Juan Carlos Alegría

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

Juan Carlos Alegría

Personal information
Full name	Juan Carlos Alegría Villamán
Date of birth	(1975-01-22) 22 January 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth	Santiago, Chile
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Colo-Colo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993–1998	Colo-Colo	8	(0)
1998	Magallanes
1999	Unión San Felipe	22	(0)
2000	Deportes Temuco
2001–2002	Universidad de Concepción		(1)
2003	Magallanes		(1)
2004–2006	Deportivo Italmaracaibo [es]	23	(2)
2004–2005	→ Deportivo Maracaibo (loan)		(5)
2006–2007	Mineros de Guayana	2	(0)
International career
1991	Chile U17
1995	Chile U20
Managerial career
2013–2015	Chile U15 (assistant)
2013–2015	Chile U17 (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Juan Carlos Alegría Villamán (born 22 January 1975) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for clubs in Chile and Venezuela.

Club career

A product of Colo-Colo youth system, where he coincided with players such as Nicolás Córdova and Manuel Villalobos,^[1] he made his professional debut in a 1992 Copa Chile match against Magallanes, where he scored a goal at the minute 86,^[2] becoming the youngest player who has scored for the club at professional level.^[3]

In Chile he also played for Magallanes, in two stints,^[4][5] and Universidad de Concepción.^[6]

Abroad, he played for the Venezuelan clubs Deportivo Italmaracaibo ^[es], Deportivo Maracaibo and Mineros de Guayana.^[7] For Deportivo Maracaibo, he scored 5 goals.^[8]

As a curiosity, in 2006 he coincided in Italmaracaibo with the Argentine player Sergio Daniel López,^[9] who is a nephew of Diego Maradona.^[10]

International career

Alegría represented Chile at under-17 level in the 1991 South American Championship^[11] and at under-20 level in the 1995 South American Championship.^[12]

Coaching career

He graduated as a football manager^[13] and worked as the assistant of both Hernán Caputto in Chile U15^[14] and Hugo Tocalli in Chile U17.^[15]

He is a member of the technical department of Colo-Colo.^[16]

Personal life

He has a close friendship with the former footballer Frank Lobos.^[17]

Honours

Colo-Colo

• Chilean Primera División (3): 1993, 1996, 1997 Clausura
• Copa Chile (2): 1994, 1996

References

1. Cordero, Pamela Juanita (4 December 2016). "¿Reconoce al super goleador iquiqueño al lado de Barti?". LUN (in Spanish). Las Últimas Noticias. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
2. "MAGALLANES 2:1 COLO-COLO - COPA CHILE 1992". historiadecolocolo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 October 2022.
3. Reyes, Luis (28 September 2016). "Los 7 jugadores más jóvenes que anotaron por Colo Colo" (in Spanish). AS Chile. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
4. Magallanes Año 1999. Recuerdos del Fútbol Chileno Fotos y Vídeos. on Facebook (in Spanish)
5. Andrés, Juan Pablo (10 February 2004). "Chile 2003". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
6. "¡ Temuco arrasó con su "bestia negra" !". www.clubdeportivo.udec.cl (in Spanish). 13 September 2001. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
7. "Jugadores chilenos que pasaron por el fútbol de Venezuela" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 28 March 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
8. Andrés, Juan Pablo; García Regalado, Jesús (2 July 2005). "Venezuela 2004/05". RSSSF (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 October 2022.
9. "Sergio Daniel Lopez :: Sergio Daniel Lopez Maradona ::". www.playmakerstats.com. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
10. "Sobrino de Maradona jugará con el chileno Juan Carlos Alegría en equipo venezolano". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 1 January 2006. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
11. "Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Sub-17". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 October 2022.
12. "Nóminas de Chile para Campeonatos Sudamericanos Sub-20". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 October 2022.
13. Juan Carlos Alegría on LinkedIn
14. "SUB 15 VIAJA A MUNDIALITO DE FRANCIA". ANFP (in Spanish). ANFP. 22 March 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
15. "EL CUERPO TÉCNICO DE LA SUB 15 FINALIZÓ SU PROCESO DE CAPTACIÓN EN QUILÍN" (in Spanish). ANFP. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
16. @ColoColo (22 January 2019). "Formado en la cantera alba y, por ahora, el jugador más joven que anotó un gol por Colo Colo en el profesionalismo" (Tweet). Retrieved 2 October 2022 – via Twitter.
17. Sanhueza, Ana María (12 July 2012). "Tiempo agregado". Revista Qué Pasa (in Spanish). Qué Pasa. Retrieved 3 October 2022.

External links

• Juan Carlos Alegría at WorldFootball.net
• Juan Carlos Alegría at BDFA (in Spanish)
• Juan Carlos Alegría at playmakerstats.com (English version of ceroacero.es)