Juan Ramón Jara

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Jara and the second or maternal family name is Martínez.
Juan Ramón Jara
Personal information
Full nameJuan Ramón Jara Martínez
Date of birth6 August 1970
Place of birthAsunción, Paraguay
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing positionDefender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1992–1993Olimpia Asunción?(?)
1993–1995Rosario Central61(2)
1995Independiente9(0)
1996Colón de Santa Fe9(0)
1996–1999Rosario Central41(1)
2001–2002Olimpia Asunción?(?)
2003Emelec?(?)
2003–2004Nueva Chicago25(0)
2004Nacional Asunción?(?)
20053 de Febrero?(?)
2007Portuguesa?(?)
National team
1992Paraguay U23
1993–1997Paraguay17(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 2008.
† Appearances (Goals).

Juan Ramón Jara Martínez (born 6 August 1970 in Asunción) is a retired football defender from Paraguay.

Club career

Jara started his career with Olimpia in Paraguay before moving to Argentina to play for clubs such as Rosario Central, Independiente and Colón de Santa Fe. He spent his best years playing for Rosario Central, where he earned than 100 caps,[1] and was part of the team that finished as runners-up in the 1998 Copa CONMEBOL. Jara then returned to Paraguay to play again for Olimpia and then had brief stints at Nueva Chicago (Argentina), Emelec (Ecuador), Nacional and 3 de Febrero (Paraguay) before finally playing for Portuguesa Fútbol Club of Venezuela in 2007.

International career

Jara made his international debut for the Paraguay national football team on 10 June 1993 in a friendly match against Mexico (3-1 loss), substituting Carlos Gamarra in the 75th minute. He obtained a total number of 17 international caps, scoring no goals for the national side.

Jara was part of the Paraguay national football squad that competed at the 1992 Olympic games.[2] Be also participated in a few matches for the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.[3]

Honours

Club

References

  1. ↑ Profile at futbolxxi.com
  2. ↑ "Juan Ramón Jara Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
  3. ↑ FIFA Profile

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