Juan Luis Lillo Jara (born 11 July 1983) is a Chilean former professional

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who played as a

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for clubs in Chile, Thailand and Indonesia.

Career

Born in

Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile (), is the capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is located in the country's central valley and is the center of the Santiago Metropolitan Regi ...

, Lillo played in his homeland for

Cobreloa Club de Deportes Cobreloa S.A.D.P. (), commonly referred to as Cobreloa, is a professional Chilean football league system, Chilean football club based in Calama, Chile, Calama, Región de Antofagasta, Chile. They compete in the Primera B de Ch ...

in the top division. Abroad, he played in Indonesia for

Persigo Gorontalo Hizbul Wathan Football Club is a professional Indonesian football team based in Sidoarjo Regency, East Java. They compete in the fourth tier of Indonesian league, Liga 4. History Semeru FC is an amalgamation of other Lumajang regional teams. In ...

PSPS Pekanbaru Persatuan Sepakbola Pekanbaru dan Sekitarnya (commonly known as PSPS) is an Indonesian professional football club based in Pekanbaru, Riau. They currently play in the Liga 2. Their home ground is the Riau Main Stadium. History PSPS was formed ...

Persema Malang Persema, an acronym for Persatuan Sepakbola Malang is an Indonesian football club based in Malang, East Java. They currently compete in the Liga 4. History The club was officially established in 1953, with primary funding from Malang's munic ...

and Persipon Pontianak. He also had a stint in Thailand with

Chainat Chai Nat (, ) is a town ('' thesaban mueang'') in central Thailand, capital of Chai Nat province. It covers the whole ''tambon'' tambon Nai Mueang and parts of Ban Kluai, Tha Chai and Khao Tha Phra, all in Mueang Chai Nat district. As of 2006 ...

Personal life

Lillo was married to the Indonesian TV presenter and model , with whom he had legal issues due to alleged domestic violence.

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Juan Luis Lillo
at ZeroZero.pt * * 1983 births Living people Footballers from Santiago, Chile Chilean men's footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Men's association football midfielders C.D. Cobreloa footballers Persigo Gorontalo players PSPS Pekanbaru players Persema Malang players Juan Luis Lillo Persipon Pontianak players Chilean Primera División players Indonesian Premier Division players Juan Luis Lillo Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Thailand Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia Expatriate men's footballers in Thailand {{Chile-footy-midfielder-stub