Juan (footballer, born 1979)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Silveira and the second or paternal family name is Dos Santos.

Juan Silveira dos Santos (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʁuˈɐ̃ silˈvejɾɐ dus ˈsɐ̃tus]; born 1 February 1979), commonly known as Juan, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He currently works as Brasil national football team assistant under Dorival Júnior.^[2]

Juan

Juan in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Juan Silveira dos Santos[1]
Date of birth	(1979-02-01) 1 February 1979 (age 45)[1]
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
1989–1996	Flamengo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–2002	Flamengo	75	(5)
2002–2007	Bayer Leverkusen	139	(10)
2007–2012	Roma	118	(9)
2012–2015	Internacional	69	(4)
2016–2019	Flamengo	27	(0)
Total		428	(28)
International career
1995–1996	Brazil U17	6	(2)
1997–1999	Brazil U20	5	(0)
2001–2010	Brazil	79	(7)
Managerial career
2020–2024	Flamengo (technical manager)
2024–	Brazil (coordinator)
Medal record Representing  Brazil FIFA Confederations Cup Winner 2005 Germany Winner 2009 South Africa Copa América Winner 2004 Peru Winner 2007 Venezuela
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Having begun his career with Flamengo, he spent a decade playing in Europe^[3] in service of Bayer Leverkusen and Roma before returning to Brazil with Internacional in 2012.

Juan earned 79 caps and scored seven international goals for Brazil.^[4] He represented the nation at two FIFA World Cups, three FIFA Confederations Cups and three Copa América tournaments, winning two apiece of the latter two events.

Club career

Early career

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Juan played for six years for Flamengo in Brazil. In 2002, he moved to Bayer Leverkusen. He played five years in Germany scoring ten goals for Bayer. In 2007, he moved to Roma for €6.3 million.^[5]

Roma

Juan played for Roma between 2007 and 2012. In all competitions for Roma he scored 11 goals in more than 140 appearances. With Roma he won one Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana. He was a first-choice centre-back for Roma, and wore the number four jersey. Juan scored his first goal for Roma against Reggina on 16 September 2007.

In the 2011–12 season, he usually played alongside Gabriel Heinze. He scored his seventh goal for Roma in a 5–1 win over Cesena on 21 January 2012. He scored again in Roma's 4–2 loss Cagliari in Sardinia, followed by his third goal of the season, and the opening goal, in Roma's 4–0 demolition of Internazionale at the Stadio Olimpico. He scored nine goals for Roma during his time there.

Internacional

Juan with Internacional.

On 16 July 2012, Roma and Juan agreed to cancel his contract by mutual consent, which was set to end on 30 June 2013.^[6] On the same day, Juan signed a two-year contract with the club of Porto Alegre Internacional, with a one-year option.

Return to Flamengo

On 11 November 2015, Juan and Internacional agreed to cancel his contract by mutual consent, almost a month later on 8 December 2015, Juan confirmed his return to Flamengo.

Juan announced his retirement after winning the 2019 Campeonato Carioca and played his farewell match on 27 April 2019, in Flamengo's 3–1 win over Cruzeiro.^[7]

International career

Juan played on Brazil's Copa América-winning teams in 2004 and 2007, also winning the FIFA Confederations Cup in 2005 and 2009. He scored the winning goal in the penalty shootout at the end of the 2004 Copa América Final against Argentina in Lima.^[8] In the quarter-finals of the same competition in 2007, he opened the scoring in a 6–1 thrashing of Chile in Puerto La Cruz.^[9]

