Juanmi Callejón

Juan Miguel "Juanmi" Callejón Bueno (born 11 February 1987) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Marbella FC.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Callejón and the second or maternal family name is Bueno.
Juanmi Callejón
Personal information
Full name Juan Miguel Callejón Bueno
Date of birth (1987-02-11) 11 February 1987[1]
Place of birth Motril, Spain[1]
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Marbella
Youth career
2002–2005 Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 Real Madrid C
2007–2008 Real Madrid B 35 (8)
2008–2010 Mallorca 1 (0)
2009–2010 → Albacete (loan) 29 (1)
2010–2011 Córdoba 33 (3)
2011–2013 Hércules 25 (1)
2013 Levadiakos 10 (0)
2013–2017 Bolívar 142 (67)
2017–2018 Ettifaq 24 (2)
2018–2019 Bolívar 88 (58)
2020– Marbella 13 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 November 2020

He amassed Segunda División totals of 88 games and five goals, representing four clubs in the competition. He spent most of his professional career with Club Bolívar, where he scored 125 goals in the Bolivian Primera División and finished as the league's top scorer three times.

Club career

Callejón was born in Motril, Province of Granada. In 2005–06, he played in 33 games and scored eight goals for Real Madrid's Juvenil A and, in March 2007, he made his senior debut for the B-side,[2] finishing the season in the second division with that sole substitute appearance as they dropped down a level.[3]

In 2007–08, Callejón played together with brother José as Real B were now in division three.[4] On 11 August 2008 he signed a four-year contract with RCD Mallorca, leaving in the same transfer window as his twin brother – the Balearic Islands club retained 75% of the player's rights.[5] He made his La Liga debut on 25 September 2008 in a 2–0 home win against CD Numancia, starting[6] in what would be his only league match in the entire campaign.[7]

On 25 August 2009, Callejón was loaned to Albacete Balompié of the second division in a season-long move.[8] He stayed in that tier for 2010–11, joining Córdoba CF in his native Andalusia on a free transfer.[9]

In January 2013, after 1½ second-level seasons of irregular playing time with Hércules CF,[10] free agent Callejón signed for Levadiakos F.C. of Greece on a 1½-year deal.[11] In July, he switched clubs and countries again and joined Bolivia's Club Bolívar.[12] He scored four goals in twelve appearances in the latter's semi-final run in the Copa Libertadores and, on 30 November 2014, he netted a hat-trick in a 6–1 victory over Club Real Potosí to keep his team on top of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano, and him as the top scorer;[13] in a 2–1 defeat of the same opponents on 19 March 2015, both he and teammate Jhasmani Campos were sent off for retaliation.[14]

After finishing the 2016 Apertura as top scorer with 16 goals, including one in the final lost to The Strongest,[15] Callejón left Bolívar in January 2017 for the Saudi Professional League's Ettifaq FC, managed by compatriot Juan Carlos Garrido.[16] Having scored twice in 26 games, he rescinded his contract with the club from Damman in December.[17]

Callejón returned to Bolívar in January 2018, a year after leaving them.[18] On 17 March 2019, with a goal against Sport Boys Warnes in a 4–1 win, he became the seventh player in the league's history to reach 100 goals.[19] Seven months later, he added five more in a 7–2 drubbing of Club Deportivo Guabirá.[20] He finished the year's Clausura tournament with 19 goals, tied with Carlos Saucedo and Jair Reinoso as top scorer; his tally of 36 goals for the calendar year was second-most for a Spaniard abroad, after Bienvenido Marañón's 40 in the Philippines.[21]

Callejón ended his seven years of playing abroad on 30 December 2019, when he signed an 18-month deal at third-tier Marbella FC in his home region.[22]

Personal life

Callejón's twin brother, José, was also a footballer. Both were Real Madrid graduates.[23][24]

