Juan José Carricondo

Infobox Football biography
playername = Juanjo
fullname = Juan José Carricondo Perez
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1977|5|4|df=y
cityofbirth = Barcelona
countryofbirth = Spain
height = height|ft=5|in=9
position = Striker
currentclub =
clubnumber =
youthyears =
youthclubs = Barcelona
years = 1997–1998
1998–2001
2001–2003
2003–2004
2004–2006
2006
2006–2007
2007–2008
clubs = Barcelona
Heart of Midlothian
Bradford City
Real Jaén
Inverness
→ Hamilton Academical (loan)
Granada CF
CE Premià
caps(goals) =
74 (9)
26 (1)
31 (7)
11 (1)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 22:18, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
ntupdate = 22:18, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Juan José Carricondo Perez (born 4 May 1977 in Barcelona, Spain), usually known as Juanjo, is a professional footballer.

Playing career

Juanjo started his career as a young player for Barcelona. He made his first team debut against Deportivo la Coruña at the Riazor stadium. He later moved to Edinburgh to play for Heart of Midlothian, where he received his first taste of Scottish football. His spell at Hearts was very successful and he was a fans' favourite. He later followed his manager Jim Jefferies to England and Bradford City in the English First Division. He moved back to his country to play for Spanish second division club Real Jaén. John Robertson, then manager of Inverness Caledonian Thistle offered him a return to Scotland in the summer of 2004.

Juanjo quickly made himself popular with the Inverness Caledonian Thistle fans. He was known as the Spanish wizard in their midfield, having both scored and created a large number of goals during the club's first Scottish Premier League season in 2004–05 adding a great deal of flair to the side's performances.

A ruptured achilles tendon injury received late in that season kept Juanjo from participating in Inverness's games in the early part of the following season. When he returned to fitness he expected to play a major part in the rest of the team's campaign. However, former player-manager Craig Brewster left the player out of favour. During the January transfer window the Spaniard was allowed to move to Hamilton Academical on loan for the rest of the season.

He left Scottish football at the end of that season and joined Granada CF in Spain.

Juanjo trained with Ross County in April 2008 with a view to having a trial to re-join Inverness Caledonian Thistle, but in July, Inverness decided not to offer Juanjo a contract.Fact|date=July 2008. In July 2008, Juanjo was an unamed trialist for Airdrie United in a pre-season testimonial against Blackburn United in honour of club captain Craig Spence's ten years at the junior side. [cite news
url=http://icwestlothian.icnetwork.co.uk/courier/sport/tm_headline=blackburn-do-spence-proud&method=full&objectid=21435384&siteid=92284-name_page.html
title=Blackburn do Spence proud
date=2008-07-31
accessdate=2008-07-31
publisher=West Lothian Courier
first=Eric
last=MacKinnon]

References

External links

*soccerbase|15246|Juanjo
* [http://www.ligafutbol.net/2008/05/12/los-mejores-goles-y-jugadas-de-juanjo-carricondo/ Interview and video of Juanjo Carricondo in Spain]
* [http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/players/juanjocarricondo.html Profile] at [http://www.londonhearts.com londonhearts.com]