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Juan Espínola
Personal information
Full name	Juan Ángel Espínola González
Date of birth	2 November 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth	Ciudad del Este, Paraguay
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Belgrano (on loan from Olimpia)
Number	25
Youth career
	Cerro Porteño PF
Senior career*
Years	Team
2012–2014	Cerro Porteño PF
2014–2015	Sarmiento
2015–2021	Nacional
2021–2022	Godoy Cruz
2023–	Olimpia
2024–	→ Belgrano (loan)
International career‡
2022–	Paraguay
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:19, 10 April 2022 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 September 2024

Juan Ángel Espínola González (born 2 November 1994) is a Paraguayan footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Argentine club Belgrano on loan from Olimpia, and the Paraguay national team.

Club career

Espínola was born in Ciudad del Este. He made his senior debut with Cerro Porteño de Presidente Franco on 22 May 2013, starting in a 2–1 away win against Sportivo Carapeguá for the Primera División championship.^[1]

In 2014, Espínola moved abroad and joined Sarmiento.^[2] He returned to his home country in the following year, joining Nacional Asunción.

Midway through the 2018 season, Espínola became a regular starter at Nacional.^[3]

On 14 March 2019, Espínola was called up by Paraguay national team manager Eduardo Berizzo for friendlies against Peru and Mexico,^[4] but did not take part in either match.

^ "Debut soñado para Juan" [Dream debut for Juan] (in Spanish). D10. 24 May 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
^ "Trotta "dia a dia"" ["Day by day" Trotta] (in Spanish). CA Sarmiento. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
^ "Juan Espínola en su momento ideal" [Juan Espínola in his best moment] (in Spanish). ABC Color. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
^ "Seis albirrojos del plano local, convocados para amistosos vs. Perú y México" [Six albirrojos from local teams, called up for friendlies vs. Peru and Mexico] (in Spanish). APF. 14 March 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.