Juan Seminario
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Juan Roberto Seminario Rodríguez | ||
Date of birth | 22 July 1936 | ||
Place of birth | Piura, Peru | ||
Position(s) | Striker/Left winger | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1954–1959 | Deportivo Municipal | 80 | (28) |
1959–1961 | Sporting CP | 40 | (17) |
1961–1962 | Zaragoza | 38 | (33) |
1962–1964 | Fiorentina | 47 | (15) |
1964–1967 | Barcelona | 36 | (15) |
1967–1969 | Sabadell | 35 | (9) |
1969–1970 | Atlético Grau | ||
National team | |||
1956–1959 | Peru | 19 | (6) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 2008 |
Juan Roberto Seminario Rodríguez (born 22 July 1936 in Piura, Peru) is a retired Peruvian football player, recognized as one of Peru's most important strikers. Nicknamed "El Loco" he is the only Zaragoza player to have won the "Pichichi Trophy" (1961–62 La Liga).[1]
He played for several clubs, notably Spanish clubs Real Zaragoza and FC Barcelona, Sporting CP of Portugal, as well as Italian club Fiorentina. He also won the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1965-66 with FC Barcelona.
Career[]
Seminario started his career in 1954 playing for Deportivo Municipal where he played until 1959. During this time he made 19 appearances for the Peru national team. On 17 May 1959 he scored a hat-trick against England in a 4–1 win, in Lima.[2]
In 1959 he moved to Europe, joining Sporting CP of Portugal, where he would play 50 matches and score 21 goals, and be nicknamed Expresso de Lima.[3]
In 1961 he moved on to join Real Zaragoza in Spain where he became the top scorer in La Liga (with 25 goals in 30 matches) for the 1961–62 season. Before he was sold to Italy, he would play 8 matches and score 8 goals in the Zaragoza.
In 1963 he joined Fiorentina of Italy before returning to Spain in 1964 to play for Barcelona where he was part of the squad that won the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1965–66. He later had a spell with Sabadell before returning to Peru in 1969 to play for Atlético Grau.
Honours as a player[]
- 1962 – Pichichi Trophy
- 1966 – Inter-Cities Fairs Cup winner (FC Barcelona)
Career statistics[]
Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
Season | Club | Country | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
1954–1959 | Deportivo Municipal | ![]() |
80 | 28 | – | – | – | – | 80 | 28 |
1959–1961 | Sporting CP | ![]() |
42 | 18 | 8 | 3 | – | – | 50 | 21 |
1961–1962 | Real Zaragoza | ![]() |
38 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 36 |
1962–1964 | Fiorentina | ![]() |
47 | 15 | 5 | 4 | – | – | 52 | 19 |
1964–1967 | FC Barcelona | ![]() |
36 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 46 | 20 |
1967–1969 | CE Sabadell FC | ![]() |
35 | 9 | ? | ? | – | – | 35 | 9 |
1969–1970 | Atlético Grau | ![]() |
? | ? | – | – | – | – | ? | ? |
Total | 278 | 118 | 24 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 312 | 133 |
References[]
- ^ Seminario: "Pichichi Trophy". Archived from the original on 27 October 2009. Retrieved 19 January 2009.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
- ^ Match statistics Peru 4 Inglaterra 1
- ^ Sporting Vintage: Juan Seminário
External links[]
- (in Spanish) lpf career statistics
- 1936 births
- Living people
- People from Piura
- Peruvian footballers
- Association football forwards
- Deportivo Municipal footballers
- Sporting CP footballers
- Real Zaragoza players
- FC Barcelona players
- CE Sabadell FC footballers
- ACF Fiorentina players
- Atlético Grau footballers
- Peruvian Primera División players
- Primeira Liga players
- La Liga players
- Serie A players
- Pichichi Trophy winners
- Peru international footballers
- Peruvian expatriate footballers
- Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Peruvian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate footballers in Portugal
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in Italy