Spanish footballer and manager
Jon Andoni Pérez Alonso (born 5 March 1974), known as Bolo , is a Spanish
football
manager and former player who played as a
centre-forward . He is the current manager of
Burgos CF .
In a 16-year professional career, in which he represented six clubs, he appeared in 479 games across the two major
levels of Spanish football , scoring 95 goals. He amassed totals of 168 matches and 29 goals in
La Liga , with
Athletic Bilbao and
Rayo Vallecano (four seasons apiece).
Playing career
Club
Born in
Bilbao ,
Biscay , Bolo was a product of
Lezama ,
Athletic Bilbao 's youth structure. He first appeared with the first team on 20 February 1994 in a 1–0 away defeat against
Real Zaragoza ,
[2] in what would be his sole
La Liga appearance of
the season .
After a four-year stint with the
Basques (with loans to
CA Osasuna and
Hércules CF in the
Segunda División included),
[3] Bolo went on to play for
Rayo Vallecano where he had his most steady period,
[4] appearing in the
UEFA Cup in the
2000–01 campaign and being joint-top scorer (alongside
Dimitar Berbatov ) with seven goals to help his team reach the semi-finals;
[5] at times, he formed part of a forward line alongside two
Bosnian internationals with very similar names: '
Baljić ,
Bolić and Bolo'.
[6] He suffered consecutive relegations in his last two years, at
Gimnàstic de Tarragona
[7] and
CD Numancia .
[8]
In August 2008, Bolo was released by Numancia as the
Soria team
returned to the top flight , and returned to the Basque region, signing with
Segunda División B side
Barakaldo CF . After only
one season , he retired from football at the age of 35, becoming his last club's
general manager .
[9]
International
Bolo was never
capped by
Spain at any level, but represented the
Basque Country's non-FIFA team . On 27 December 2003, he scored both goals in a 2–1 win over
Uruguay at his hometown's
San Mamés Stadium .
[10]
Coaching career
Bolo was appointed manager of
Arenas Club de Getxo on 18 March 2014,
[11] achieving promotion to division three in his
first full season .
[12]
[13] On 31 May 2018, he was named at the helm of
SD Ponferradina also in the third tier,
[14] winning another promotion in his
debut campaign .
[15]
On 27 May 2022, after nearly four years in charge of Ponfe , Bolo announced that he would leave the club at the end of
the season .
[16] On 15 June, he took over fellow second division side
Real Oviedo ,
[17] being dismissed on 16 October.
[18]
On 31 May 2023, Bolo replaced the departing
Julián Calero at the helm of
Burgos CF also in division two.
[19]
Personal life
Bolo's son,
Adrián (born in
Madrid in 2001 while his father was with Rayo), is also a footballer. A
central defender , he also came through at Athletic Bilbao.
[20]
[21]
Bolo's father Juan Antonio was also involved in the sport, as a forward. He notably played for
Tercera División club
CD Santurtzi , and died on 19 December 2022 at age 79.
[22]
[23]
Managerial statistics
As of match played 18 May 2024
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team
Nat
From
To
Record
Ref
Arenas Getxo
18 March 2014
31 May 2018
173
68
61
44
241
183
+58
0 39.31
[24]
Ponferradina
31 May 2018
28 May 2022
176
71
52
53
218
191
+27
0 40.34
[25]
Oviedo
15 June 2022
16 October 2022
11
2
4
5
5
9
−4
0 18.18
[26]
Burgos
31 May 2023
Present
43
18
9
16
55
57
−2
0 41.86
[27]
Total
400
159
125
116
518
437
+81
0 39.75
—
Honours
Numancia
Individual
References
^
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"Juan Antonio Pérez Alonso "BOLO" " .
El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 June 2021 .
^ Andrés, Mariano (21 February 1994).
"Un inofensivo Athletic tropieza en La Romareda" [Harmless Athletic stumble at La Romareda].
Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 January 2018 .
^ González Villarreal, Javier (23 May 2019).
"¿Qué fue de Bolo? De jugar la UEFA con el Rayo a intentar subir a Segunda con la Ponferradina" [What happened to Bolo? From playing UEFA with Rayo to trying to promote to Segunda with Ponferradina].
Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 June 2021 .
^ Sanz, Óscar (6 November 1999).
"Los poderes del líder" [The leader's strengths].
El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 May 2016 .
^
a
b
"Eight-goal Soriano is Europa League top scorer" . UEFA. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2016 .
^ Torres, Diego (24 November 2001).
