Juan Miranda (footballer)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Miranda and the second or maternal family name is González.

Juan Miranda González (born 19 January 2000) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Serie A club Bologna.

Juan Miranda

Miranda with Schalke 04 in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Juan Miranda González[1]
Date of birth	(2000-01-19) 19 January 2000 (age 25)
Place of birth	Olivares, Spain
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s)	Left-back
Team information
Current team	Bologna
Number	33
Youth career
2008–2014	Betis
2014–2018	Barcelona
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2020	Barcelona B	30	(2)
2018–2021	Barcelona	1	(0)
2019–2020	→ Schalke 04 (loan)	11	(0)
2020–2021	→ Betis (loan)	22	(1)
2021–2024	Betis	59	(4)
2024–	Bologna	16	(0)
International career‡
2016	Spain U16	3	(0)
2016–2017	Spain U17	22	(3)
2018	Spain U18	4	(0)
2017–2019	Spain U19	19	(2)
2019–2023	Spain U21	24	(5)
2021–2024	Spain U23 (O.P.)	11	(0)
2021	Spain	1	(1)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Spain Olympic Games 2024 Paris Team 2020 Tokyo Team UEFA European Under-21 Championship Runner-up 2023 Georgia–Romania Team UEFA European Under-19 Championship Winner 2019 Armenia Team FIFA U-17 World Cup Runner-up 2017 India Team UEFA European Under-17 Championship Winner 2017 Croatia Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 January 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:34, 9 August 2024 (UTC)

Club career

Barcelona

Born in Olivares, Seville, Andalusia, Miranda joined Barcelona's youth setup in June 2014, from Real Betis.^[3][4] After progressing through the youth setup, he made his senior debut with the reserves on 19 August 2017, starting in a 2–1 away win against Real Valladolid in the Segunda División.^[5]

Miranda scored his first senior goal on 27 January 2018, netting the second in a 3–0 home win against Granada. On 11 December, he made his UEFA Champions League debut for the first team in a 1–1 draw against Tottenham Hotspur.

Loan to Schalke 04

On 30 August 2019, Miranda joined Bundesliga club FC Schalke 04 on a two-year loan deal.^[6] On 15 December 2019, he made his Bundesliga debut in a 1–0 home win against Eintracht Frankfurt when he came on for the injured Weston McKennie in the 13th minute.^[7] On 1 July 2020, he returned to Barcelona as the loan was ended early.^[8]

Loan to Betis

On 5 October 2020, Miranda joined La Liga side Real Betis on loan for the 2020–21 campaign.^[9]

Real Betis

On 1 June 2021, Barcelona announced that the clause in Miranda's contract to automatically extend it until 2023 would not trigger, and that he would join Real Betis permanently once his loan spell ended. Barça will reserve 40% of the rights of any future sale, and a right to first refusal on re-signing Miranda.^[10]

On 23 April 2022, Miranda scored the winning goal in the penalty shootout for Real Betis in the 2022 Copa del Rey Final.^[11]

Bologna

On 3 July 2024, Miranda moved to Serie A, joining Bologna on a permanent deal.^[12]

International career

Due to the isolation of some national team players following the positive COVID-19 test of Sergio Busquets, Spain's under-21 squad were called up for the international friendly against Lithuania on 8 June 2021.^[13] Miranda made his senior debut in the match and scored as Spain won 4–0.^[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 18 January 2025^[15]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Barcelona B	2017–18	Segunda División	7	1	—		—		—		7	1
	2018–19	Segunda División B	23	1	—		—		—		23	1
	Total		30	2	—		—		—		30	2
Barcelona	2018–19	La Liga	0	0	3	0	1[a]	0	0	0	4	0
Schalke 04 (loan)	2019–20	Bundesliga	11	0	1	0	—		—		12	0
Real Betis (loan)	2020–21	La Liga	22	1	3	1	—		—		25	2
Real Betis	2021–22	La Liga	13	0	3	0	7[b]	1	—		23	1
	2022–23	La Liga	21	3	2	0	7[b]	0	1[c]	0	31	3
	2023–24	La Liga	25	1	2	0	5[d]	1	—		32	2
	Total		81	5	10	1	19	2	1	0	111	8
Bologna	2024–25	Serie A	16	0	0	0	4[a]	0	—		20	0
Career total			138	7	14	1	24	2	1	0	177	10

1. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
2. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
3. Appearance in Supercopa de España
4. Three appearances in UEFA Europa League, two appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 8 June 2021

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Spain	2021	1	1
Total		1	1

As of match played 8 June 2021

Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Miranda goal.

List of international goals scored by Juan Miranda

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	8 June 2021	Butarque, Leganés, Spain	Lithuania	3–0	4–0	Friendly

Honours

Barcelona Youth

• UEFA Youth League: 2017–18^[16]

Barcelona

• Supercopa de España: 2018

Real Betis

• Copa del Rey: 2021–22^[17]

Spain U17

• UEFA European Under-17 Championship: 2017

Spain U18

• Mediterranean Games: 2018

Spain U19

• UEFA European Under-19 Championship: 2019

Spain U23

• Summer Olympics gold medal: 2024;^[18] silver medal: 2020

Individual

• UEFA European Under-19 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2019^[19]
• UEFA European Under-21 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2023^[20]

References

1. "Acta del Partido celebrado el 16 de marzo de 2019, en Barcelona" [Minutes of the Match held on 16 March 2019, in Barcelona] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 13 June 2019.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
2. "Juan Miranda". Real Betis. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
3. "El Barcelona ficha al infantil del Betis Juan Miranda" [Barcelona sign the infantil of Betis Juan Miranda] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 16 June 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
4. "Miranda: Un paso por delante" [Miranda: one step ahead] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 30 October 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
5. "El Barça B se escapa vivo de Zorrilla" [Barça B escape alive from Zorrilla] (in Spanish). Marca. 19 August 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
6. "Juan Miranda joins Schalke on loan". FC Schalke 04. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
7. "10-man Schalke hold on to defeat Eintracht Frankfurt". Bundesliga.com. 15 December 2019.
8. "Juan Miranda to return to Spain early". FC Schalke 04. 1 July 2020.
9. "Miranda loaned to Betis". FC Barcelona. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
10. "Miranda to stay at Betis". FC Barcelona. 1 June 2021.
11. "Spain's Copa del Rey final goes to penalties". BBC Online. 23 April 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
12. "Juan Miranda joins Bologna". Bologna FC 1909. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
13. "Oficial | Lista de convocados para el encuentro ante Lituania" [Official | Squad list for the match against Lithuania]. Royal Spanish Football Federation (in Spanish). 6 June 2021. Archived from the original on 8 October 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
14. "Spain youngsters impress in Lithuania rout". MARCA. 8 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
15. Juan Miranda at Soccerway
16. "Chelsea 0–3 Barcelona". UEFA.com. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
17. "Real Betis 1–1 Valencia (5–4 on pens): Real Betis win Copa del Rey final on penalties". BBC Sport. 23 April 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
18. Ronay, Barney (9 August 2024). "Camello's extra-time double clinches football gold for Spain against France". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
19. "2019 U19 EURO team of the tournament". UEFA.com. 30 July 2019.
20. "2023 Under-21 EURO Team of the Tournament". UEFA. 11 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.

External links

• Profile at the Bologna FC 1909 website
• Juan Miranda at BDFutbol
• Juan Miranda – UEFA competition record (archive)