Juan Carlos Moreno Rodríguez (born 19 April 1975) is a Spanish retired

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who played as an

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, currently a

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. He totalled 374 matches in the

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over 14 seasons, scoring 51 goals in representation of eight teams, mainly Numancia. In

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, he appeared for

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and Numancia.

Playing career

Born in

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, Moreno was a product of

's youth academy. He appeared in 14 first-team matches in the 1995–96 season courtesy of manager

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, following which he would return to the reserves. Moreno went on to have several

stints, mainly in his native region:

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(twice),

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and

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. For the 2003–04 campaign he joined Numancia, being first-choice from the start and producing his best individual season in his first year, scoring eight goals in 41 games (3,476 minutes) as the club returned to

after an absence of three years. On 14 September 2008, after Numancia had achieved another top-flight promotion, Moreno opened a 4–3 away defeat against

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. He was used somewhat regularly during that season and scored three times, but the

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side were relegated. In the last day of the January transfer window in 2010, Moreno was loaned to second-tier Cartagena until the end of 2009–10. In June, aged 35, he retired having made 419 league appearances in a 16-year professional career – scoring 55 goals – although only 45 in the top division, 38 of those with Numancia.

Coaching career

Moreno remained at Numancia after his retirement, serving as assistant manager to

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until taking control of the reserves of

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in June 2013. He led them for three seasons, before terminating his contract two years early for personal reasons. The side contested the playoffs in

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, losing 4–0 on aggregate in the final to Izarra. For less than a week in late December 2017, Moreno was manager of

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club

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in his native region, leaving before his first match again for his own reasons. On 21 October 2019, following the dismissal of

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, he was appointed interim at

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who were mid-table in the second tier. He managed his first professional game six days later, a goalless home draw with

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Managerial statistics

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Moreno, Juan Carlos 1975 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Barcelona Men's association football midfielders La Liga players Segunda División players FC Barcelona Atlètic players FC Barcelona players Albacete Balompié players UE Lleida players Recreativo de Huelva players CF Extremadura footballers Terrassa FC footballers CD Numancia players FC Cartagena footballers Spain men's youth international footballers Spanish football managers Segunda División managers Tercera División managers Girona FC managers