Juan Falcón | |
Fullname: | Juan Manuel Falcón Jiménez |
Birth Date: | 24 February 1989 |
Birth Place: | Acarigua, Venezuela |
Height: | 1.790NaN0 |
Position: | Striker |
Youthclubs1: | Simón Rodríguez de Acarigua |
Youthyears2: | 2003–2006 |
Youthclubs2: | Portuguesa |
Years1: | 2006–2007 |
Years2: | 2007–2010 |
Caps2: | 63 |
Goals2: | 14 |
Years3: | 2010 |
Clubs3: | → Mineros (loan) |
Caps3: | 8 |
Goals3: | 1 |
Years4: | 2010–2012 |
Caps4: | 42 |
Goals4: | 6 |
Years5: | 2012–2014 |
Caps5: | 62 |
Goals5: | 36 |
Years6: | 2014–2016 |
Caps6: | 32 |
Goals6: | 5 |
Years7: | 2015 |
Clubs7: | Metz II |
Caps7: | 4 |
Goals7: | 2 |
Years8: | 2016 |
Clubs8: | → Al-Fateh (loan) |
Caps8: | 11 |
Goals8: | 2 |
Years9: | 2016 |
Caps9: | 13 |
Goals9: | 2 |
Years10: | 2017 |
Caps10: | 13 |
Goals10: | 5 |
Years11: | 2018 |
Caps11: | 16 |
Goals11: | 5 |
Nationalyears1: | 2008–2015 |
Nationalteam1: | Venezuela |
Nationalcaps1: | 6 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Juan Manuel Falcón Jiménez (born 24 February 1989) is a Venezuelan retired professional footballer who played as a striker.
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.
With Zamora, he won the league two times in a row and he became the top goalscorer in the league with 19 goals.
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.
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]
He made his debut on 23 March 2008, coming as a substitute against El Salvador.