Juan Falcón (footballer)

Juan Falcón

Personal information
Full name	Juan Manuel Falcón Jiménez
Date of birth	(1989-02-24) 24 February 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth	Acarigua, Venezuela
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Simón Rodríguez de Acarigua
2003–2006	Portuguesa
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2007	Portuguesa
2007–2010	Llaneros de Guanare	63	(14)
2010	→ Mineros (loan)	8	(1)
2010–2012	Trujillanos	42	(6)
2012–2014	Zamora	62	(36)
2014–2016	Metz	32	(5)
2015	Metz II	4	(2)
2016	→ Al-Fateh (loan)	11	(2)
2016	Santa Fe	13	(2)
2017	Zamora	13	(5)
2018	ACD Lara	16	(5)
International career
2008–2015	Venezuela	6	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Juan Manuel Falcón Jiménez (born 24 February 1989) is a Venezuelan retired professional footballer who played as a striker.

Club career

Portuguesa FC

His first steps in professional football were in Portuguesa FC, where he started playing as a midfielder. Later on, he passed over several field positions until reaching the forward spot.[1]

Falcón scored his first professional goal in a Copa Venezuela match against Zamora FC, which eventually would be his last destination in the local league after a small period in Trujillanos FC.

Zamora

With Zamora, he won the league two times in a row and he became the top goalscorer in the league with 19 goals.

FC Metz

In mid 2014, he signed a three-year contract with French team FC Metz, in a transfer reported to be around €800,000.[2] He left the club in 2016.

Retirement

After two years without a club, Falcón confirmed on 17 January 2020, that he had retired at the age of 30 due to a knee injury.[3]

International career

He made his debut on 23 March 2008, coming as a substitute against El Salvador.

Honours

Club

Trujillanos

• Copa Venezuela: 2010

Zamora

• Venezuelan Primera División: 2012–13, 2013–14

Individual

• Venezuelan Primera División top goalscorer: 2013–14, 19 Goals

References

1. Juan Falcón, delantero por “cosas del destino” (Juan Falcón: Forward for "a matter of fate") Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine; Líder en Deportes, 27 April 2014 (in Spanish)
2. Juan Falcón llevará sus goles a Francia (Juan Falcón will bring his goals to France); El Universal, 18 April 2014 (in Spanish)
3. (+TUIT) Juan Falcón se retira del fútbol a los 30 años, solovenex.com, 17 January 2020

External links

• FC Metz official profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 7 July 2014) (in French)
• Juan Falcón at National-Football-Teams.com