Juan Páez

Juan Páez
Personal information
Full name	Juan Antonio Páez Cepeda
Date of birth	13 February 1950 (age 74)
Place of birth	Santiago, Chile
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
	Juventud Universitaria
Senior career*
Years	Team
1969–1970	Universidad Católica
1971–1972	Ferroviarios
1973–1975	Palestino
1975–1979	Lota Schwager
1980–1981	Cobreloa
1982	Regional Atacama
1983	Santiago Wanderers
1984	Green Cross-Temuco
1985	Deportes Concepción
1986	Curicó Unido
1987	Soinca Bata
1987	Coquimbo Unido
Managerial career
1991	Soinca Bata (youth)
1992	Municipal Talagante
1993	Deportes Melipilla
1994	Provincial Osorno
1995	Deportes Iquique
1997	Deportes Linares
1998	San Antonio Unido
1998–1999	Magallanes
2000–2001	San Antonio Unido
2003–2004	Persib Bandung
2007	San Antonio Unido
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Juan Antonio Páez Cepeda (born 13 February 1950) is a Chilean football manager and former footballer who played as a centre-back.

Playing career

Born in Santiago, as a child Páez was with Juventud Universitaria and next he moved to Universidad Católica. After playing for Ferroviarios in Segunda División, he played in the Primera División for Palestino, Lota Schwager, Cobreloa, Regional Atacama, Santiago Wanderers, Green Cross-Temuco and Deportes Concepción.^[1]

With Palestino, he won the 1975 Copa Chile, making 6 appearances in the tournament.^[2] At league level, he made 71 appearances and scored 4 goals from 1973 to 1975.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Lota Schwager, with Páez in the squad, got the best season in its history after reached the sixth place in the 1977 Primera División.^[6] At league level, he made 110 appearances and scored 7 goals from 1975 to 1979.^[7]

He played for Cobreloa in 1980 and 1981, making 47 appearances and scoring 8 goals and winning the league title in 1980.^[8] In addition, he took part in the 1981 Copa Libertadores, where Cobreloa was the runner-up after being defeated by Flamengo.^[9]

In his last years as footballer, he played in the Segunda División for Curicó Unido, Soinca Bata^[10] and Coquimbo Unido.^[11]

Coaching career

Páez mainly developed his career in Chile at both the second and the third divisions. San Antonio Unido was the club what he coached more times: 1998, 2000–01 and 2007.^[12] In the Primera División, he led Deportes Melipilla in 1993.^[13]

Abroad, Páez had a stint with the Indonesian club Persib Bandung (2003–04), saving it from the relegation to the lower division. In the club, he coached his compatriots Alejandro Tobar, Claudio Lizama, Julio Lopez and Angelo Espinosa.^[14]

Personal life

He is the younger brother of the Chilean former international footballer Guillermo Páez.^[15]

Honours

Player

Palestino

Copa Chile: 1975

Cobreloa

Primera División: 1980

References

^ "Juan PÁEZ". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 October 2022.
^ "!CAMPEONES!" (PDF). Palestino (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Palestino Histórico: 4. March 1976. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
^ "Palestino 1973 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 October 2022.
^ "Palestino 1974 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 October 2022.
^ "Palestino 1975 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 October 2022.
^ AGUANTELOTA: ENTREVISTA A JUAN PAEZ on YouTube
^ "ENTREVISTA A JUAN PAEZ (1976-1979)". AGUANTELOTA (in Spanish). 11 January 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
^ "CAMPEONATO NACIONAL 1980". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 October 2022.
^ "Recordamos dos grandes actuaciones internacionales de equipos chilenos (videos)". El Mostrador (in Spanish). 23 November 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
^ SOINCA BATA / 1987 Deportes Melipilla historia albiazul on Facebook (in Spanish)
^ "Mario Rodríguez: Loco por los tubos" (in Spanish). Diario El Día. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
^ LOS HERMANOS QUE TUVIERON SU PASO POR EL SAU Hinchas del SAU on Facebook
^ JUAN PÁEZ CEPEDA Deportes Melipilla historia albiazul on Facebook (in Spanish)
^ Snaz, Erwin (18 May 2020). "Kisah Juan Paez, Pelatih yang Menyelamatkan Persib dari Degradasi Lalu Merasa Tersakiti". bola.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 7 October 2022.
^ Bruna, Eduardo (19 September 2016). "El "Bonva" jugador: ni tronco ni superdotado". www.elagora.net (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 October 2022.