Juan Manuel Delgado Lloria (; born 17 November 1990), commonly known as Juanma , is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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for club

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. He spent the vast majority of his career in Spain in the lower leagues, his

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input consisting of ten matches with

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. He competed professionally in Greece (

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and

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), Scotland ( Heart of Midlothian) and Japan (

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and

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Club career

Early career

Born in

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, Juanma started out at

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in the

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. He then moved to

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, where he represented

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and

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. He scored and was

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– after having already been replaced – in his competitive debut for the latter on 17 October 2012, a 2–1 away win against

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in the

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of the

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Greece

In the summer of 2013, Juanma joined Greek club Asteras Tripolis FC. He played his first game as a professional on 15 September of that year, featuring six minutes in a 1–1

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draw at

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. His first goal came on 12 January 2014, when he contributed to a 3–0 home victory over Platanias FC. After featuring in 36 games in all competitions and leaving by mutual consent, Juanma spent the 2014–15 season with fellow league side Kalloni FC. He scored his first goal for his new team on 9 November 2014, in a 2–0 away defeat of

Panionios FC Panionios G.S.S. Football Club (Greek (language), Greek: ΠΑΕ Πανιώνιος Γ.Σ.Σ.), the ''Pan-Ionian Gymnastics Club of Smyrna'' (Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, ''Panionios Gymnastikos Sy ...

. He netted twice on 9 February of the following year, helping to a 2–2 home draw against Skoda Xanthi F.C. and an eventual 11th-place finish; subsequently, he signed a new contract.

Hearts

Juanma signed for Heart of Midlothian on a three-year deal in June 2015, with Kalloni being entitled to 20% of any future transfer. On 2 August, in his

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debut, he capitalised on a Brad McKay mistake to score the opener at home against

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, in an eventual 4–3 win. Six days later, in a 2–1 victory at

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, he netted twice in five minutes, starting with a

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. On 19 December, against the same opponent, he received a straight red card in a goalless draw for headbutting David Wotherspoon, and manager

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attributed it to frustration at Scottish referees being more lenient on fouls against strikers than their Spanish counterparts. On 31 August 2016, Juanma was loaned to

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for one year, making his professional debut in the Spanish league system on 21 September when he came on as a 35th-minute substitute and scored once in a 4–0 home win over

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in the

Japan

Juanma agreed to a permanent contract with Japanese club

in January 2017. He spent the following years in the same country (in both the

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and the

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), with

and

. On 14 December 2022, Juanma returned to V-Varen.

Career statistics

Honours

Individual *

top scorer:

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* J2 League Best XI: 2023

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Juanma 1990 births Living people 21st-century Spanish sportsmen Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Valencia Men's association football forwards Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players CD Dénia footballers Deportivo Alavés players UCAM Murcia CF players Super League Greece players Asteras Tripolis F.C. players AEL Kalloni F.C. players Scottish Professional Football League players Heart of Midlothian F.C. players J1 League players J2 League players V-Varen Nagasaki players RB Omiya Ardija players Avispa Fukuoka players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Expatriate men's footballers in Japan Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Greece Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Japan