Juan Páez

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Páez and the second or maternal family name is Cepeda.
Juan Páez
Personal information
Full name Juan Antonio Páez Cepeda
Date of birth (1950-02-13) 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 Apps (Gls)
1969–1970 Universidad Católica
1971–1972 Ferroviarios
1973–1975 Palestino 71 (4)
1975–1979 Lota Schwager 110 (7)
1980–1981 Cobreloa 47 (8)
1982 Regional Atacama 28 (0)
1983 Santiago Wanderers 7 (0)
1984 Green Cross-Temuco 11 (0)
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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Honours[edit]

Player[edit]

Palestino

Cobreloa

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Juan PÁEZ". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  2. ^ "!CAMPEONES!" (PDF). Palestino (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Palestino Histórico: 4. March 1976. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Palestino 1973 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Palestino 1974 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Palestino 1975 - Campeonato Nacional". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  6. ^ AGUANTELOTA: ENTREVISTA A JUAN PAEZ on YouTube
  7. ^ "ENTREVISTA A JUAN PAEZ (1976-1979)". AGUANTELOTA (in Spanish). 11 January 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  8. ^ "CAMPEONATO NACIONAL 1980". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  9. ^ "Recordamos dos grandes actuaciones internacionales de equipos chilenos (videos)". El Mostrador (in Spanish). 23 November 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  10. ^ SOINCA BATA / 1987 Deportes Melipilla historia albiazul on Facebook (in Spanish)
  11. ^ "Mario Rodríguez: Loco por los tubos" (in Spanish). Diario El Día. 17 September 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  12. ^ LOS HERMANOS QUE TUVIERON SU PASO POR EL SAU Hinchas del SAU on Facebook
  13. ^ JUAN PÁEZ CEPEDA Deportes Melipilla historia albiazul on Facebook (in Spanish)
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ Bruna, Eduardo (19 September 2016). "El "Bonva" jugador: ni tronco ni superdotado". www.elagora.net (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 October 2022.

External links[edit]

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