Juan Bautista Esquivel

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Juan Bautista Esquivel Lobo (born August 12, 1980) is a Costa Rican former soccer player who played his entire career for Deportivo Saprissa. Better known as 'Juanbau', he used to play as a a left winger, before a heart condition cut his promising career short in 2005. He was forced to leave professional football at the short age of 25, despite being considered as a future star for his team and the Costa Rica national football team.

With Saprissa he won three national championships, as well as a UNCAF Cup title and a CONCACAF Champions Cup title. In junior level, he played in 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship held in Egypt, and the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship held in Nigeria.

Esquivel participated in the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship Toyota Cup with his team, who ended up in third place, behind São Paulo Futebol Clube and Liverpool F.C. After his sudden retirement, he was offered a coaching job at Saprissa´s minor league system.