Juan Gonzalo Lorca

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Juan Gonzalo Lorca
Lorca with Huachipato
Personal information
Full name	Juan Gonzalo Lorca Donoso
Date of birth	15 January 1985 (1985-01-15) (age 23)
Place of birth	Chile
Height	6'0" (185 cm)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Colo Colo
Number	11
Youth clubs
1997-2004	Colo-Colo
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2004- 2006 2007-present	Colo-Colo → Huachipato (loan) → Vitesse (loan)	35 (10) 34 (11) 26 0(2)
National team2
2006-	Chile	08 0(1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 27, 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 10 August 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Juan Gonzalo Lorca Donoso (born January 15, 1985) is a Chilean footballer. Lorca currently plays for Dutch club Vitesse Arnhem as a forward.

[edit] Colo-Colo

Lorca began his career with Colo-Colo's youth squad when he turned twelve years old. He began as an attacking midfielder, but soon made the switch to forward. On July 7, 2004, Lorca made his professional debut against Universidad Católica in a Copa Sudamericana match, which ended in a 1-1 tie. However his first goal would not come until the following month against Cobreloa.

[edit] Huachipato

In 2006, Lorca was loaned to Chilean club Huachipato for both the apertura and clausura tournaments. He was capped 34 times and scored 11 times before returning to Colo-Colo for the 2007 Apertura tournament. After his return, he has only been a fringe player because the team already has prominent forwards. Lorca will be leaving Colo-Colo once again after the 2007 Apertura, this time to go to Europe to play for Dutch team Vitesse Arnhem.

[edit] National Team

Lorca has represented the Chilean national team at the Sub-20 and Sub-23 levels. He took part in the 2005 South American Youth Championship, which qualified for the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship in the Netherlands. However, he did not make the trip to Europe due to injury. Even though Lorca was not a regular in Colo Colo, Nelson Acosta, Chile's former national coach, added him to the adult squad for 2007 Copa América. Marcelo Bielsa has included him in the adult national squad, where he remains an unused substitute, and in the U-23 squad that played the 2008 Toulon Tournament.

[edit] Personal

Lorca does not like to be called Juan, and says his family and friends call him Gonzalo or Chalo. He is nephew of former Audax Italiano defender Benjamín Lorca.

[edit] Titles

Season	Club	Title
Apertura 2007	Colo-Colo	Primera Division Chile Champion

v • d • e Chile squad - Copa América 2007 1 Bravo • 2 Ormeño • 3 Rocco • 4 Fuentes • 5 Riffo • 6 Cabión • 7 Tello • 8 Suazo • 9 Navia • 10 Valdivia • 11 González • 12 Peric • 13 Vargas • 14 Fernández • 15 Contreras • 16 Iturra • 17 Sanhueza • 18 Meléndez • 19 Jara • 20 Fierro • 21 Villanueva • 22 Lorca • Coach: Acosta