Personal information | |||
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Full name | Juan Ángel Espínola González | ||
Date of birth | 2 November 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Ciudad del Este, Paraguay | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Club Olimpia | ||
Number | 12 | ||
Youth career | |||
Cerro Porteño PF | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2012–2014 | Cerro Porteño PF | 25 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Sarmiento | 0 | (0) |
2015–2021 | Nacional | 33 | (0) |
2021–2022 | Godoy Cruz | 44 | (0) |
2023– | Olimpia | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2022– | Paraguay | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:19, 10 April 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 04:00, 8 September 2023 (UTC) |
Juan Ángel Espínola González (born 2 November 1994) is a Paraguayan footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Club Olimpia and the Paraguay national team.
Espínola was born in Ciudad del Este. He made his senior debut with Cerro Porteño de Presidente Franco on 22 May 2013, starting in a 2–1 away win against Sportivo Carapeguá for the Primera División championship. [1]
In 2014, Espínola moved abroad and joined Sarmiento. [2] He returned to his home country in the following year, joining Nacional Asunción.
Midway through the 2018 season, Espínola became a regular starter at Nacional. [3]
On 14 March 2019, Espínola was called up by Paraguay national team manager Eduardo Berizzo for friendlies against Peru and Mexico, [4] but did not take part in either match.