Juan Manuel Delgado Lloria

Juanma

Personal information
Full name	Juan Manuel Delgado Lloria
Date of birth	17 November 1990
Place of birth	Valencia, Spain
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current team	Hearts
Number	19
Youth career
2006–2009	Levante
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2009–2011	Jove Español	41	(8)
2011–2012	Dénia	26	(2)
2012–2013	Alavés	27	(7)
2013–2014	Asteras Tripoli	30	(5)
2014–2015	Kalloni	26	(7)
2015–	Hearts	30	(11)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 May 2016. † Appearances (goals)

Juan Manuel Delgado Lloria (born 17 November 1990), commonly known as Juanma, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Scottish club Heart of Midlothian as a forward.

Football career

Born in Valencia, Juanma only played lower league football in his country, starting out at FC Jove Español San Vicente in Tercera División.^[1] He then moved to Segunda División B, where he represented CD Dénia^[2] and Deportivo Alavés;^[3] he scored and was sent off – after having already been replaced – in his competitive for the latter on 17 October 2012, a 2–1 away win against Huracán Valencia CF for the season's Copa del Rey.^[4][5]

In the 2013 summer, Juanma joined Greek club Asteras Tripoli FC.^[6] He played his first game as a professional on 15 September of that year, featuring six minutes in a 1–1 Superleague draw at OFI Crete.^[7] His first goal came on 12 January 2014, when he contributed to a 3–0 home win over Platanias FC.^[8]

After featuring in 36 games all competitions comprised and leaving by mutual consent,^[9] Juanma spent the 2014–15 campaign with fellow league side Kalloni FC.^[10] He scored his first goal for his new team on 9 November 2014, in a 2–0 away win over Panionios FC.^[11] He netted twice on 9 February of the following year, helping to a 2–2 home draw against Skoda Xanthi F.C.^[12] and an eventual 11th-place finish; subsequently, he signed a new contract.^[13]

Juanma signed for Heart of Midlothian on a three-year deal in June 2015,^[14] with Kalloni being entitled to 20% of any future transfer.^[15] On 2 August, in his Scottish Premiership debut, he capitalised on a Brad McKay mistake to score the opener at home against St Johnstone, in an eventual 4–3 win.^[16] Six days later, in a 2–1 success at Dundee, he netted twice in five minutes, starting with a penalty;^[17] on 19 December, against the same opponent, he received a straight red card in a goalless draw for headbutting David Wotherspoon, and manager Robbie Neilson attributed it to frustration at Scottish referees being more lenient on fouls against strikers than their Spanish counterparts.^[18]

References

1. "Un gol de Juanma permite el primer triunfo del Jove Español" [Juanma goal allows for first Jove Español win] (in Spanish). Diario Información. 4 October 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
2. "Un Dénia sin delanteros busca romper la racha de la UE Llagostera" [Forward-free Dénia seeks to halt UE Llagostera's run] (in Spanish). Las Provincias. 3 March 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
3. "El Alavés cierra su plantilla con el fichaje de Juanma" [Alavés completes squad with signing of Juanma] (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
4. "El Huracán, fuera de la Copa" [Huracán, ousted from Cup] (in Spanish). Super Deporte. 17 October 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
5. "Huracán 1–2 Alavés" (in Spanish). RFEF. 17 October 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
6. "Παίρνει Χουάνμα ο Αστέρας" [Asteras takes Juanma] (in Greek). Gazzetta. 9 July 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
7. "ΟΦΗ – Αστέρας Τρίπολης 1–1" [ΟFI – Αsteras Τripoli 1–1] (in Greek). Sport 24. 15 September 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
8. "Αστ. Τρίπολης-Πλατανιάς 3–0" [Αst. Tripoli-Platanias 3–0] (in Greek). Sport 24. 12 January 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
9. "Λύθηκε το συμβόλαιο του Χουάνμα" [Juanma terminated his contract] (in Greek). Sport 24. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
10. "Τετραπλό χτύπημα η Καλλονή" (in Greek). Sport 24. 24 June 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
11. "Panionios – Κalloni 0–2" (in Greek). Sport 24. 9 November 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
12. "Καλλονή – Ξάνθη 2–2" [Κalloni – Xanthi 2–2] (in Greek). Gazzetta. 9 February 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
13. "Έμεινε και ο Χουάνμα στην Καλλονή" [Juanma stays at Kalloni] (in Greek). Sport 24. 29 May 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
14. "Hearts sign striker Juanma Delgado from Kalloni". BBC Sport. 25 June 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
15. "Ποσοστό μεταπώλησης σε Χουάνμα!" [Transfer percentage on Juanma!] (in Greek). Sport 24. 29 May 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
16. Lindsay, Clive (2 August 2015). "Hearts 4–3 St Johnstone". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
17. "Dundee 1–2 Hearts". BBC Sport. 8 August 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
18. McLauchlin, Brian (19 December 2015). "St Johnstone 0–0 Hearts: Juanma must adapt – Hearts boss". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 March 2016.

External links

• Juanma profile at BDFutbol
• Juanma profile at Soccerway