eurocopa" [Spain, with 12 goals to Malta, reached European Championship finals.]. El País (in Spanish). 22 December 1983. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  15. ^ a b Mentruit, Imma (13 April 2016). "1984: Los 'bleus' se coronan tras el error de Arconada" [1984: 'Bleus' crowned after Arconada's mistake]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  16. ^ Pascual, Alfredo (21 May 2016). "Del utillero falangista al positivo de Calderé: nuestro Mundial 86 en diez episodios" [From the falangista kit man to Calderé's positive: our 86 World Cup in ten episodes]. El Confidencial (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  17. ^ Astruells, Andrés (23 June 1986). "1–1: Buenas noches, España" [1–1: Good night, Spain]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  18. ^ "Señor". European Football. Retrieved 1 August 2023.