| Juan Zárate | |
| Fullname: | Juan Zárate Iglesias |
| Birth Place: | Argentina |
| Position: | Forward |
| Youthclubs1: | General Paz |
| Youthclubs2: | Chacarita Juniors |
| Youthclubs3: | Ferro Carril Oeste |
| Years1: | 1943 |
| Clubs1: | River Plate |
| Years2: | 1944 |
| Clubs2: | Nacional Vélez Sarsfield Pacífico |
| Years3: | 1945–1946 |
| Caps3: | 101 |
| Goals3: | 66 |
| Years4: | 1947–1950 |
| Caps4: | 55 |
| Goals4: | 38 |
| Years5: | 1951 |
| Clubs5: | Santiago Wanderers |
| Years6: | 1952–1954 |
| Clubs6: | Unión Española |
| Years7: | 1955–1957 |
| Clubs7: | Ferrobádminton |
| Manageryears1: | 1979–1992 |
| Managerclubs1: | Cobresal (youth) |
| Manageryears2: | 1979 |
| Managerclubs2: | Cobresal |
| Manageryears3: | 1981 |
| Managerclubs3: | Cobresal |
| Manageryears4: | 1990–1991 |
| Managerclubs4: | Cobresal (assistant) |
| Manageryears5: | 1991–1992 |
| Managerclubs5: | Cobresal |
Juan Zárate Iglesias was an Argentine footballer.
As a youth player, Zárate was with General Paz from Villa Devoto, Chacarita Juniors and Ferro Carril Oeste. In his homeland, he played for the reserve team of River Plate[1] and Nacional Vélez Sarsfield Pacífico before moving to Chile.[2]
In Chile, he played for Green Cross, becoming a historical player,[2] Audax Italiano,[3] Santiago Wanderers,[4] Unión Española and Ferrobádminton.[1]
In Chilean football, he scored 104 goals in 156 games.[3]
As a football coach, he worked in the Cobresal youth ranks since the foundation of the club in 1979, leading the senior team in the same year[5] and stints in both the second[6] and the first division of the Chilean football.[7] [8] As coach of the youth ranks, he took part in the training and promotion to the first team of the successful Chile international Iván Zamorano.[9]