Juan Manuel Falcón Jiménez (born 24 February 1989) is a Venezuelan retired professional footballer who played as a striker.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Juan Manuel Falcón Jiménez | ||
| Date of birth | (1989-02-24) 24 February 1989 (age 33) | ||
| Place of birth | Acarigua, Venezuela | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Simón Rodríguez de Acarigua | |||
| 2003–2006 | Portuguesa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2007 | Portuguesa | ||
| 2007–2010 | Llaneros de Guanare | 63 | (14) |
| 2010 | → Mineros (loan) | 8 | (1) |
| 2010–2012 | Trujillanos | 42 | (6) |
| 2012–2014 | Zamora | 62 | (36) |
| 2014–2016 | Metz | 32 | (5) |
| 2015 | Metz II | 4 | (2) |
| 2016 | → Al-Fateh (loan) | 11 | (2) |
| 2016 | Santa Fe | 13 | (2) |
| 2017 | Zamora | 13 | (5) |
| 2018 | ACD Lara | 16 | (5) |
| National team | |||
| 2008–2015 | Venezuela | 6 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
His first steps in professional football were in Portuguesa FC, where he started playing as a midfielder. Later on, he passed over several field positions until reaching the forward spot.[1]
Falcón scored his first professional goal in a Copa Venezuela match against Zamora FC, which eventually would be his last destination in the local league after a small period in Trujillanos FC.
With Zamora, he won the league two times in a row and he became the top goalscorer in the league with 19 goals.
In mid 2014, he signed a three-year contract with French team FC Metz, in a transfer reported to be around €800,000.[2] He left the club in 2016.
After two years without a club, Falcón confirmed on 17 January 2020, that he had retired at the age of 30 due to a knee injury.[3]
He made his debut on 23 March 2008, coming as a substitute against El Salvador.