Juan Ugarte

Football player infobox| playername= Juan Ugarte


fullname = Juan Ugarte Aiestarán
nickname =
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1980|11|7|mf=y
cityofbirth = San Sebastián
countryofbirth = Spain
height = height| m = 1.76
weight = 74 kg
position = Striker
youthyears = 1997-1999
youthclubs = Real Sociedad Juvenil (División Honor)
years = 1998-2002
2002-2003
2002-2003
2003-2004
2003-2004
2004–2005
2005-2006
2006
2006-2008
clubs = Real Sociedad B
SD Eibar
Real Unión
Barakaldo CF
Dorchester Town
Wrexham
Crewe Alexandra
→ Wrexham "(loan)"
Wrexham
caps(goals) = 01 0(0)
01 0(0)
16 0(3)
29 0(6)
07 0(6)
30 (17)
02 0(0)
02 0(0)
00 0(0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = July 10, 2006
ntupdate = July 10, 2006

Juan Ugarte (born 7 November, 1980 in San Sebastián) is a former professional footballer, who most notably played for Football League Two side Wrexham.

Ugarte's claim-to-fame is scoring five times one game, a 6-4 thriller against Hartlepool United, and scoring in the LDV vans final which Wrexham won 2-0 against Southend United. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_2/4300299.stm]

Ugarte is reportedly friends with Liverpool's Xabi Alonso. [http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0600soccer/0800wrexham/tm_objectid=15452582&method=full&siteid=50082&headline=dragons-boss-vows-to-keep-juan-ugarte-name_page.html]

He started his career with San Sebastian's Real Sociedad and has also played for SD Eibar, Red Union Club Irún, Barakaldo CF and then moved to England with Dorchester Town until he was snapped up by Wrexham. Ugarte scored his first goal, which would be the winning goal in an LDV Vans Trophy quarter final tie against local rivals Chester City. This made him popular with the Wrexham fans. He would score many goals, which gave Wrexham some chance of avoiding relegation to League Two after their 10-point deduction for entering administration left them as one of the favourites for the drop in the 2004-05 season. He would also finish top scorer in the LDV Vans Trophy that season.

Ugarte then joined Football League One club Crewe Alexandra, but injuries prevented him from ever starting a game for the Alex [http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=28531] and also cut short two loan returns to Wrexham after just one game each time. Despite his injury problems, the Dragons resigned him in November 2006 after Crewe had released him in May of that year, but up to February 24 2007 he has had problems with his knee and hamstring. Due to persistent injury problems, Ugarte had his Wrexham contract cancelled, and retired from professional football on January 16 2008.