Juan Pablo Vergara Explained

Juan Pablo Vergara
Fullname:Juan Pablo Vergara Martínez
Birth Date:24 February 1985
Birth Place:Lima, Peru
Death Place:Juliaca, Peru
Height:1.68m
Position:Midfielder
Years1:2009
Clubs1:Sport Áncash
Caps1:32
Goals1:9
Years2:2010
Clubs2:CNI
Caps2:35
Goals2:7
Years3:2011
Clubs3:César Vallejo
Caps3:7
Goals3:2
Years4:2011
Clubs4:Sport Boys
Caps4:12
Goals4:0
Years5:2012
Clubs5:Real Garcilaso
Caps5:8
Goals5:1
Years6:2012
Clubs6:Inti Gas
Caps6:6
Goals6:0
Years7:2013
Clubs7:Alfonso Ugarte
Caps7:22
Goals7:12
Years8:2014
Clubs8:Los Caimanes
Caps8:8
Goals8:1
Years9:2014
Clubs9:Atlético Minero
Caps9:9
Goals9:6
Years10:2015
Clubs10:Sport Loreto
Caps10:30
Goals10:4
Years11:2016–2018
Clubs11:UTC
Caps11:106
Goals11:24
Years12:2019
Clubs12:Binacional
Caps12:21
Goals12:6
Totalcaps:296
Totalgoals:72

Juan Pablo Vergara Martínez (24 February 1985 – 2 December 2019) was a Peruvian professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

Born in Lima, Vergara began his professional football career in 2003, when he debuted for Universitario de Deportes.[1] He would then go on to play for various clubs in Peru such as Sport Áncash, CNI, César Vallejo, Sport Boys, Real Garcilaso, Inti Gas, Alfonso Ugarte de Puno, Los Caimanes, Atlético Minero, Sport Loreto, UTC and Deportivo Binacional. With Binacional, Vergara won the 2019 Torneo Apertura and qualified for the championship round of the 2019 Peruvian Liga 1 playoffs.[2] However, a car accident a few days before the scheduled matches for the championship round resulted in his tragic death.[3]

Death

On 2 December 2019, Vergara was involved in a car accident along with teammates Donald Millán and Jeferson Collazos.[4] The three footballers were headed to Juliaca from Puno to train with Deportivo Binacional as preparation for their upcoming series of matches for the championship round of the 2019 Peruvian Liga 1 playoffs. Around 14:30 PET, Vergara's car flipped on the side of the Puno–Juliaca road due to slippery conditions caused by rain and hail.[5] The three were helped out of the vehicle by local rescuers and taken to Clínica Americana, a clinic in Juliaca. Millán and Collazos were discharged unharmed but Vergara was in critical condition. Binacional then announced through its social media networks that blood donors were needed for surgical intervention. Hours later, the club announced the passing of Vergara. The clinic indicated through a press release that the impact of the steering wheel with Vergara resulted in "a severe massive hemorrhage in the left hemithorax." Vergara suffered a perforation of the liver by a broken rib, triggering a hemorrhage. Despite the early intervention of the doctors, the player died.[6]

Career statistics

ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupInternational CupTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sport Áncash2009Torneo Descentralizado329----329
CNI2010Torneo Descentralizado357----357
César Vallejo2011Torneo Descentralizado72----72
Sport Boys2011Torneo Descentralizado120----120
Real Garcilaso2012Torneo Descentralizado81----81
Inti Gas2012Torneo Descentralizado60--1070
Alfonso Ugarte2013Segunda División2212----2212
Los Caimanes2014Torneo Descentralizado8161--142
Atlético Minero2014Segunda División96----96
Sport Loreto2015Torneo Descentralizado30470--374
UTC2016Torneo Descentralizado4210----4210
2017368----368
2018286--10296
Binacional2019Liga 12163010256
Career total296721613031573

Honours

Club

Alfonso Ugarte

Deportivo Binacional

Individual

Notes and References

  1. Web site: La vida futbolística de Juan Pablo Vergara . AmericaTV . 3 Dec 2019 . Spanish .
  2. Web site: Tables - Primera División - Peru - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway.
  3. Web site: Juan Pablo Vergara falleció tras accidente de tránsito . ESPN Deportes . 3 Dec 2019 . Spanish .
  4. Web site: Jugadores de Binacional sufren accidente en vía Juliaca – Puno . La Republica. 2 Dec 2019 . Spanish .
  5. Web site: Juan Pablo Vergara: Lluvias y granizado provocaron accidente donde falleció jugador del Binacional . La Republica . 3 Dec 2019 . Spanish .
  6. Web site: Estas fueron las causas de la muerte de Juan Pablo Vergara, futbolista del Binacional . Peru21 . 3 Dec 2019 . Spanish .
  7. Web site: Liga 1: se realizó el sorteo del fixture del campeonato peruano 2020 . RPP Noticias . 16 Jan 2020 . Spanish .