Juan Ramón Verón
 Verón in 1967 | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Juan Ramón Verón | ||
| Date of birth | 17 March 1944 | ||
| Place of birth | La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina | ||
| Date of death | 27 May 2025 (aged 81) | ||
| Place of death | La Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder, forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1962–1972 | Estudiantes | 295 | (77) |
| 1972–1975 | Panathinaikos | 57 | (22) |
| 1975 | Estudiantes | ||
| 1976–1977 | Atlético Junior | ||
| 1978–1979 | Cúcuta Deportivo | ||
| 1980–1981 | Estudiantes | ||
| 1985 | Juventud Unida | ||
| International career | |||
| 1968–1971 | Argentina | 4 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1977 | Atlético Junior | ||
| 1979 | Atlético Junior | ||
| 1992 | Estudiantes (interim) | ||
| 1994–1995 | Comunicaciones | ||
| 1996 | Guatemala | ||
| 1997–1998 | Comunicaciones | ||
| 2002 | Estudiantes (interim) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Juan Ramón Verón (17 March 1944 – 27 May 2025) was an Argentine footballer and manager. He mainly played as a midfielder or forward for Estudiantes, where he won three Copa Libertadores titles in a row, and scored a header against Manchester United in the 1968 Intercontinental Cup.[1] He also played for Panathinaikos in Greece, and for Atlético Junior and Cúcuta Deportivo in Colombia. He was capped four times for Argentina between 1968 and 1971.
After retiring from football, he became a manager. He was the manager of Guatemala at the 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup, where they finished in fourth place. He also managed Comunicaciones, as well as Atlético Junior as a player-manager, and Estudiantes on an interim basis.
Juan Ramón died on 27 May 2025, at the age of 81.[2] His son Juan Sebastián Verón, was also a footballer, and is currently the chairman of Estudiantes.[3]
Honours
- Estudiantes
- Primera División Argentina: Metropolitano 1967
- Copa Libertadores: 1968, 1969, 1970
- Intercontinental Cup: 1968
- Copa Interamericana: 1969
- Atlético Junior
- Colombian League: 1977
References
- ↑ Jack de Menezes (19 April 2016). "Juan Sebastian Veron admits he 'should have stayed' at Manchester United and not joined Chelsea". The Independent. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ↑ "Murió Juan Ramón Verón, leyenda de Estudiantes y padre de la Brujita". TyC Sports (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 May 2025.
- ↑ "Verón arrasó y se convirtió en el nuevo presidente". Clarín. 4 October 2014. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
Other websites
- Juan Ramón Verón at National-Football-Teams.com
- Veron playing for Argentina national team
- futbolpasion.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-10-20) (in Spanish)
- Futbol Factory profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-10-20) (in Spanish)
Guatemala squad – 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup fourth place | ||
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