Juan Quero Barraso (born 17 October 1984) is a Spanish

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who plays as an

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for Real Aranjuez.

Club career

Born in

Vallecas Vallecas was a municipality of Spain that disappeared as such in 1950, when its annexation to the municipality of Madrid took place. Nowadays, the territory is roughly occupied by two districts: Puente de Vallecas (population 240,917) and V ...

Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...

, Quero began playing football for

Real Madrid Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional Football club (association football), football club based in Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, th ...

, joining lowly

DAV Santa Ana Deportivo Asociación de Vecinos Santa Ana is a Spanish football team based in Madrid, in the namesake community. Founded in 1974 it plays in , holding home games at ''Polideportivo Santa Ana'', which has a capacity of 2,000 spectators. History ...

( fourth division) after his unsuccessful youth spell. In the summer of 2005 he signed for another team from

AD Alcorcón Agrupación Deportiva Alcorcón S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Alcorcón, in the autonomous community of Madrid. Founded in 1971, it currently plays in Primera Federación, holding home matches at the Municipal de Santo Domingo, ...

, moving up to the

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. Quero signed with

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side

Polideportivo Ejido Poli Ejido 2012 Sociedad Deportiva was a Spanish football team based in El Ejido, Province of Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1969 and dissolved in 2012, it held home matches at '' Estadio Municipal Santo Domingo'' ...

for the 2006–07 season. However, a few months later, the

Royal Spanish Football Federation The Royal Spanish Football Federation (; RFEF) is the governing body of football in Spain. Founded on 29 September 1913, it is based in La Ciudad del Fútbol of Las Rozas de Madrid, Las Rozas, a municipality near Madrid. RFEF organizes the natio ...

deemed the deal illegal, and the player returned to his previous club without any official appearances for the

Andalusia Andalusia ( , ; , ) is the southernmost autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Peninsular Spain, located in the south of the Iberian Peninsula, in southwestern Europe. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomou ...

ns. In 2007–08, Quero finally played in the second tier, being an important attacking weapon as

CD Numancia Club Deportivo Numancia de Soria, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club in Soria, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 April 1945, it plays in , holding home games at '' Nuevo Estadio Los Pajaritos''. Besides football it ...

returned to

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after a three-year absence. He produced roughly the same numbers in the following campaign, but did not find the net and the

Soria Soria () is a municipality and a Spanish city, located on the Douro river in the east of the autonomous community of Castile and León and capital of the province of Soria. Its population is 38,881 ( INE, 2017), 43.7% of the provincial populatio ...

ns were relegated; his debut in the Spanish top flight came on 14 September 2008, in a 3–4 loss away loss against Real Madrid. Quero competed in the second division in the following years, representing

Rayo Vallecano Rayo Vallecano de Madrid, S.A.D. (), often abbreviated to Rayo (Spanish for "thunderbolt"), is a Spanish professional football club based in the Villa de Vallecas district of Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish foot ...

Elche CF Elche Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. () is a Spanish professional football club based in Elche, Province of Alicante, in the Valencian Community, Spain. Founded in 1923, the club will compete in La Liga for the 2025–26 season, holding home matches at ...

UD Las Palmas Unión Deportiva Las Palmas S.A.D. is a professional association football, football club based in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain. The club will compete in Segunda División, the 2nd division in the Spanish football league syst ...

and

Córdoba CF Córdoba Club de Fútbol (), is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club based in Córdoba, Andalusia, Córdoba, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1954 after the dissolution of RCD Córdoba. Currently it plays ...

. In 2013 he moved abroad, starting with

Dubai CSC Dubai Cultural Sports Club () was a football (soccer), football club based in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. In 2017 merged with Al Shabab (Dubai), Al Shabab to join Al-Ahli to rebrand the club into Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai FC. History The clu ...

then switching to the

Thai League 1 The Thai League (, pronounced as ') or Thai League 1 (, pronounced as '), often referred to as T1, is the highest level of the Thai football league system. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Thai L ...

. He played for

I-League The I-League is the men's second professional football division of the Indian football league system behind the Indian Super League. Administered by the All India Football Federation, it is currently contested by 13 clubs. It operates as a s ...

club

Minerva Punjab Minerva Academy Football Club (often referred to as Minerva Punjab) is an Indian professional multi-sports club based in Mohali/Chandigarh, Punjab (India), Punjab, best known for its association football, football, cricket and futsal teams. Th ...

in 2019. During season 2020–21, Quero retired from football after had been diagnostic with a heart arrhythmia.

Club statistics

Honours

Numancia *

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commonly known as Segunda División or La Liga 2, and officially known as LaLiga HyperMotion for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spa ...

: 2007–08El Numancia, campeón de Segunda división (Numancia, Second division champions)
Marca, 1 June 2008 (in Spanish)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Quero, Juan 1984 births Living people Footballers from Madrid Spanish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders AD Alcorcón footballers Polideportivo Ejido footballers CD Numancia players Rayo Vallecano players Elche CF players UD Las Palmas players Córdoba CF players Hércules CF players CF Fuenlabrada footballers Dubai CSC players Juan Quero Juan Quero Oriente Petrolero players Birkirkara F.C. players DSK Shivajians FC players Minerva Academy FC players México FC (Spain) players I-League players La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players UAE Pro League players Juan Quero Maltese Premier League players Bolivian Primera División players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates Expatriate men's footballers in Thailand Expatriate men's footballers in Bolivia Expatriate men's footballers in Malta Expatriate men's footballers in India Spanish expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Thailand Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Bolivia Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Malta Spanish expatriate sportspeople in India 21st-century Spanish sportsmen