| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Juan Carlos Orellana Jara | ||
| Date of birth | 21 June 1955 | ||
| Place of birth | Barrancas, Santiago, Chile | ||
| Date of death | 10 November 2022 (aged 67) | ||
| Place of death | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
| 1973–1974 | Green Cross-Temuco | ||
| 1974–1980 | Colo-Colo | ||
| 1981–1983 | O'Higgins | ||
| 1984 | Unión Española | ||
| 1985 | Deportes Antofagasta | ||
| 1986 | Deportes Temuco | ||
| 1987 | Unión San Felipe | ||
| 1987 | Chile Lindo | ||
| International career | |||
| 1977–1983 | Chile | 11 | (4) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Juan Carlos Orellana Jara (21 June 1955 – 10 November 2022) was a Chilean footballer who played as a left winger. [1] [2]
Career
Orellana made his professional debut with Green Cross-Temuco in 1973, aged 17, scoring a goal. The next year, he switched to Colo-Colo. [3]
In 1987, he played abroad in Canada's National Soccer League with Chile Lindo. [4]
Personal life and death
Orellana was nicknamed El Zurdo de Barrancas (The Lefty from Barrancas), due to the fact that he played with his left foot and came from Barrancas [ es], currently Pudahuel. [3]
Orellana suffered amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and died on 10 November 2022, at the age of 67. [5]
Honours
Colo-Colo
References
- ^ "Juan Carlos Orellana". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ "Juan Carlos Orellana". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ a b Lizana, José Antonio (2009). "JUAN CARLOS ORELLANA: Un zurdo que cruzó del Ñielol a Barrancas". Rayando la cancha : crónicas deportivas (PDF) (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Ediciones Ceacheí. pp. 17–21. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ "14 Suplemento Deportivo Viene de la Pagant". El Popular. 4 March 1987. p. 14.
- ^ "Pesar en el fútbol chileno: Fallece Juan Carlos Orellana, ex delantero de Colo Colo y la "Roja"". Emol (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
External links
- Juan Carlos Orellana at PartidosdeLaRoja.com (in Spanish)
 | ||
 | This biographical article related to Chilean football is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1955 births
- 2022 deaths
- Footballers from Santiago
- Chilean men's footballers
- Men's association football wingers
- Chile men's international footballers
- 1983 Copa América players
- Chilean Primera División players
- Primera B de Chile players
- Canadian National Soccer League players
- Deportes Temuco footballers
- Colo-Colo footballers
- O'Higgins F.C. footballers
- Unión Española footballers
- C.D. Antofagasta footballers
- Unión San Felipe footballers
- Chilean expatriate men's footballers
- Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Canada
- Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada
- Deaths from motor neuron disease
- Neurological disease deaths in Chile
- People from Santiago Province, Chile
- Chilean football biography stubs