| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Juan Castaño Quirós | ||
| Date of birth | April 10, 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Gijón, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Sporting Gijón | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1991–1994 | Sporting Gijón | 91 | (18) |
| 1994–1999 | Tenerife | 151 | (27) |
| 1999–2004 | Zaragoza | 130 | (19) |
| 2004–2005 | Terrassa | 16 | (1) |
| 2005–2006 | Avilés | ||
| National team | |||
| 1992 | Spain U23 | 2 | (0) |
| 1994 | Spain | 5 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Juan Castaño Quirós, aka Juanele (born 10 April 1971 in Gijón, Asturias), is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a forward.
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Skilled Juanele started playing professionally for Sporting de Gijón, making his first-team - and La Liga - debuts at the age of 20, finishing his first season with his hometown side with three goals in 24 games, and becoming an undisputed starter in the following years.
In 1994, he signed with CD Tenerife, being an essential offensive unit as the Canary Islands side reached the semifinals in the 1996–97 UEFA Cup, netting twice against S.S. Lazio (5–3 home win, 5–4 on aggregate) and at Feyenoord (4–2 win, 4–2 on aggregate); in addition, he netted 15 goals in 60 games as the club achieved back-to-back top ten league finishes, which included the fifth place in 1996 that led to the European exploits.
After Tenerife's 1999 relegation, Juanele joined Real Zaragoza, helping the Aragonese to two Copa del Rey trophies in the early 2000's, even though he was already a fringe player in the second conquest). Amassing top division totals of 346 games and 61 goals, he left in 2004 to Terrassa FC, in the second division, joining Real Avilés Industrial after one season.
In 2006–07, Juanele had brief amateur stints with Atlético Camocha and TSK Roces, both in the Asturias regional leagues, retiring from football altogether at the end of the season.
Juanele earned five caps for the Spanish national team in 1994, scoring twice (in his debut on 19 January, a 2–2 home draw against Portugal, and his last match five months later, a 2–0 away win over Canada). He was subsequently named in the 1994 FIFA World Cup squad, but did not play in the tournament.
Juanele also appeared once for the Asturias autonomous football team, playing in a friendly with Macedonia on 23 December 2000.
After some episodes of depression and a battle to overcome an addiction to prescription drugs, Juanele was admitted, in early 2008, to a Gijón hospital, due to an excessive intake,[1] but later recovered, eventually opening a football school with former Sporting teammate Iván Iglesias.
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