Juan Carlos de la Barrera

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Juan Carlos de la Barrera

| image =

| fullname = Juan Carlos de la Barrera Lara

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|3|17|df=y}}

| birth_place = Querétaro City, Mexico

| height = 1.84 m

| position = Defender

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2003

| youthclubs1 = Querétaro

| years1 = 2003–2004

| years2 = 2004–2005

| years3 = 2006

| years4 = 2006–2010

| years5 = 2010

| years6 = 2011

| years7 = 2012–2013

| years8 = 2014–2015

| years9 = 2015–2017

| years10 = 2017–2018

| clubs1 = Irapuato

| clubs2 = Puebla

| clubs3 = Pachuca

| clubs4 = Indios

| clubs5 = San Luis

| clubs6 = Irapuato

| clubs7 = Correcaminos

| clubs8 = Puebla

| clubs9 = Atlante

| clubs10 = Tampico Madero

| caps1 = 4

| caps2 = 38

| caps3 = 2

| caps4 = 70

| caps5 = 5

| caps6 = 10

| caps7 = 14

| caps8 = 4

| caps9 = 24

| caps10 = 4

| goals1 = 0

| goals2 = 0

| goals3 = 1

| goals4 = 6

| goals5 = 0

| goals6 = 0

| goals7 = 1

| goals8 = 0

| goals9 = 0

| goals10 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2003

| nationalteam1 = Mexico U20

| nationalcaps1 = 3

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| managerclubs1 = Querétaro Reserves and Academy

| manageryears1 = 2020–2021

| managerclubs2 = Querétaro (Assistant)

| manageryears2 = 2022–2024

| pcupdate =

}}

Juan Carlos de la Barrera Lara (born 17 March 1983) is a Mexican football coach and a former player.

Club career

A native of Querétaro, Querétaro, De la Barrera is a product of Querétaro F.C.'s youth system. He has had a journeyman's career, making his Mexican Primera División debut with Irapuato FC in September 2003, followed by short stints at Puebla F.C. and C.F. Pachuca.{{cite web|publisher=Record|author=Ocampo, Monica|title=De la Barrera es rey de los sustos|trans-title=De la Barrera is the king of the terrors|url=http://www.record.com.mx/futbolnacional/2011-01-06/de-la-barrera-es-rey-de-los-sustos|language=Spanish|date=6 January 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110110160507/http://www.record.com.mx/futbolnacional/2011-01-06/de-la-barrera-es-rey-de-los-sustos|archivedate=10 January 2011}}

The central defender next spend four years with Indios de Ciudad Juárez, playing in the Primera División A where he was the vice-captain of the team. On May 15, 2010, he rejoined Puebla F.C.{{cite web|url=http://www.camoteros.com/news/2010/mayo/12.html |title=Puebla FC off-season signings |language=Spanish |accessdate=May 16, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100520020311/http://www.camoteros.com/news/2010/mayo/12.html |archivedate=May 20, 2010 }}

In January 2011, shortly after joining San Luis F.C., De la Barrera was seriously injured in an auto accident in San José Iturbide, which ruled him out of the team for six months.{{cite web|publisher=Goal.com|title=San Luis: Sufre un grave accidente Juan Carlos de la Barrera|trans-title=San Luis: Juan Carlos de la Barrera suffered grave accident|url=http://www.goal.com/es-la/news/689/m%C3%A9xico/2011/01/04/2288762/san-luis-sufre-un-grave-accidente-juan-carlos-de-la-barrera|language=Spanish|date=3 January 2011}}