On 28 June 2010, Juan scored the first goal against Chile with a headed finish from a corner as Brazil won 3–0 to advance to the quarter-finals of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.^[10]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Flamengo	1996	Série A	11	0	0	0	0	0	–		11	0
	1997		14	2	4	1	2	0	–		20	3
	1998		10	0	1	0	5	0	–		16	0
	1999		7	0	0	0	7	1	–		14	2
	2000		15	2	7	0	4	2	–		26	3
	2001		18	1	6	1	9	5	–		33	7
	2002		0	0	0	0	3	0	–		3	0
	Total		75	5	18	2	20	8	0	0	113	15
Bayer Leverkusen	2002–03	Bundesliga	24	2	2	0	3	2	–		29	4
	2003–04		30	2	1	0	0	0	–		31	2
	2004–05		27	1	3	0	9	2	–		39	3
	2005–06		30	3	1	0	1	0	–		32	3
	2006–07		28	2	1	1	10	1	–		39	4
	Total		139	10	8	1	23	5	0	0	170	16
Roma	2007–08	Serie A	22	2	1	0	8	1	–		31	3
	2008–09		21	2	1	0	4	1	–		26	3
	2009–10		29	0	2	0	5	0	–		36	0
	2010–11		31	2	3	0	3	0	–		37	2
	2011–12		16	3	0	0	0	0	–		16	3
	Total		118	9	8	0	20	2	0	0	146	11
Internacional	2012	Série A	6	1	0	0	–		–		6	1
	2013		32	3	7	0	–		13[a]	2	52	5
	2014		21	0	2	0	–		8[a]	0	31	0
	2015		10	0	0	0	8[b]	1	7[a]	1	25	2
	Total		69	4	9	0	8	1	28	3	114	8
Flamengo	2016	Série A	9	0	4	0	3[c]	0	16[d]	0	32	0
	2017		13	0	6	0	10[e]	2	6[f]	1	35	3
	2018		4	0	0	0	5[b]	0	5[g]	0	14	0
	2019		1	0	0	0	0	0	1[g]	0	2	0
	Total		27	0	10	0	18	2	28	1	83	3
Career total			428	28	53	3	89	18	56	4	626	53

1. Appearance(s) in Campeonato Gaúcho.
2. Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores.
3. Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana.
4. 12 appearances in Campeonato Carioca, four appearances in Primeira Liga.
5. One appearance in Copa Libertadores, nine appearances and two goals in Copa Sudamericana.
6. Four appearances and one goal in Campeonato Carioca, two appearances in Primeira Liga.
7. Appearance(s) in Campeonato Carioca.

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Brazil[11]	2001	7	0
	2002	3	0
	2003	4	0
	2004	13	1
	2005	9	1
	2006	11	0
	2007	15	2
	2008	5	0
	2009	5	2
	2010	7	1
Total		79	7

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

List of international goals scored by Juan

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	11 July 2004	Estadio Monumental Virgen de Chapi, Arequipa, Peru	Costa Rica	2–0	4–1	2004 Copa América
2	4 September 2005	Estádio Mané Garrincha, Brasília, Brazil	Chile	1–0	5–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying
3	24 March 2007	Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden	Chile	4–0	4–0	Friendly
4	7 July 2007	Estadio Olímpico Luis Ramos, Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela	Chile	1–0	6–1	2007 Copa América
5	6 June 2009	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay	Uruguay	2–0	4–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying
6	15 June 2009	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa	Egypt	3–1	4–3	2009 FIFA Confederations Cup
7	28 June 2010	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa	Chile	1–0	3–0	2010 FIFA World Cup

Honours

Flamengo

• Campeonato Carioca (6): 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2017, 2019
• Copa dos Campeões: 2001
• Copa Mercosur: 1999
• Copa de Oro: 1996

Roma

• Coppa Italia: 2007–08
• Supercoppa Italiana: 2007

Internacional

• Campeonato Gaúcho: 2013, 2014, 2015

Brazil

• Copa América: 2004, 2007
• FIFA Confederations Cup: 2005, 2009
• Lunar New Year Cup: 2005

Individual

• kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2003–04^[12]
• Copa América Team of the Tournament: 2004

References

1. "FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010 List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 January 2019.
2. "Juan deixa o Flamengo para trabalhar na CBF". 8 February 2024.
3. Arnhold, Matthias (26 January 2022). "JUAN Silveira dos Santos - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". RSSSF.com. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
4. Mamrud, Roberto (26 January 2022). "Juan Silveira dos Santos - International Appearances". RSSSF.com. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
5. "Aquisizione a titolo definitivo del diritto alle prestazioni sportive del calciatore Juan Silveira dos Santos" (PDF). asroma.it (in Italian). AS Roma. 21 June 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
6. "JUAN DOS SANTOS SILVEIRA" (PDF) (in Italian). A.S. Roma. 16 July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
7. "Bruno Henrique dá show, Fla vira na despedida de Juan e encerra invencibilidade do Cruzeiro em 2019" (in Portuguese). ESPN Brasil. 27 April 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
8. O'Connor, Michael (26 July 2004). "Brazil snatch cup in late twist". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
9. "El baile fue ahora en la cancha: Brasil goleó 6-1 a Chile" [The dance was on the pitch: Brazil thrash Chile 6–1]. Emol (in Spanish). 7 July 2007. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
10. Fletcher, Paul (29 June 2010). "Brazil 3–0 Chile". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
11. "Juan". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
12. "Bundesliga Historie 2003/04" (in German). Kicker.

External links

• Juan at Soccerway
• Leverkusen who's who