Juan Pablo Úbeda Pesce (born July 31, 1980) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a striker.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Juan Pablo Úbeda Pesce | ||
| Date of birth | (1980-07-31) July 31, 1980 (age 42) | ||
| Place of birth | Santiago de Chile, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Unión Española | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–2002 | Unión Española | 76 | (20) |
| 1998–1999 | → Sampdoria (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2000 | → Universidad Católica (loan) | 31 | (10) |
| 2002–2004 | Colo-Colo | 76 | (21) |
| 2004 | Ciudad de Murcia | 16 | (2) |
| 2005 | Alicante | 0 | (0) |
| 2005 | Unión Española | 15 | (6) |
| 2006 | Everton | 18 | (2) |
| 2006 | Palestino | 18 | (5) |
| 2007 | Zamora | 0 | (0) |
| 2007 | Virtus Lanciano | 8 | (1) |
| 2007–2008 | Palestino | 25 | (18) |
| 2008–2009 | Lobos BUAP | 26 | (9) |
| 2010 | Curicó Unido | 8 | (2) |
| Total | 317 | (96) | |
| National team | |||
| 1997 | Chile U17 | 4 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Úbeda played for Chile at the 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Egypt.[1] Previously, he took part in the South American Championship.[2]
As a football player, 'Ubeda was nicknamed Spiderman due to the fact that he used to put on a mask of this superhero to celebrate his goals.[3]
Following his retirement from football, he has developed a professional career in car racing. Through his maternal line, he has inherited this passion since his mother, Josefina Pesce, was a car racing champion and his uncle, Lino Pesce, was a F3 race driver who competed at the Autódromo Las Vizcachas in Santiago, Chile.[3]