Juan Seminario
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Juan Roberto Seminario Rodríguez | ||
Date of birth | 22 July 1936 | ||
Place of birth | Piura,Peru | ||
Position(s) | Striker/Left winger | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1954–1959 | Deportivo Municipal | 80 | (28) |
1959–1961 | Sporting CP | 40 | (17) |
1961–1962 | Zaragoza | 38 | (33) |
1962–1964 | Fiorentina | 47 | (15) |
1964–1967 | Barcelona | 36 | (15) |
1967–1969 | Sabadell | 35 | (9) |
1969–1970 | Atlético Grau | ||
International career | |||
1956–1959 | Peru | 19 | (6) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of March 2008 |
Juan Roberto Seminario Rodríguez(born 22 July 1936 inPiura, Peru) is a retiredPeruvianfootballplayer,recognized as one ofPeru's most importantstrikers.Nicknamed "El Loco" he is the only Zaragoza player to have won the "Pichichi Trophy"(1961–62 La Liga).[1]
He played for several clubs, notably Spanish clubsReal ZaragozaandFC Barcelona,Sporting CPofPortugal,as well as Italian clubFiorentina.He also won theInter-Cities Fairs Cup 1965-66withFC Barcelona.
Career
[edit]Seminario started his career in 1954 playing forDeportivo Municipalwhere he played until 1959. During this time he made 19 appearances for thePeru national team.On 17 May 1959 he scored ahat-trickagainstEnglandin a 4–1 win, inLima.[2]
In 1959 he moved to Europe, joiningSporting CPofPortugal,where he would play 50 matches and score 21 goals, and be nicknamedExpresso deLima.[3]
In 1961 he moved on to joinReal Zaragozain Spain where he became thetop scorerinLa Liga(with 25 goals in 30 matches) for the1961–62season. Before he was sold to Italy, he would play 8 matches and score 8 goals in the Zaragoza.
In 1963 he joinedFiorentinaof Italy before returning to Spain in 1964 to play forBarcelonawhere he was part of the squad that won theInter-Cities Fairs Cupin1965–66.He later had a spell withSabadellbefore returning toPeruin 1969 to play forAtlético Grau.
Career statistics
[edit]Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
Season | Club | Country | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
1954–1959 | Deportivo Municipal | ![]() |
80 | 28 | – | – | – | – | 80 | 28 |
1959–1961 | Sporting CP | ![]() |
42 | 18 | 8 | 3 | – | – | 50 | 21 |
1961–1962 | Real Zaragoza | ![]() |
38 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 36 |
1962–1964 | Fiorentina | ![]() |
47 | 15 | 5 | 4 | – | – | 52 | 19 |
1964–1967 | FC Barcelona | ![]() |
36 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 46 | 20 |
1967–1969 | CE Sabadell FC | ![]() |
35 | 9 | ? | ? | – | – | 35 | 9 |
1969–1970 | Atlético Grau | ![]() |
? | ? | – | – | – | – | ? | ? |
Total | 278 | 118 | 24 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 312 | 133 |
Honours
[edit]Player
[edit]Club
[edit]FC Barcelona
Individual
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Seminario:"Pichichi Trophy".Archived from the original on 27 October 2009.Retrieved19 January2009.
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:CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^Match statisticsPeru 4 Inglaterra 1
- ^Sporting Vintage:Juan Seminário
External links
[edit]- (in Spanish)lpf career statistics
- 1936 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Piura
- Peruvian men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Deportivo Municipal footballers
- Sporting CP footballers
- Real Zaragoza players
- FC Barcelona players
- CE Sabadell FC footballers
- ACF Fiorentina players
- Atlético Grau footballers
- Peruvian Primera División players
- Primeira Liga players
- La Liga players
- Serie A players
- Pichichi Trophy winners
- Peru men's international footballers
- Peruvian expatriate men's footballers
- Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy