Juan (footballer, born 1979)

Brazilian footballer

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Silveira and the second or paternal family name is Dos Santos.

Juan

Juan in 2010

Personal information
Full name|  Juan Silveira dos Santos[1]
Date of birth|  (1979-02-01) 1 February 1979 (age 46)[1]
Place of birth|  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height|  1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)|  Centre-back
Youth career
1989–1996|  Flamengo
Senior career*
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Gls)
1996–2002|  Flamengo|  75|  (5)
2002–2007|  Bayer Leverkusen|  139|  (10)
2007–2012|  Roma|  118|  (9)
2012–2015|  Internacional|  69|  (4)
2016–2019|  Flamengo|  27|  (0)
Total|  |  428|  (28)
International career
1995–1996|  Brazil U17|  6|  (2)
1997–1999|  Brazil U20|  5|  (0)
2001–2010|  Brazil|  79|  (7)
Managerial career
2020–2024|  Flamengo (technical manager)
2024–|  Brazil (coordinator)

Medal record

Representing  Brazil
FIFA Confederations Cup
Winner | 2005 Germany |
Winner | 2009 South Africa |
Copa América
Winner | 2004 Peru |
Winner | 2007 Venezuela |

* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Juan Silveira dos Santos (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʁuˈɐ̃ silˈvejɾɐ dus ˈsɐ̃tus]; born 1 February 1979), commonly known as Juan, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He currently works as Brasil national football team assistant under Carlo Ancelotti.[2]

Having begun his career with Flamengo, he spent a decade playing in Europe[3] in service of Bayer Leverkusen and Roma before returning to Brazil with Internacional in 2012.

Juan earned 79 caps and scored seven international goals for Brazil.[4] He represented the nation at two FIFA World Cups, three FIFA Confederations Cups and three Copa América tournaments, winning two apiece of the latter two events.

## Club career

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### Early career

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Born in Rio de Janeiro, Juan played for six years for Flamengo in Brazil. In 2002, he moved to Bayer Leverkusen. He played five years in Germany scoring ten goals for Bayer. In 2007, he moved to Roma for €6.3 million.[5]

### Roma

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Juan played for Roma between 2007 and 2012. In all competitions for Roma he scored 11 goals in more than 140 appearances. With Roma he won one Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana. He was a first-choice centre-back for Roma, and wore the number four jersey. Juan scored his first goal for Roma against Reggina on 16 September 2007.

In the 2011–12 season, he usually played alongside Gabriel Heinze. He scored his seventh goal for Roma in a 5–1 win over Cesena on 21 January 2012. He scored again in Roma's 4–2 loss Cagliari in Sardinia, followed by his third goal of the season, and the opening goal, in Roma's 4–0 demolition of Internazionale at the Stadio Olimpico. He scored nine goals for Roma during his time there.

### Internacional

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Juan with Internacional.

On 16 July 2012, Roma and Juan agreed to cancel his contract by mutual consent, which was set to end on 30 June 2013.[6] On the same day, Juan signed a two-year contract with the club of Porto Alegre Internacional, with a one-year option.

### Return to Flamengo

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On 11 November 2015, Juan and Internacional agreed to cancel his contract by mutual consent, almost a month later on 8 December 2015, Juan confirmed his return to Flamengo.

Juan announced his retirement after winning the 2019 Campeonato Carioca and played his farewell match on 27 April 2019, in Flamengo's 3–1 win over Cruzeiro.[7]

## International career

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Juan played on Brazil's Copa América-winning teams in 2004 and 2007, also winning the FIFA Confederations Cup in 2005 and 2009. He scored the winning goal in the penalty shootout at the end of the 2004 Copa América Final against Argentina in Lima.[8] In the quarter-finals of the same competition in 2007, he opened the scoring in a 6–1 thrashing of Chile in Puerto La Cruz.[9]

On 28 June 2010, Juan scored the first goal against Chile with a headed finish from a corner as Brazil won 3–0 to advance to the quarter-finals of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.[10]

## Career statistics

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### Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition  Club  | Season  | League  | Cup  | Continental  | Other  | Total

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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals
Flamengo | 1996 | Série A | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | 0
1997 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 20 | 3
1998 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | 16 | 0
1999 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | – | 14 | 2
2000 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2 | – | 26 | 3
2001 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 5 | – | 33 | 7
2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 3 | 0
Total  | 75 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 15
Bayer Leverkusen | 2002–03 | Bundesliga | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | – | 29 | 4
2003–04 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 31 | 2
2004–05 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | – | 39 | 3
2005–06 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 32 | 3
2006–07 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | – | 39 | 4
Total  | 139 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 170 | 16
Roma | 2007–08 | Serie A | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | – | 31 | 3
2008–09 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | – | 26 | 3
2009–10 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | 36 | 0
2010–11 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 37 | 2
2011–12 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 16 | 3
Total  | 118 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 11
Internacional | 2012 | Série A  | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 1
2013 | 32 | 3 | 7 | 0 | – | 13[a] | 2 | 52 | 5
2014 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 8[a] | 0 | 31 | 0
2015 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8[b] | 1 | 7[a] | 1 | 25 | 2
Total  | 69 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 28 | 3 | 114 | 8
Flamengo  | 2016 | Série A  | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | 16[d] | 0 | 32 | 0
2017 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10[e] | 2 | 6[f] | 1 | 35 | 3
2018 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5[b] | 0 | 5[g] | 0 | 14 | 0
2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[g] | 0 | 2 | 0
Total  | 27 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 83 | 3
Career total  | 428 | 28 | 53 | 3 | 89 | 18 | 56 | 4 | 626 | 53

1. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in Campeonato Gaúcho.
2. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores.
3. ^ Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana.
4. ^ 12 appearances in Campeonato Carioca, four appearances in Primeira Liga.
5. ^ One appearance in Copa Libertadores, nine appearances and two goals in Copa Sudamericana.
6. ^ Four appearances and one goal in Campeonato Carioca, two appearances in Primeira Liga.
7. ^ a b Appearance(s) in Campeonato Carioca.

### International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year  National team | Year | Apps | Goals

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Brazil[11] | 2001 | 7 | 0
2002 | 3 | 0
2003 | 4 | 0
2004 | 13 | 1
2005 | 9 | 1
2006 | 11 | 0
2007 | 15 | 2
2008 | 5 | 0
2009 | 5 | 2
2010 | 7 | 1
Total | 79 | 7

Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Juan goal.
List of international goals scored by Juan  No.  | Date  | Venue  | Opponent  | Score  | Result  | Competition

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1  | 11 July 2004  | Estadio Monumental Virgen de Chapi, Arequipa, Peru  |  Costa Rica | 2–0  | 4–1  | 2004 Copa América
2  | 4 September 2005  | Estádio Mané Garrincha, Brasília, Brazil  |  Chile | 1–0  | 5–0  | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying
3  | 24 March 2007  | Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden  |  Chile | 4–0  | 4–0  | Friendly
4  | 7 July 2007  | Estadio Olímpico Luis Ramos, Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela  |  Chile | 1–0  | 6–1  | 2007 Copa América
5  | 6 June 2009  | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay  |  Uruguay | 2–0  | 4–0  | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying
6  | 15 June 2009  | Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa  |  Egypt | 3–1  | 4–3  | 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup
7  | 28 June 2010  | Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa  |  Chile | 1–0  | 3–0  | 2010 FIFA World Cup

## Honours

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Flamengo

* Campeonato Carioca (6): 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2017, 2019
* Copa dos Campeões: 2001
* Copa Mercosur: 1999
* Copa de Oro: 1996

Roma

* Coppa Italia: 2007–08
* Supercoppa Italiana: 2007

Internacional

* Campeonato Gaúcho: 2013, 2014, 2015

Brazil

* Copa América: 2004, 2007
* FIFA Confederations Cup: 2005, 2009
* Lunar New Year Cup: 2005