"Baljic, Bolic y Bolo desafían a un Zidane en estado de gracia" [Baljic, Bolic and Bolo challenge Zidane in a state of grace]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 May 2021 .
^ Muntané, Eduard (28 November 2004).
"Bolo sentencia en tiempo de descuento" [Bolo decides it in injury time]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 December 2015 .
^
"Breve enciclopedia numantina" [Brief numantina encyclopedia]. Desde Soria (in Spanish). 29 May 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2019 .
^ Ortiz de Lazcano, Javier (21 March 2011).
"El Barakaldo cesa al entrenador y al secretario técnico" [Barakaldo sack manager and technical secretary].
El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 January 2018 .
^
"Dos goles de Bolo terminan con la resistencia uruguaya" [Two goals from Bolo finish off the Uruguayan resistance]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 27 December 2003. Retrieved 11 November 2019 .
^
"Jon Pérez Bolo, nuevo entrenador del Arenas" [Jon Pérez Bolo, new manager of Arenas]. El Correo (in Spanish). 19 March 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2018 .
^
"Histórico ascenso del Arenas Club" [Historic Arenas Club promotion].
ABC (in Spanish). 27 June 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2018 .
^
"Bolo apunta al Bilbao Athletic" [Bolo poised for Bilbao Athletic] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2018 .
^
"Jon Pérez 'Bolo', nuevo entrenador de la SD Ponferradina" [Jon Pérez 'Bolo', new manager of SD Ponferradina] (in Spanish). SD Ponferradina. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018 .
^ Aramendia, Arkaitz (2 July 2019).
"Bolo: "El ascenso a Segunda me deja la sensación del deber cumplido" " [Bolo: "Promoting to Segunda leaves me with a feeling of a job well done"].
Deia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 December 2019 .
^ R. Otero, Francisco (27 May 2022).
"Jon Pérez Bolo anuncia que deja el banquillo de la Ponferradina" [Jon Pérez Bolo announces that he will leave the bench of Ponferradina].
Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2022 .
^
"Jon Pérez Bolo, nuevo entrenador del Real Oviedo" [Jon Pérez Bolo, new manager of Real Oviedo] (in Spanish). Real Oviedo. 15 June 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2022 .
^
"Comunicado oficial" [Official announcement] (in Spanish). Real Oviedo. 16 October 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2022 .
^
"Jon Pérez 'Bolo', nuevo entrenador del Burgos CF" [Jon Pérez 'Bolo', new manager of Burgos CF] (in Spanish). Burgos CF. 31 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023 .
^
"Basconia sign Danok Bat starlet Adrián Pérez" . Inside Athletic. 28 April 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2021 .
^ Zubieta, Jon (3 August 2020).
"Bolo se enorgullece de su hijo" [Bolo proud of his son]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 June 2021 .
^
"Juan Antonio Pérez Escribano" . El Correo (in Spanish). 20 December 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2023 .
^
Bolo at BDFutbol
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"Tercera División (Grupo 4) 2013–14" [Tercera División (Group 4) 2013–14] (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 11 December 2016 .
"Fase de ascenso a Segunda División B 2013–14" [Promotion phase to Segunda División B 2013–14] (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 11 December 2016 .
"Tercera División (Grupo 4) 2014–15" [Tercera División (Group 4) 2014–15] (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 11 December 2016 .
"Fase de ascenso a Segunda División B 2014–15" [Promotion phase to Segunda División B 2014–15] (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 11 December 2016 .
"Matches Bolo, 2015–16 season" . BDFutbol . Retrieved 11 December 2016 .
"Matches Bolo, 2016–17 season" . BDFutbol . Retrieved 11 December 2016 .
"Matches Bolo, 2017–18 season" . BDFutbol . Retrieved 21 September 2017 .
^
"Matches Bolo, 2018–19 season" . BDFutbol . Retrieved 16 June 2018 .
"Matches Bolo, 2019–20 season" . BDFutbol . Retrieved 21 August 2019 .
"Matches Bolo, 2020–21 season" . BDFutbol . Retrieved 29 August 2021 .
"Matches Bolo, 2021–22 season" . BDFutbol . Retrieved 29 August 2021 .
^
"Matches Bolo, 2022–23 season" . BDFutbol . Retrieved 16 June 2022 .
^
"Matches Bolo, 2023–24 season" . BDFutbol . Retrieved 19 October 2023 .
^ San José, José C. (2 June 2008).
"El Numancia remonta a lo grande y se proclama campeón" [Numancia come from behind in style and are crowned champions].
El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 June 2021 .
External links
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