Juan Espínola (footballer, born 1994)

Juan Espínola
Personal information
Full name	Juan Ángel Espínola González
Date of birth	2 November 1994 (age 29)
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
2012–2014	Cerro Porteño PF
2014–2015	Sarmiento
2015–2021	Nacional
2021–2022	Godoy Cruz
2023–	Olimpia
International career‡
2022–	Paraguay
	*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.

Club career[edit]

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.

^ "Debut soñado para Juan" [Dream debut for Juan] (in Spanish). D10. 24 May 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
^ "Trotta "dia a dia"" ["Day by day" Trotta] (in Spanish). CA Sarmiento. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
^ "Juan Espínola en su momento ideal" [Juan Espínola in his best moment] (in Spanish). ABC Color. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
^ "Seis albirrojos del plano local, convocados para amistosos vs. Perú y México" [Six albirrojos from local teams, called up for friendlies vs. Peru and Mexico] (in Spanish). APF. 14 March 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.