Individual

* kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2003–04[12]
* Copa América Team of the Tournament: 2004

## References

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1. ^ a b "FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010 List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. p. 4\. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 January 2019.
2. ^ "Juan deixa o Flamengo para trabalhar na CBF". 8 February 2024.
3. ^ Arnhold, Matthias (26 January 2022). "JUAN Silveira dos Santos - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". RSSSF.com. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
4. ^ Mamrud, Roberto (26 January 2022). "Juan Silveira dos Santos - International Appearances". RSSSF.com. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
5. ^ "Aquisizione a titolo definitivo del diritto alle prestazioni sportive del calciatore Juan Silveira dos Santos" (PDF). asroma.it (in Italian). AS Roma. 21 June 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
6. ^ "JUAN DOS SANTOS SILVEIRA" (PDF) (in Italian). A.S. Roma. 16 July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
7. ^ "Bruno Henrique dá show, Fla vira na despedida de Juan e encerra invencibilidade do Cruzeiro em 2019" (in Portuguese). ESPN Brasil. 27 April 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
8. ^ O'Connor, Michael (26 July 2004). "Brazil snatch cup in late twist". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
9. ^ "El baile fue ahora en la cancha: Brasil goleó 6-1 a Chile" [The dance was on the pitch: Brazil thrash Chile 6–1]. Emol (in Spanish). 7 July 2007. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
10. ^ Fletcher, Paul (29 June 2010). "Brazil 3–0 Chile". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
11. ^ "Juan". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
12. ^ "Bundesliga Historie 2003/04" (in German). Kicker. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012.

## External links

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* Juan at Soccerway
* Leverkusen who's who

Brazil squads

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Brazil squad – 2001 Copa América

* 1 Marcos
* 2 Belletti
* 3 Cris
* 4 Roque Júnior
* 5 Eduardo Costa
* 6 Roger
* 7 Geovanni
* 8 Emerson (c)
* 9 Guilherme
* 10 Juninho Paulista
* 11 Denílson
* 12 Dida
* 13 Alessandro
* 14 Luisão
* 15 Juan
* 16 Júnior
* 17 Juninho Pernambucano
* 18 Rochemback
* 19 Fernando
* 20 Alex
* 21 Ewerthon
* 22 Jardel
* Coach: Scolari

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Brazil squad – 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup

* 1 Dida
* 2 Belletti
* 3 Lúcio
* 4 Juan
* 5 Emerson (c)
* 6 Gilberto
* 7 Ronaldinho
* 8 Kléberson
* 9 Adriano
* 10 Ricardinho
* 11 Gil
* 12 Júlio César
* 13 Maurinho
* 14 Fábio Luciano
* 15 Edu Dracena
* 16 Kléber
* 17 Eduardo Costa
* 18 Dudu Cearense
* 19 Adriano Gabiru
* 20 Alex
* 21 Ilan
* 22 Luís Fabiano
* 23 Fábio
* Coach: Parreira

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Brazil squad – 2004 Copa América winners (7th title)

* 1 Júlio César
* 2 Mancini
* 3 Luisão
* 4 Juan
* 5 Renato
* 6 Gustavo Nery
* 7 Adriano
* 8 Kléberson
* 9 Luís Fabiano
* 10 Alex (c)
* 11 Edu
* 12 Fábio
* 13 Maicon
* 14 Bordon
* 15 Cris
* 16 Dudu Cearense
* 17 Adriano Correia
* 18 Júlio Baptista
* 19 Diego
* 20 Felipe
* 21 Ricardo Oliveira
* 22 Vágner Love
* Coach: Parreira

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Brazil squad – 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup winners (2nd title)

