Juan Coca

{{short description|Puerto Rican footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Juan Coca

| fullname = Juan Antonio Agustin Coca Nogueres

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|05|31|df=yes}}

| birth_place = San Juan,
Puerto Rico

| height =

| position = Striker

| currentclub = San Marco Avenza

| clubnumber = 11

| youthyears1 = 2002–2007 | youthclubs1 = Guaynabo Fluminense

| youthyears2 = 2007–2011 | youthclubs2 = Adianez Eagles

| youthyears3 = 2012 | youthclubs3 = Notre Dame Falcons

| years1 = 2008–2011 | caps1 = | goals1 = | clubs1 = Guaynabo Fluminense

| years2 = 2013 | caps2 = 2 | goals2 = 0 | clubs2 = Liverpool Warriors

| years3 = 2013 | caps3 = 8 | goals3 = 1 | clubs3 = Burgos B

| years4 = 2014– | caps4 = 55 | goals4 = 7 | clubs4 = Kultsu FC

| nationalyears1= 2012–2013 | nationalcaps1= 6 | nationalgoals1= 0 | nationalteam1= Puerto Rico U-20

| nationalyears2= 2012–2019 | nationalcaps2= 17 | nationalgoals2= 2 | nationalteam2= Puerto Rico

| club-update = 25 July 2012

| ntupdate = 2019{{cite web | url = https://int.soccerway.com/players/juan-coca/246986/ | title = Juan Coca | publisher = Soccerway | accessdate = 8 July 2014}}

}}

Juan Antonio Agustin Coca Nogueres (born 31 May 1993 in San Juan) is a Puerto Rican footballer, who plays as a striker for Kultsu FC.{{cite web | url = http://www.kultsufc.com/20140608_ed_kultsu-futura.html | archive-url = https://archive.today/20140814211844/http://www.kultsufc.com/20140608_ed_kultsu-futura.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 14 August 2014 | title = Kultsu FC >>> Otteluraportti | publisher = Kultsu | accessdate = 8 July 2014 }}

Career

Coca started his career with the Eagles soccer team of the Colegio Adianez in Guaynabo and played club side for Conquistadores Guaynabo FC.{{cite web | url = http://notredamefalcons.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3055 | title = Juan Coca – Notre Dame College of Ohio Athletics | publisher = Notre Dame College | accessdate = 20 March 2014}} He played until 2011 for the college and later began his senior career with Club Conquistadores de Guaynabo SC in the Puerto Rico Soccer League.{{cite web | url = http://nijovisportsgroup.com/juan.html | title = Nijovi Sports Group – Juan Coca | publisher = Nijovi Sports Group | accessdate = 20 March 2014 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://archive.today/20140814211845/http://nijovisportsgroup.com/juan.html | archivedate = 14 August 2014 }} He played three years for Guaynabo Fluminense FC before leaving for his studies at Notre Dame College in Ohio.{{cite web | url = http://internationalsoccernetwork.com/blog/?p=3922 | title = Niño Prodigio: Self-taught soccer star a true wonder | publisher = International Soccer Network | accessdate = 20 March 2014 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140819090537/http://internationalsoccernetwork.com/blog/?p=3922 | archivedate = 19 August 2014 }} During his studies, he spent a half year with National Premier Soccer League club Liverpool Warriors, but played only two games with the team.{{cite web | url = http://www.nationalpremiersoccerleague.com/teams/58259561/58649028-58259648/TEAM.html | title = National Premier Soccer League : Liverpool Warriors | publisher = NPSL | accessdate = 20 March 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130402101839/http://www.nationalpremiersoccerleague.com/teams/58259561/58649028-58259648/TEAM.html | archive-date = 2 April 2013 | url-status = usurped }} In June 2013, he signed for the reserve side of Spanish club Burgos CF in the Primera Categoria León.{{cite web | url = http://www.resultados-futbol.com/jugador/2014/Juan-Coca-203727 | title = Burgos B – Primera C. León G 1 2013/2014 | publisher = Resultados Futbol | accessdate = 20 March 2014}}

On 20 March 2014, Coca signed for Kakkonen club Kultsu FC.{{cite web | url = http://www.kultsufc.com/Kultsun%20ulkomaalaiset%20pelaajat%202014.html | title = Kultsu FC:n uudet pelaajat allekirjoitustilaisuudessa. | publisher = Kultsu | accessdate = 20 March 2014}}

International

Coca is a member of the Puerto Rico national football team{{NFT player|pid=47820|name=Juan Coca| accessdate = 25 July 2012}} and played his debut on 6 January 2012 in a friendly game against Nicaragua in the Bayamón Soccer Complex in Bayamón.{{cite web | url = http://caribbeanfootballdatabase.com/puertorico/players/juancoca.html | title = Juan Coca | publisher = caribbeanfootballdatabase.com | accessdate = 25 July 2012}} Coca was also part of the preliminary squad for the 2012 FIFA U-20 World Cup{{cite web | url = http://bayamonfutbol.com/2012/07/seleccion-nacional-u20-puerto-rico/ | title = SELECCIÓN NACIONAL U20 PUERTO RICO | publisher = bayamonfutbol.com | accessdate = 25 July 2012 | archive-date = 19 August 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140819084549/http://bayamonfutbol.com/2012/07/seleccion-nacional-u20-puerto-rico/ | url-status = dead }} and played in the 2013 CONCACAF Under 20 Championship in Mexico.{{cite web | url = http://barbados.pordescubrir.com/barbados-enfrenta-puerto-rico-sub-20-caribe.html | title = Barbados se enfrenta a Puerto Rico en el Sub 20 del Caribe | publisher = Barbados Pordes Cubrir | accessdate = 25 July 2012}}

=International goals=

:Scores and results list Puerto Rico's goal tally first.

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! No !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition

1.rowspan="2" | 26 March 2016rowspan="2" | Raymond E. Guishard Technical Centre, The Valley, Anguillarowspan="2" | {{fb|AIA}}align=center | 1–0rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"| 4–0rowspan="2" | 2017 Caribbean Cup qualification
2.align=center | 3–0

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