Juan Obelar
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Juan Ángel Obelar Gutiérrez | ||
Date of birth | 12 August 1979 | ||
Place of birth | Mercedes, Uruguay | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
2002–2005 | C.A. Peñarol | 30 | (0) |
2003 | → Villa Española (loan) | 16 | (0) |
2006 | Tacuarembó F.C. | 23 | (0) |
2007–2009 | Marathón | 86 | (0) |
2010 | Millonarios | 18 | (0) |
2011–2013 | Fénix | ||
Total | 173 | (0) | |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Juan Ángel Obelar (born 12 August 1979) is a Uruguayan retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Club career
Obelar previously played for C.A. Peñarol, Villa Española and Tacuarembó F.C. in the Primera División Uruguaya.[1] He also played for C.D. Marathón of the Liga Nacional de Honduras and Millonarios in the Colombian Primera A.[2]
Obelar won the Honduran league with Marathón in 2008, leading to a move to Millonarios in 2010. He made a promising start with the Bogotá side, but was relegated to the bench midway through the 2010 season after a poor performance against Cortuluá.[3]
In November 2013, Obelar retired from football after losing four fingers of his left hand in a domestic accident involving a wood plane.[4][5]
References
- 1 2 "Ficha del Jugador: Juan Obelar". Tenfieldigital. Retrieved 2008-12-19.
- ↑ "Juan Ángel Obelar". ESPNsoccernet. Retrieved 2008-12-19.
- ↑ Hernández L., Gabriel (23 July 2010). ""Millonarios me dio revancha": Juan Obelar" (in Spanish). El Espectador.
- ↑ Orellana, Douglas (4 November 2013). "Juan Obelar sufre accidente; pierde cuatro dedos y se retira del fútbol" [Juan Obelar suffers an accident: he loses four fingers and retires from football]. Diario Deportivo Diez (in Spanish) (Honduras). Retrieved 28 May 2014.
- ↑ "Keeper loses four fingers in accident". ESPN FC. 6 November 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2014.