Juan (footballer, born 1979)
# Juan (footballer, born 1979)

Juan Silveira dos Santos (Portuguese pronunciation:; born 1 February 1979), commonly known as Juan, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He currently works as Flamengo's Technical Manager.

Having begun his career with Flamengo, he spent a decade playing in Europe in service of Bayer Leverkusen and Roma before returning to Brazil with Internacional in 2012.

Juan earned 79 caps and scored seven international goals for Brazil. He represented the nation at two FIFA World Cups, three FIFA Confederations Cups and three Copa América tournaments, winning two apiece of the latter two events.

## Club career

### Early career

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Juan played for six years for Flamengo in Brazil. In 2002, he moved to Bayer Leverkusen. He played five years in Germany scoring ten goals for Bayer. In 2007, he moved to Roma for €6.3 million.

### Roma

Juan played for Roma between 2007 and 2012. In all competitions for Roma he scored 11 goals in more than 140 appearances. With Roma he won one Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana. He was a first-choice centre-back for Roma, and wore the number four jersey. Juan scored his first goal for Roma against Reggina on 16 September 2007.

In the 2011–12 season, he usually played alongside Gabriel Heinze. He scored his seventh goal for Roma in a 5–1 win over Cesena on 21 January 2012. He scored again in Roma's 4–2 loss Cagliari in Sardinia, followed by his third goal of the season, and the opening goal, in Roma's 4–0 demolition of Internazionale at the Stadio Olimpico. He scored nine goals for Roma during his time there.

### Internacional

On 16 July 2012, Roma and Juan agreed to cancel his contract by mutual consent, which was set to end on 30 June 2013. On the same day, Juan signed a two-year contract with the club of Porto Alegre Internacional, with a one-year option.

### Return to Flamengo

On 11 November 2015, Juan and Internacional agreed to cancel his contract by mutual consent, almost a month later on 8 December 2015, Juan confirmed his return to Flamengo.

Juan announced his retirement after winning the 2019 Campeonato Carioca and played his farewell match on 27 April 2019, in Flamengo's 3–1 win over Cruzeiro.

## International career

Juan played on Brazil's Copa América-winning teams in 2004 and 2007, also winning the FIFA Confederations Cup in 2005 and 2009. He scored the winning goal in the penalty shootout at the end of the 2004 Copa América Final against Argentina in Lima. In the quarter-finals of the same competition in 2007, he opened the scoring in a 6–1 thrashing of Chile in Puerto La Cruz.

On 28 June 2010, Juan scored the first goal against Chile with a headed finish from a corner as Brazil won 3–0 to advance to the quarter-finals of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

## Career statistics

### Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :

| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Flamengo | 1996 | Série A | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 0 |
| Flamengo | 1997 | Série A | 14 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 20 | 3 |
| Flamengo | 1998 | Série A | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 0 |
| Flamengo | 1999 | Série A | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | – | – | 14 | 2 |
| Flamengo | 2000 | Série A | 15 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2 | – | – | 26 | 3 |
| Flamengo | 2001 | Série A | 18 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 5 | – | – | 33 | 7 |
| Flamengo | 2002 | Série A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 |
| Flamengo | Total | Total | 75 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 15 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 2002–03 | Bundesliga | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | – | – | 29 | 4 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 2003–04 | Bundesliga | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 31 | 2 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 2004–05 | Bundesliga | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | – | – | 39 | 3 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 2005–06 | Bundesliga | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 32 | 3 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 2006–07 | Bundesliga | 28 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | – | – | 39 | 4 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | Total | Total | 139 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 170 | 16 |
| Roma | 2007–08 | Serie A | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | – | – | 31 | 3 |
| Roma | 2008–09 | Serie A | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 26 | 3 |
| Roma | 2009–10 | Serie A | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 36 | 0 |
| Roma | 2010–11 | Serie A | 31 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 37 | 2 |
| Roma | 2011–12 | Serie A | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 3 |
| Roma | Total | Total | 118 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 11 |
| Internacional | 2012 | Série A | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 6 | 1 |
| Internacional | 2013 | Série A | 32 | 3 | 7 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 2 | 52 | 5 |
| Internacional | 2014 | Série A | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| Internacional | 2015 | Série A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 25 | 2 |
| Internacional | Total | Total | 69 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 28 | 3 | 114 | 8 |
| Flamengo | 2016 | Série A | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| Flamengo | 2017 | Série A | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 35 | 3 |
| Flamengo | 2018 | Série A | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Flamengo | 2019 | Série A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Flamengo | Total | Total | 27 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 83 | 3 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 428 | 28 | 53 | 3 | 89 | 18 | 56 | 4 | 626 | 53 |

* 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in Campeonato Gaúcho.
* 1 2 Appearance(s) in Copa Libertadores.
* ↑ Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana.
* ↑ 12 appearances in Campeonato Carioca, four appearances in Primeira Liga.
* ↑ One appearance in Copa Libertadores, nine appearances and two goals in Copa Sudamericana.
* ↑ Four appearances and one goal in Campeonato Carioca, two appearances in Primeira Liga.
* 1 2 Appearance(s) in Campeonato Carioca.

### International

Appearances and goals by national team and year :

| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| Brazil | 2001 | 7 | 0 |
| Brazil | 2002 | 3 | 0 |
| Brazil | 2003 | 4 | 0 |
| Brazil | 2004 | 13 | 1 |
| Brazil | 2005 | 9 | 1 |
| Brazil | 2006 | 11 | 0 |
| Brazil | 2007 | 15 | 2 |
| Brazil | 2008 | 5 | 0 |
| Brazil | 2009 | 5 | 2 |
| Brazil | 2010 | 7 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 79 | 7 |

    Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Juan goal.

List of international goals scored by Juan :

| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 11 July 2004 | Estadio Monumental Virgen de Chapi, Arequipa, Peru | Costa Rica | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2004 Copa América |
| 2 | 4 September 2005 | Estádio Mané Garrincha, Brasília, Brazil | Chile | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying |
| 3 | 24 March 2007 | Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden | Chile | 4–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
| 4 | 7 July 2007 | Estadio Olímpico Luis Ramos, Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela | Chile | 1–0 | 6–1 | 2007 Copa América |
| 5 | 6 June 2009 | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay | Uruguay | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying |
| 6 | 15 June 2009 | Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa | Egypt | 3–1 | 4–3 | 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup |
| 7 | 28 June 2010 | Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa | Chile | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup |

## Honours

Flamengo

* Campeonato Carioca (6): 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2017, 2019
* Copa dos Campeões: 2001
* Copa Mercosur: 1999
* Copa de Oro: 1996

Roma

* Coppa Italia: 2007–08
* Supercoppa Italiana: 2007

Internacional

* Campeonato Gaúcho: 2013, 2014, 2015

Brazil

* Copa América: 2004, 2007
* FIFA Confederations Cup: 2005, 2009
* Lunar New Year Cup: 2005

Individual

* kicker Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2003–04
* Copa América Team of the Tournament: 2004