* 1 Dida
* 2 Maicon
* 3 Lúcio
* 4 Roque Júnior
* 5 Emerson
* 6 Gilberto
* 7 Robinho
* 8 Kaká
* 9 Adriano
* 10 Ronaldinho (c)
* 11 Zé Roberto
* 12 Marcos
* 13 Cicinho
* 14 Juan
* 15 Luisão
* 16 Léo
* 17 Gilberto Silva
* 18 Juninho
* 19 Renato
* 20 Júlio Baptista
* 21 Oliveira
* 22 Edu
* 23 Gomes
* Coach: Parreira

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Brazil squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup

* 1 Dida
* 2 Cafu (c)
* 3 Lúcio
* 4 Juan
* 5 Emerson
* 6 Roberto Carlos
* 7 Adriano
* 8 Kaká
* 9 Ronaldo
* 10 Ronaldinho
* 11 Zé Roberto
* 12 Rogério Ceni
* 13 Cicinho
* 14 Luisão
* 15 Cris
* 16 Gilberto
* 17 Gilberto Silva
* 18 Mineiro
* 19 Juninho
* 20 Ricardinho
* 21 Fred
* 22 Júlio César
* 23 Robinho
* Coach: Parreira

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Brazil squad – 2007 Copa América winners (8th title)

* 1 Helton
* 2 Maicon
* 3 Alex
* 4 Juan
* 5 Mineiro
* 6 Gilberto
* 7 Elano
* 8 Gilberto Silva (c)
* 9 Vágner Love
* 10 Diego
* 11 Robinho
* 12 Doni
* 13 Dani Alves
* 14 Alex Silva
* 15 Naldo
* 16 Kléber
* 17 Josué
* 18 Fernando
* 19 Júlio Baptista
* 20 Anderson
* 21 Afonso Alves
* 22 Fred
* Coach: Dunga

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Brazil squad – 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup winners (3rd title)

* 1 Júlio César
* 2 Maicon
* 3 Lúcio (c)
* 4 Juan
* 5 Felipe Melo
* 6 Kléber
* 7 Elano
* 8 Gilberto Silva
* 9 Luís Fabiano
* 10 Kaká
* 11 Robinho
* 12 Victor
* 13 Dani Alves
* 14 Luisão
* 15 Miranda
* 16 André Santos
* 17 Josué
* 18 Ramires
* 19 Júlio Baptista
* 20 Kléberson
* 21 Pato
* 22 Nilmar
* 23 Gomes
* Coach: Dunga

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Brazil squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup

* 1 Júlio César
* 2 Maicon
* 3 Lúcio (c)
* 4 Juan
* 5 Felipe Melo
* 6 Michel Bastos
* 7 Elano
* 8 Gilberto Silva
* 9 Luís Fabiano
* 10 Kaká
* 11 Robinho
* 12 Gomes
* 13 Dani Alves
* 14 Luisão
* 15 Thiago Silva
* 16 Gilberto
* 17 Josué
* 18 Ramires
* 19 Júlio Baptista
* 20 Kléberson
* 21 Nilmar
* 22 Doni
* 23 Grafite
* Coach: Dunga

Awards

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2004 Copa América Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper|

* Júlio César

Defenders|

* Javier Zanetti
* Roberto Ayala
* Juan
* Darío Rodríguez

Midfielders|

* Lucho González
* Pável Pardo
* Renato
* Alex

Forwards|

* Carlos Tevez
* Adriano

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2007 Copa América Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper|

* Doni

Defenders|

* Javier Zanetti
* Jonny Magallón
* Juan
* Jorge Fucile

Midfielders|

* Júlio Baptista
* Javier Mascherano
* Juan Román Riquelme

Forwards|

* Robinho
* Nery Castillo
* Lionel Messi

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2003–04 kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season

* GK: Hildebrand
* DF: Krstajić
* DF: Ismaël
* DF: Lúcio
* DF: Juan
* MF: Ponte
* MF: Frings
* MF: Micoud
* MF: Ernst
* FW: Berbatov
* FW: Aílton

*[Apps]: League appearances
*[Gls]: League goals
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