Honours

Real Madrid C

Bolívar

Individual

References
  1. "Juanmi Callejón". Eurosport. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  2. "3–1: Xerez-Castilla" (in Spanish). Real Madrid CF. 30 March 2007. Retrieved 21 June 2008.
  3. Balderas, Miguel Ángel (26 November 2013). "La última plantilla que descendió con el Castilla. ¿Qué fue de ellos?" [The last squad to be relegated with Castilla. What happened to them?] (in Spanish). Vavel. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  4. "Juanmi Callejón" (in Spanish). Real Madrid CF. Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 21 June 2008.
  5. "Mallorca land Real Madrid attacker Juanmi Callejón". Real Madrid Fansite. 11 August 2008. Retrieved 11 August 2008.
  6. "El Mallorca ya conoce la victoria" [Mallorca already know what a win is]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 25 September 2008. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  7. "Callejón ve la salvación en 42 ó 43 puntos" [Callejón sees survival at 42 or 43 points]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 25 March 2009. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  8. "Albacete: llega cedido Juanmi Callejón" [Albacete: Juanmi Callejón arrives on loan] (in Spanish). esFutbol. 25 July 2009. Retrieved 25 July 2009.
  9. "Mercado: Juanmi Callejón se desvincula del Mallorca y ficha libre por el Córdoba" [Market: Juanmi Callejón cuts ties with Mallorca and joins Córdoba on a free transfer] (in Spanish). Goal. 19 August 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
  10. Verdú, Pablo (5 July 2011). "El Hércules ficha al central Pepe Mora y presenta a Callejón" [Hércules sign stopper Pepe Mora and present Callejón]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  11. Στον Λεβαδειακό ο Καγεχόν [Callejón to Levadiakos] (in Greek). Gazzetta. 31 January 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  12. "Bolívar ficha al español Juanmi Callejón" [Bolívar sign Spaniard Juanmi Callejón] (in Spanish). Deporte Total Bolivia. 16 July 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  13. "Bolívar golea y se acerca al título del Apertura" [Bolívar thrash and get closer to the Apertura title] (in Spanish). Agencia de Noticias Fides. 30 November 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  14. "Con poco brillo, Bolívar derrota 2–1 a Real Potosí" [In unassuming fashion, Bolívar defeat Real Potosí 2–1]. Correo del Sur (in Spanish). 19 March 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  15. "Juan Miguel Callejón acaba la liga boliviana como máximo goleador" [Juanmi Callejón finishes the Bolivian league as top goalscorer]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 24 December 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  16. "Juan Miguel Callejón deja el Bolívar y jugará en Arabia Saudí" [Juan Miguel Callejón leaves Bolívar and will play in Saudi Arabia]. El Economista América (in Spanish). 15 January 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  17. "¿Vuelve? Juanmi Callejón rescindió contrato en Arabia" [Is he coming back? Juanmi Callejón terminates contract in Arabia]. Urgente (in Spanish). 28 December 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  18. "Juanmi Callejón regresa a Bolívar" [Juanmi Callejón returns to Bolívar]. Marca (in Spanish). 16 January 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  19. Mejía, Marco (18 March 2019). "Callejón ingresa al selecto club de los 100 goles" [Callejón enters the exclusive 100 goal club]. Página Siete (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  20. Manchón, Martín (19 October 2019). "Bolívar aplasta a Guabirá con cinco goles de Juanmi Callejón" [Bolívar smash Guabirá with five goals from Juanmi Callejón]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  21. Manchón, Martín (30 December 2019). "Conoce a los máximos goleadores españoles en el extranjero en 2019" [Meet the highest scoring Spaniards abroad in 2019]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  22. "Juanmi Callejón firma por el Marbella tras finalizar su etapa en el Bolívar" [Juanmi Callejón signs for Marbella after ending his stint at Bolívar]. Marca (in Spanish). 30 December 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  23. Catalán, José Vicente (6 December 2007). "José y Juanmi Callejón, dos gemelos y diez goles" [José and Juanmi Callejón, two twins and ten goals]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  24. "Los gemelos Callejón, hermanos pero rivales en el terreno de juego" [Callejón twins, brothers but rivals on the pitch] (in Spanish). Join Futbol. 22 October 2008. Archived from the original on 28 November 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
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