Juan Ramón Barrera Pérez (born 2 May 1989) is a Nicaraguan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga Nacional club Guastatoya and the Nicaragua national team.

Juan Barrera

Personal information
Full name	Juan Ramón Barrera Pérez
Date of birth	(1989-05-02) 2 May 1989 (age 33)
Place of birth	Ocotal, Nicaragua
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Winger, Attacking midfielder[1]
Club information
Current team	Guastatoya
Number	89
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2006	Real Estelí
2006–2007	Villa Austria
2008–2011	Walter Ferretti		(22)
2011	Tauro	8	(1)
2012	Real Estelí	4	(1)
2013	→ Deportivo Petare (loan)	10	(1)
2013–2015	Real Estelí	72	(25)
2015–2016	Rheindorf Altach	2	(0)
2015–2016	Rheindorf Altach II	4	(0)
2016–2018	Comunicaciones	76	(9)
2018	Metropolitanos	9	(1)
2018	Boyacá Chicó	8	(0)
2019	Municipal	15	(1)
2019–2021	Real Estelí	52	(26)
2021–2022	Xelajú	28	(5)
2022–	Guastatoya	0	(0)
National team‡
2009–	Nicaragua	73	(23)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:48, 21 November 2019 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 September 2022

Club career

Nicknamed el Iluminado, he started his professional career at Real Estelí, then had a couple of seasons at Walter Ferretti. In summer 2011 he moved abroad to play for Panamanian outfit Tauro[2] for whom he would play 8 league matches.[3] In February 2012, he rejoined Estelí from Tauro.[4]

In 2013, he became the second Nicaraguan footballer to play in a CONMEBOL First Division, when he was sent out on loan to Deportivo Petare of the Venezuelan Primera División for a six-month stint. He rejoined Estelí in summer 2013.[5]

In early March it was announced that Barrera had signed with Austrian first division team SC Rheindorf Altach becoming the first Nicaraguan to play in Europe [6]

Comunicaciones F.C

On December 23, 2015, Barrera joined Communicaciones F.C of the Guatemalan first division.[7]

Barrera was a part of Comunicaciones F.C until December 1, 2017, in which he announced his farewell from the club through his social media. Barrera appeared 76 matches, scoring 9 goals.

Metropolitanos F.C

On January 15, 2018, Barrera announced his new club through social media to be Metropolitanos F.C of the Venezuelan first division. This marks his second stint in the Venezuelan first division, his first being with Deportivo Petare F.C in 2013.

He was a part of Metropolitanos F.C for approximately 5 months.

Boyacá Chicó F.C

On June 20, 2018, Barrera announced he signed with Boyacá Chicó F.C of the Colombian league first division.

On July 22, 2018, Barrera got his first start in a 2–2 draw when Boyacá Chicó F.C played their first match of the season against Millionarios F.C.

Barrera got his first win with the team on August 18, 2018, when Boyacá Chicó defeated Atlético Junior 2–1, with Barrera assisting the winning goal in the 87th minute of the game.

International career

Barrera made his debut for Nicaragua in a January 2009 UNCAF Nations Cup match against El Salvador and has, as of June 2021, earned a total of 62 caps, scoring 21 goals. He has represented his country in 12 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[8] and played at the 2009[9] and 2011 UNCAF Nations Cups[10] as well as at the 2009,[11] 2017,[12] and 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cups.[13]

International goals

Scores and results list Nicaragua's goal tally first.[14]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	26 January 2009	Estadio Tiburcio Carias Andino, Tegucigalpa, Honduras	Belize	1–1	1–1	2009 UNCAF Nations Cup
2.	1 June 2012	Bayamón Soccer Complex, Bayamón, Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	1–3	1–3	Friendly
3.	23 March 2015	Nicaragua National Football Stadium, Managua, Nicaragua	Anguilla	3–0	5–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
4.	29 March 2015	Ronald Webster Park, The Valley, Anguilla		2–0	3–0
5.	8 December 2015	Nicaragua National Football Stadium, Managua, Nicaragua	Cuba	1–0	5–0	Friendly
6.				4–0
7.	20 January 2017	Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama	Belize	1–1	3–1	2017 Copa Centroamericana
8.	28 March 2017	Nicaragua National Football Stadium, Managua, Nicaragua	Haiti	1–0	3–0	2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification
9.				2–0
10.				3–0
11.	22 March 2018		Cuba	3–1	3–1	Friendly
12.	25 March 2018			1–0	3–3
13.	8 September 2018	Arnos Vale Stadium, Arnos Vale, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2–0	2–0	2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualification
14.	14 October 2018	Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia, Costa Rica	Anguilla	3–0	6–0
15.				4–0
16.				6–0
17.	24 March 2019	Wildey Turf, Wildey, Barbados	Barbados	1–0	1–0
18.	7 June 2019	Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, Argentina	Argentina	1–5	1–5	Friendly
19.	27 March 2021	Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic	Turks and Caicos Islands	1–0	7–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
20.				5–0
21.	4 June 2021	Nicaragua National Football Stadium, Managua, Nicaragua	Belize	3–0	3–0
22.	29 January 2022			2–0	4–0	Friendly
23.	13 June 2022	Nicaragua National Football Stadium, Managua, Nicaragua	Bahamas	1–0	4–0	2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League B

References

External links

• Juan Barrera at National-Football-Teams.com
• Juan Barrera at Soccerway

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