Juan Silveira dos Santos

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Juan
Personal information
Full name Juan Silveira dos Santos
Date of birth February 1, 1979 (1979-02-01) (age 29)
Place of birth    Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club A.S. Roma
Number 4
Youth clubs
Flamengo
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1996–2002
2002–2007
2007–		 Flamengo
Bayer Leverkusen
A.S. Roma		 245 (29)
139 (10)
20 (2)   
National team2
2002–present Brazil 63 (4)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of May 28, 2007.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of March 14, 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Juan Silveira dos Santos (pronounced [xwɐ̃ siwˈvɛiɾɐ duˈsɐ̃tuz], usually called Juan) (February 1, 1979 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is football player at the position of central defender that currently plays for A.S. Roma.

On June 21, 2007, he was bought by A.S. Roma for €6.3m[1]. Prior to signing for Roma, he previously played five years for German club Bayer Leverkusen and for Flamengo in Brazil.

He is part of the Brazil national football team which he captained in the 2004 Copa América and the 2007 Copa América final, both of which Brazil won. He is widely considered to be one of the most consistent players on the Brazil national football team, with generally solid performances.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ (Italian) Roma buy Juan from Leverkusen

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Brazil squad - Copa América 2004 Winners (7th title)
1 Julio Cesar • 2 Mancini • 3 Luisão • 4 Juan • 5 Renato • 6 G. Nery • 7 Adriano • 8 Kléberson • 9 L. Fabiano • 10 Alex • 11 Edu • 12 Fábio • 13 Maicon • 14 Bordon • 15 Cris • 16 Dudu • 17 Adriano C. • 18 Baptista • 19 Diego • 20 Felipe • 21 R. Oliveira • 22 Vágner Love • Coach: Parreira
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Brazil squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Dida • 2 Cafu • 3 Lúcio • 4 Juan • 5 Emerson • 6 Roberto Carlos • 7 Adriano • 8 Kaká • 9 Ronaldo • 10 Ronaldinho • 11 Zé Roberto • 12 Rogério Ceni • 13 Cicinho • 14 Luisão • 15 Cris • 16 Gilberto • 17 Gilberto Silva • 18 Mineiro • 19 Juninho • 20 Ricardinho • 21 Fred • 22 Júlio César • 23 Robinho • Coach: Parreira
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Brazil squad - Copa América 2007 Winners (8th Title)
1 Helton • 2 Maicon • 3 Alex • 4 Juan • 5 Mineiro • 6 Gilberto • 7 Elano • 8 Gilberto Silva • 9 Vágner Love • 10 Diego • 11 Robinho • 12 Doni • 13 Daniel Alves • 14 Alex Silva • 15 Naldo • 16 Kléber • 17 Josué • 18 Fernando • 19 Júlio Baptista • 20 Anderson • 21 Afonso Alves • 22 Fred • Coach: Dunga
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A.S. Roma – current squad

1 Curci • 2 Panucci • 3 Cicinho • 4 Juan • 5 Mexès • 7 Pizarro • 8 Aquilani • 9 Vučinić • 10 Totti • 11 Taddei • 13 Andreolli • 14 Giuly • 15 Antunes • 16 De Rossi • 18 Esposito • 20 Perrotta • 21 Ferrari • 22 Tonetto • 25 Zotti • 26 Piţ • 27 Júlio Sérgio • 29 Barusso • 30 Mancini • 32 Doni • 33 Brighi • 77 Cassetti • Coach: Spalletti
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