Juan Gonzalo Lorca
Juan Gonzalo Lorca Donoso (born January 15, 1985) is a Chilean footballer who last played for Magallanes as a forward.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Juan Gonzalo Lorca Donoso | ||
| Date of birth | 15 January 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–2004 | Colo-Colo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2009 | Colo-Colo | 26 | (8) |
| 2006 | → Huachipato (loan) | 35 | (11) |
| 2007–2008 | → Vitesse Arnhem (loan) | 26 | (2) |
| 2009 | → O'Higgins (loan) | 29 | (10) |
| 2010–2011 | Boulogne | 9 | (0) |
| 2011 | → O'Higgins (loan) | 24 | (7) |
| 2012 | Santiago Wanderers | 17 | (2) |
| 2012 | Deportivo Quito | 12 | (2) |
| 2013 | Rangers | 13 | (3) |
| 2013–2014 | Deportes Antofagasta | 24 | (5) |
| 2014–2015 | Ñublense | 29 | (7) |
| 2015–2016 | Deportes Antofagasta | 9 | (2) |
| 2016–2017 | Magallanes | 18 | (4) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2006– | Chile | 10 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 May 2010 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 August 2007 | |||
Club career
Lorca began his career with Colo-Colo's youth squad when he turned twelve years old. He began as an attacking midfielder, but soon made the switch to forward. On July 7, 2004, Lorca made his professional debut against Universidad Católica in a Copa Sudamericana match, which ended in a 1–1 tie. However his first goal would not come until the following month against Cobreloa.
In 2006, Lorca was loaned to Chilean club Huachipato for both the apertura and clausura tournaments. He was capped 34 times and scored 11 times before returning to Colo-Colo for the 2007 Apertura tournament. After his return, he has only been a fringe player because the team already has prominent forwards. Lorca left Colo-Colo once again after the 2007 Apertura, this time to go to Europe to play for Dutch team Vitesse Arnhem, he then returned to Colo-Colo in mid-2008.
Lorca signed in O'Higgins because he didn't have many chances to play in Colo-Colo.
In January 2010, US Boulogne signed the Chilean forward from Colo Colo for around 400,000 Euros on a three-and-a-half year deal.
He returned for 6 months on loan from US Boulogne to O'Higgins.[1]
International career
Lorca has represented the Chilean national team at the U-20, U-23, and senior levels. He took part in the 2005 South American Youth Championship, which qualified for the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship in the Netherlands. However, he did not make the trip to Europe due to injury.
In 2006, he started to appear in friendly games with the adult squad and went on to be included by Nelson Acosta in the squad for 2007 Copa América despite not being a regular in his team at the time, Colo-Colo. He then got call ups from Marcelo Bielsa during the 2010 World Cup qualifying stage but remained an unused substitute in official games. However, he did play all the games in the 2008 Toulon Tournament, where he scored one goal.
His only adult National Team goal to date was scored against Jamaica in a 2007 friendly which Chile won 1–0.
Personal life
Lorca does not like to be called Juan, and says his family and friends call him Gonzalo or Chalo. He is nephew of former Audax Italiano defender Benjamín Lorca.
Honours
References
- Juan Gonzalo Lorca at National-Football-Teams.com
