Juan Quero Barraso (born 17 October 1984) is a Spanish footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Real Aranjuez.
Club career Born in Vallecas, Madrid, Quero began playing football for Real Madrid, joining lowly DAV Santa Ana (fourth division) after his unsuccessful youth spell. In the summer of 2005 he signed for another team from Madrid, AD Alcorcón, moving up to the third level.
Quero signed with division two side Polideportivo Ejido for the 2006–07 season.El Poli Ejido presenta a sus dos últimos fichajes, Juanma y Quero (Poli Ejido present their two last signings, Juanma and Quero); Marca, 18 July 2006 (in Spanish) However, a few months later, the Royal Spanish Football Federation deemed the deal illegal, and the player returned to his previous club without any official appearances for the Andalusians.Quero se tiene que incorporar al Alcorcón (Quero has to join Alcorcón); Ideal, 4 October 2006 (in Spanish)
In 2007–08, Quero finally played in the second tier, being an important attacking weapon as CD Numancia returned to La Liga after a three-year absence.El Numancia apeló a la austeridad para lograr su tercer ascenso a Primera (Numancia relied on austerity to achieve their third promotion to Primera); El Confidencial, 18 May 2008 (in Spanish) He produced roughly the same numbers in the following campaign, but did not find the net and the Sorians were relegated;Breve enciclopedia numantina (Brief numantina encyclopedia); Desde Soria, 29 May 2013 (in Spanish) his debut in the Spanish top flight came on 14 September 2008, in a 3–4 loss away loss against Real Madrid.Real Madrid 4–3 Numancia; ESPN Soccernet, 14 September 2008
Quero competed in the second division in the following years, representing Rayo Vallecano, Elche CF,El Elche ficha a Sergio Pelegrín y Juan Quero, procedentes del Rayo Vallecano (Elche sign Sergio Pelegrín and Juan Quero, from Rayo Vallecano); Diario AS, 6 August 2010 (in Spanish) UD Las PalmasEl Elche hace oficial la marcha de Quero a Las Palmas (Elche make Quero move to Las Palmas official); La Verdad, 7 December 2010 (in Spanish) and Córdoba CF.Juan Quero, nuevo jugador del Córdoba (Juan Quero, new Córdoba player); Córdoba Información, 23 August 2011 (in Spanish) In 2013 he moved abroad, starting with Dubai CSCJuan Quero, primer futbolista sin equipo de la AFE que consigue un contrato (Juan Quero, first clubless AFE footballer to get a contract); Andalucía Información, 17 January 2013 (in Spanish) then switching to the Thai League 1. He played for I-League club Minerva Punjab in 2019.
During season 2020–21, Quero retired from football after having been diagnosed with a heart arrhythmia.
Club statistics
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAlcorcón 2005–06Segunda División B354——3542006–07Segunda División B262——262Total616——616Numancia 2007–08Segunda División28310—2932008–09La Liga25020—270Total53330—563Rayo Vallecano 2009–10Segunda División31250—362Elche (loan) 2010–11Segunda División0020—20Las Palmas (loan) 2010–11Segunda División17000—170Córdoba (loan) 2011–12Segunda División18051—231Dubai2012–13UAE Arabian Gulf League1010—20Buriram United2013Thai League 19200—92Chonburi (loan)2013Thai League 18100—81Oriente Petrolero 2013–14LFPB1820020202Ratchaburi 2014Thai League 114200—142Hércules 2014–15Segunda División B1110020131Birkirkara 2015–16Maltese Premier League9110—101DSK Shivajians 2015–16I-League103——1032016–17I-League182——182Total285——285Fuenlabrada 2017–18Segunda División B32241—363Career total310262124033528
Honours Numancia Segunda División: 2007–08El Numancia, campeón de Segunda división (Numancia, Second division champions); Marca, 1 June 2008 (in Spanish)
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