Juan Luis Anangonó (born 13 April 1989) is an Ecuadorian professional

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who plays a striker who currently plays for Marathón.

Club career

Barcelona SC

His professional debut came in a 1–0 defeat against Universidad Católica, on 16 February 2008. He would finish his debut season with 10 games played, and 0 goals scored. He would continue his scoreless run into the 2009 season. His first career goal would come in a 1–0 win over Olmedo on 28 February 2010. He finishes the season with 8 goals in 28 league matches. After an unpromising start he was sent to play for El Nacional.

El Nacional

2011 season

Juan's debut match for El Nacional was on a 2–1 loss against L.D.U. Loja on 29 January. His first goal with El Nacional came on February 20, in a 1–0 win over Imbabura. He played 45 league matches and scored 22 goals during the remainder of the 2011 season, including an away goal against

L.D.U. Quito Liga Deportiva Universitaria () is an Ecuadorian professional football club (association football), football club based in Quito. They play in the Ecuadorian Serie A, Serie A, the highest level of the Ecuadorian professional football league. Th ...

which qualified El Nacional for the qualifying rounds of the

2012 Copa Libertadores The 2012 Copa Libertadores de América (officially the 2012 Copa Santander Libertadores for sponsorship reasons) was the 53rd edition of the Copa Libertadores de América, South America's premier international club football tournament organized ...

2012 season

His first goal of the 2012 season came on 23 May, on a 3–1 win against Macara. After scoring 8 goals in 28 matches, it was reported that he would be sold to Italian side Chievo Verona. The deal failed to fall through in time, so he was loaned to Argentine Primera A giants

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Argentinos Juniors

He was loaned to Argentinos Juniors for 1 season due to the Chievo Verona deal not being completed in time. Though it has been reported that El Nacional still wished to deal with the Italian club by the January Transfer Window. Anangono made his debut in a 1–1 home draw against

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, coming in as a substitute, and nearly scoring the winning goal. He made his second appearance in the club's derby versus

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, scoring the winning goal at the 88th minute, in a 1–0 away win. His next goal came in a thrilling 5–3 loss to

Atlético de Rafaela Asociación Mutual Social y Deportiva Atlético de Rafaela, known simply as Atlético de Rafaela, is an Argentine sports club based in the city of Rafaela, in Santa Fe Province. The club is mostly known for its professional football team, that com ...

, Anangono set up the first 2 goals and scored the 3rd goal.

Chicago Fire

Anangonó signed with

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club Chicago Fire on 23 July 2013 as a designated player. Despite some eventual success including a diving header versus reigning Western Conference Champions

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, Anangono failed to make a lasting impact on the club. He lost his starting spot to

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and failed to regain it in the remainder of his tenure in Chicago.

LDU Quito

On 2 July 2014, it was confirmed that Anangonó would be returning to his native Ecuador to play for

on loan for a year.

Beijing BSU

On 27 July 2019, Anangonó made the move to

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side Beijing BSU.

International career

Anangonó made his debut for the

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in an

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against

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coming in the 85th minute as a substitute for Jefferson Montero. He was capped once again in a 2014 World Cup Qualifier match against

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. He came in at the 88th minute for Joao Rojas. Anangonó has not been called up in over a year.

Career statistics

''Statistics accurate as of match played 5 May 2024.''

International goals

:''Scores and results list Ecuador's goal tally first.''

Honours

;LDU Quito *

Ecuadorian Serie A The Liga Pro Ecuador Serie A, simply known as the Liga Pro or the Serie A (or the Ecuadorian Serie A to distinguish it from the Italian Serie A and the Brazilian Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Série A), or as Liga Pro Ecuabet for sponsorship re ...

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

;Comunicaciones *

CONCACAF League The CONCACAF League was an international association football competition organized by CONCACAF as its secondary continental tournament for clubs from North America, Central America and the Caribbean. It was announced on 8 May 2017. The compet ...

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

Liga Nacional de Guatemala Liga (Spanish and Portuguese: ''League'') or LIGA may refer to: Sports Basketball * Liga ACB, men's professional basketball league in Spain * Liga Femenina de Baloncesto, women's professional basketball league in Spain Football Latin Amer ...

: Clausura 2022, Apertura 2023 ;Individual *

Golden Ball:

Golden Boot:

References

External links

FEF Player card
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