Juan Seminario

Juan Roberto Seminario Rodríguez ( born July 22, 1936 in Piura ) is a former Peruvian football player.

Career

Association

Seminario began his career in 1954 in his home country at Deportivo Municipal, and five years later went to Europe to Sporting Lisbon. For the Portuguese, he played through his willingness to run fast into the hearts of fans and earned the nickname " The Express Lima ". For the 1961/62 season of the Peruvians moved to Real Zaragoza. Here he secured with 25 goals right away the title of the scorer. After a brief stint in the Serie A Fiorentina Seminario signed in 1964 a contract with FC Barcelona and won with the Catalans the 1966 Fairs Cup. After two more seasons with CE Sabadell he went back to Peru and let his career with Atlético Grau finish.

National

Seminario already celebrated 20 years of its debut at the Peruvian national team and played until his move to Europe in 1959, nineteen internationals. Unforgettable is the game from May 18, 1959 against the favored England, which Peru could decide before more than 50,000 spectators in Lima thanks to a hat-trick of Seminario clear 4-1 for itself.

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