Juan Silveira dos Santos

Juan in May 2010

Juan (actually Juan Silveira dos Santos, born 1 February 1979 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ) is a Brazilian footballer. The skilled central defender is distinguished by its excellent heading ability, what he knows to take advantage in offensive set pieces.

  • 2.1 club
  • 2.2 national team

Career

Association

Juan played from 1996 to 2002 for the Brazilian club Flamengo. There he was able to celebrate his first successes. 1999 won the team the Copa Mercosur and the State Championship in Rio de Janeiro. 2000 and 2001 the title of the State Championship was successfully defended. After Juan had to wait for the breakthrough at Flamengo in his first four years, he made it in 2000. From then on it had also European scouts on the notepads. Finally, in the summer of 2002 it came to moving to Germany to work for the club Bayer 04 Leverkusen. There, the Brazilian met his countrymen Cris, Lúcio and França. Right off the bat, Juan played in the starting eleven of the club, where he was to form a strong central defensive duo with Lucio in the next two years.

His debut in the Bundesliga was Juan on August 10, 2002, the first matchday of the 2002/03 season, the 1-1 against Energie Cottbus. By the 10th round of the same game time it took before he could achieve his first goal for Bayer. In total he scored for Bayer ten league goals in his time in Germany. Of great success this year, however, were not affected. In the first year they managed as table 15th barely in the league, in the following year, the team was third. After the game of Leverkusen vs 1.FC Nuremberg (final score 2-0), on April 21, 2007 Juan announced to leave the club. In the summer of last year, he extended his contract until 2009.

On June 21st of the same year, the Roma announced the commitment of the Brazilian for 6.3 million euros, which is tied with a four-year contract at the Italian club since 1 July 2007. On September 2, 2007 Juan came to his Serie A debut when he came on in the encounter with AC Siena in the 84th minute for Alberto Aquilani coach Luciano Spalletti. Already after his first season in Italy, Juan won with the capital club won the Coppa Italia. In the 2-1 win against Inter Milan, the Brazilian was in the starting lineup and thus helped his team to success. In the same year the team of Italian runners-up as well as two years was it.

In July 2012, he moved to ten years back in Europe to his home to SC Internacional. At the club from Porto Alegre, he signed a two-year contract with an option for another season.

National

His first cap for Brazil denied Juan on July 15, 2001 against Peru during the Copa América 2001. This was also the first international tournament for Juan in the dress of the Seleção. Even before that, he held several youth teams of the association. Shortly before the Football World Cup 2002 in Japan and South Korea, he learned of his non- nomination to the team of the Brazilian national team.

Only in 2003 gave him the then coach Carlos Alberto Parreira ahead of the Confederations Cup another chance. Finally, the central defender was appointed regularly in the following years and missed no more major competitions. In 2004, he won the Copa América, in the following year the Confederations Cup in Germany. While Juan in 2004 was still master force, he had to vacate at the Confed Cup the place for his former club mates Roque Junior. 2007 Juan was able to defend the Copa America with Brazil, in the final of the 2004 edition against Argentina, he led the team as captain, deputizing for the suspended Gilberto Silva.

At the Confederations Cup 2009, he came only two appearances during the preliminary round. The team made ​​it to the finals, defeating there the crew of the United States. In May 2010, Juan was appointed by coach Carlos Dunga in the squad of the World Cup in Südarfrika. There he formed together with Lucio and Maicon and Michel Bastos wingbacks defensive the South Americans. The defender missed throughout the tournament no minute of his team, but retired in the quarterfinals against the Netherlands with the team. In the next round in a 3-0 win against Chile he succeeded his only goal of the tournament.

Achievements

Association

  • State Championship in Rio de Janeiro with Flamengo Rio de Janeiro: 1999
  • Copa Mercosur with Flamengo Rio de Janeiro: 1999
  • Copa dos Champ with Flamengo Rio de Janeiro: 2001
  • Coppa Italia with Roma: 2007/ 08

National

  • Copa América: 2004, 2007
  • Confederations Cup winner: 2005 and 2009
Defender (association football) Cris (footballer) 2007–08 Coppa Italia
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