Juan Señor

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Juan Señor

| image = Eduardo J. Silva with Juan Antonio Señor 2.jpg

| caption =

| fullname = Juan Antonio Señor Gómez

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|8|26|df=y}}

| birth_place = Madrid, Spain

| height = {{height|m=1.67}}

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = 1974–1977 | youthclubs1 = Real Madrid

| years1 = 1977–1978 | clubs1 = Ciempozuelos | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 1978–1981 | clubs2 = Alavés | caps2 = 80 | goals2 = 17

| years3 = 1981–1990 | clubs3 = Zaragoza | caps3 = 304 | goals3 = 54

| totalcaps = 384 | totalgoals = 71

| nationalyears1 = 1981 | nationalteam1 = Spain B | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 1983 | nationalteam2 = Spain amateur | nationalcaps2 = 2 | nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 1982–1988 | nationalteam3 = Spain | nationalcaps3 = 41 | nationalgoals3 = 6

| manageryears1 = 1999–2000 | managerclubs1 = Mérida

| manageryears2 = 2000–2001 | managerclubs2 = Salamanca

| manageryears3 = 2002 | managerclubs3 = Cartagena

| manageryears4 = 2003 | managerclubs4 = Logroñés

| manageryears5 = 2023 | managerclubs5 = Pontevedra

| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{fb|ESP}}}}

}}

Juan Antonio Señor Gómez (born 26 August 1958) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central midfielder, currently a manager.

During his professional career he played mainly for Zaragoza, making nearly 375 official appearances in nine years. The scorer of one of Spain's most important goals, he earned 41 caps during the 1980s, representing the nation in one World Cup and one European Championship.

Club career

Señor was born in Madrid. During his career, the Real Madrid youth graduate represented CD Ciempozuelos (Tercera División), Deportivo Alavés (Segunda División) and Real Zaragoza as a professional.{{cite news|url=https://www.noticiasdealava.eus/alaves/2023/02/08/senor-mendizorroza-6420568.html|title=Un 'Señor' en Mendizorroza|trans-title=A 'Mister' (his surname in English) in Mendizorroza|newspaper=Noticias de Álava|first=Iñaki|last=Iñigo|language=es|date=8 February 2023|access-date=1 August 2023}} He played 369 competitive games with the Aragonese club, scoring 70 goals.{{cite news|url=https://www.elperiodicodearagon.com/deportes/2014/03/03/juan-senor-creo-maximo-accionista-47320159.html|title=Juan Señor: "Yo creo que el máximo accionista sabe que este ciclo se ha acabado"|trans-title=Juan Señor: "I think that the major shareholder knows this cycle is over"|newspaper=El Periódico de Aragón|first=Ignacio|last=Martín Cisneros|language=es|date=3 March 2014|access-date=1 August 2023}}

In the 1986–87 season, which featured a second stage, Señor netted 11 times in 43 matches as Zaragoza finished fifth.{{cite web|url=https://adnzaragocista.com/real-zaragoza-1986-87/|title=Real Zaragoza 1986/87|publisher=ADN Zaragocista|language=es|access-date=1 August 2023}} He also helped the side to win the Copa del Rey in 1986,{{cite web|url=https://www.eldesmarque.com/futbol/real-zaragoza/20160426/hoy-se-cumplen-30-anos-de-la-tercera_200001044.html|title=Hoy se cumplen 30 años de La Tercera|trans-title=30th anniversary of The Third is today|publisher=El Desmarque|first=Chesus|last=Santamaría|language=es|date=26 April 2016|access-date=1 August 2023}} being voted by magazine Don Balón the league's best player in the 1982–83 campaign where he recorded 33 appearances and five goals.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/spanpoy.html|title=Spain – Footballer of the Year|publisher=RSSSF|first=Emilio|last=Pla Díaz|access-date=2 June 2014}}

