Juan Mera (footballer)

Juan Mera González (born 22 November 1993), is a Spanish footballer who plays as a midfielder for the I-League club NEROCA[1]

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

Juan Mera
Mera with East Bengal in 2019
Personal information
Full name Juan Mera González
Date of birth (1993-11-22) 22 November 1993
Place of birth Gijón, Spain
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 NEROCA
Youth career
2001–2002 Antonio Machado
2002–2003 Roces
2003–2010 Sporting Gijón
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2016 Sporting B 155 (21)
2016–2017 Celta B 32 (2)
2017–2018 Racing Ferrol 23 (1)
2018–2019 Teruel 11 (0)
2019 Leioa 7 (0)
2019–2020 East Bengal 16 (2)
2020–2021 Lealtad 20 (0)
2021– NEROCA
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 September 2021

Club career

Spain

Born in Gijón, Asturias, he made his senior debut with Sporting de Gijón B in the 2010–11 season. Juan played his first match on 29 August 2010 against Gimnástica Torrelavega[2] He played for Sporting B, in Segunda División B, till 2015–16 season. He scored 21 goals. In 2016–17, he was promoted to Sporting Gijón.[2]

After that he joined Celta Vigo B, Racing Ferrol, Teruel, Leioa in Spain till 2018–19 and played in Segunda División B.

India

On 24 August 2019, Juan pursued a one-year deal and moved to Indian club, East Bengal FC.[3][4] On 12 September, he played his first match for the club in Calcutta Football League, against Kalighat MS.[5]

He made his professional league debut on 4 December 2019 in I-League, in match against Real Kashmir FC He assisted a goal and was also named Man of the Match.[6]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 21 March 2021[7][8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sporting B 2010–11 Segunda División B 261——261
2011–12 130——130
2012–13 201——201
2013–14 278——278
2014–15 357——357
2015–16 344——344
Total 15521000015521
Celta B 2016–17 Segunda División B 322—2[lower-alpha 1]1343
Racing Ferrol 2017–18 Segunda División B 23110—241
Teruel 2018–19 Segunda División B 11010—120
Leioa 2018–19 Segunda División B 7000—70
East Bengal 2019–20 I-League 16200—162
CD Lealtad 2020–21 Segunda División B 15010—160
Career total 25926302126427
  1. Appearance(s) in Promotion Playoffs

References
  1. "Juan Mera, Juan Mera González - Footballer". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  2. "Spain - Juan Mera - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  3. Nehal (24 August 2019). "East Bengal FC sign Spanish forward Juan Mera González". THE AWAY END. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  4. Mullick, Sounak (24 August 2019). "Indian Football: East Bengal add Spanish midfielder Juan Mera Gonzalez to their roster". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  5. "Quess East Bengal FC". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  6. "Match Details | Hero I-League". Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  7. Juan Mera at Soccerway
  8. Juan Mera at BDFutbol
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