Juan Carreño (Chilean footballer) explained

Juan Carreño
Fullname:Juan Enrique Carreño López
Birth Date:1968 11, mf=yes
Birth Place:San Fernando, Chile
Height:1.85m
Position:Forward
Youthclubs1:Colo-Colo
Years1:1987–1989
Years2:1987
Years3:1987
Years4:1988
Years5:1989
Years6:1990
Years7:1991
Years8:1991
Years9:1992–1993
Years10:1994
Years11:1994
Years12:1995
Years13:1996–1997
Years14:1998
Years15:1999
Years16:1999
Years17:2000
Years18:2003
Clubs1:Colo-Colo
Caps1:3
Goals1:0
Clubs2:Unión San Felipe (loan)
Clubs3:Deportes Linares (loan)
Clubs4:Colchagua (loan)
Clubs5:Ñublense (loan)
Clubs10:Unión Española
Caps10:8
Goals10:5
Clubs12:Cobreloa
Caps12:1
Goals12:1
Caps13:24
Goals13:9
Clubs18:Deportes Concepción
Nationalyears1:1987
Nationalteam1:Chile U20
Nationalcaps1:2
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalyears2:1993–1998
Nationalteam2:Chile
Nationalcaps2:10
Nationalgoals2:1
Manageryears1:2009–2011
Managerclubs1:Colchagua
Manageryears2:2013
Managerclubs2:General Velásquez
Manageryears3:2015
Managerclubs3:General Velásquez

Juan Enrique Carreño López (born September 16, 1968) is a retired Chilean football forward. He was nicknamed Candonga.

Player career

Club career

A product of Colo-Colo youth system,[1] Carreño played mostly of his career in Chilean clubs, but in 1994 he had short spell in Mexican team Pumas de la UNAM.[2] He was known for his hard temper, which was noted in a match between Huachipato and Provincial Osorno in September 1998, where he punched the rival goalkeeper Hernán Caputto.[3]

National team

Carreño was part of the Chile national under-20 football team that finished fourth in the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship, played in Chile.[4]

For the adult team, Carreño made 10 appearances between 1993 and 1998.[5] Carreño scored a goal against Bolivia in the 1998 World Cup qualifiers that qualified Chile for the 1998 World Cup.[6] However, he was not selected for the final squad that went to France.

Coaching career

From 2009 to 2011, he was the head coach of Colchagua in the Chilean Tercera A.[7] In 2012 he assumed as the coach of General Velásquez and returned to the club in 2015, when he had to leave the charge because of health issues.[8]

Personal life

He is well-known by his nickname Candonga, due to his liking for parties and nocturnal life.[9]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Reyes . Luis . El récord histórico del fútbol chileno que acecha Vidangossy . . 18 August 2022 . es . 18 April 2019.
  2. Web site: Los nueve chilenos que han jugado en Pumas UNAM . . 18 August 2022 . es . 10 December 2016.
  3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NZd7jCCPHQ YouTube - Candonga Carreño - repartiendo combos en Osorno
  4. Web site: El cuarto lugar de la selección Sub 20 en el Mundial de 1987 . El Tipógrafo . 18 August 2022 . es . 27 July 2012.
  5. Web site: Juan Carreño . Partidos de La Roja . 18 August 2022 . es.
  6. LaRoja. 1328418308492644352. Con los goles de Rodrigo Barrera, Marcelo Salas y Juan Carreño. 16 November 2020. 18 August 2022. es.
  7. Web site: Juan Carreño renunció como técnico de Deportes Colchagua . El Tipógrafo . 19 August 2022 . es . 16 May 2011.
  8. Web site: Salas . Cristian . El abrupto final de la aventura como DT de Candonga Carreño . . 19 August 2022 . es . 24 October 2015.
  9. Web site: Los archivos secretos del "Candonga" Carreño: "yo no sirvo para ser Zamorano" . The Clinic . 19 August 2022 . es . 3 July 2011.