Señor had to retire sooner than expected due to a heart disease, his last season being 1989–90.{{cite web|url=http://www.realzaragoza.org/plugins/p2_news/printarticle.php?p2_articleid=550|title=Juan Señor tuvo que colgar las botas por una dolencia cardiaca|trans-title=Juan Señor had to hang up boots due to heart disease|publisher=Real Zaragoza|language=es|date=19 September 2008|access-date=2 July 2009|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080925210441/http://www.realzaragoza.org/plugins/p2_news/printarticle.php?p2_articleid=550|archive-date=25 September 2008}} He subsequently moved into coaching, going on to work with CP Mérida, UD Salamanca, FC Cartagena and CD Logroñés,{{cite news|url=https://www.libertaddigital.com/deportes/2001-03-25/juan-senor-destituido-como-entrenador-del-salamanca-23966/|title=Juan Señor, destituido como entrenador del Salamanca|trans-title=Juan Señor, dismissed as manager of Salamanca|newspaper=Libertad Digital|language=es|date=25 March 2001|access-date=1 August 2023}}{{cite news|url=https://www.marca.com/futbol/primera-division/2019/12/04/5de6aaea46163fbb8b8b4573.html|title=Juan Señor: "Ahora hay algo que me falta, volver a sentirme entrenador"|trans-title=Juan Señor: "There's something I'm missing these days, to feel a manager again"|newspaper=Marca|first=Ángel|last=Rodríguez|language=es|date=4 December 2019|access-date=1 August 2023}} and also began running a football campus for children in the Aragonese Pyrenees.{{cite web|url=https://www.sportaragon.com/juan-senor-quiero-volver-a-los-banquillos/|title=Juan Señor: "Quiero volver a los banquillos"|trans-title=Juan Señor: "I want to return to the benches"|publisher=Sport Aragon|first=Javier|last=García|language=es|date=27 July 2019|access-date=1 August 2023}}

On 27 February 2023, 20 years after he last managed, Señor was appointed at Primera Federación club Pontevedra CF.{{cite news|url=https://as.com/futbol/mas_futbol/juan-senor-ficha-por-el-pontevedra-tras-casi-veinte-anos-sin-entrenar-n/|title=Juan Señor ficha por el Pontevedra tras casi veinte años sin entrenar|trans-title=Juan Señor signs for Pontevedra after nearly twenty years without coaching|newspaper=Diario AS|first=Sergio|last=Jiménez|language=es|date=27 February 2023|access-date=1 August 2023}} He was unable to prevent relegation, as second-bottom.{{cite news|url=https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/futbolgallego/2023/05/14/pontevedra-consuma-descenso/00031684087392520824133.htm|title=El Pontevedra consuma su descenso a Segunda Federación|trans-title=Pontevedra confirm their relegation to Segunda Federación|newspaper=La Voz de Galicia|first=Pablo|last=Penedo|language=es|date=14 May 2023|access-date=1 August 2023}}

International career

Señor made 41 appearances for Spain, his debut coming on 27 October 1982 in a UEFA Euro 1984 qualifier against Iceland, a 1–0 win in Málaga.{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1982/10/28/pagina-3/1094812/pdf.html#&mode=fullScreen|title=1–0: Pobre resultado para la nueva selección|trans-title=1–0: Poor result for the new national team|newspaper=Mundo Deportivo|first=Ramón|last=Rovira|language=es|date=28 October 1982|access-date=1 August 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/senor-intl.html|title=Señor – International Matches|publisher=RSSSF|first=Emilio|last=Pla Díaz|access-date=6 November 2009}} Also during that stage, he scored the most important of his six international goals: on 23 December 1983, as the national team needed to win by 11 goals against Malta to qualify, he scored in the 85th in a final 12–1 result in Seville.{{cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1983/12/22/portada/440895601_850215.html|title=España, con 12 goles a Malta, alcanzó la fase final de la Eurocopa.|trans-title=Spain, with 12 goals to Malta, reached European Championship finals.|newspaper=El País|language=es|date=22 December 1983|access-date=20 May 2016}}

Señor was part of the nation's squads at Euro 1984{{cite news|url=http://www.mundodeportivo.com/futbol/eurocopa/20160413/401083135341/francia-1984-los-bleus-se-coronan-tras-el-error-de-arconada.html|title=1984: Los ‘bleus’ se coronan tras el error de Arconada|trans-title=1984: 'Bleus' crowned after Arconada's mistake|newspaper=Mundo Deportivo|first=Imma|last=Mentruit|language=es|date=13 April 2016|access-date=20 May 2016}} and the 1986 FIFA World Cup,{{cite news|url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/deportes/futbol/mundial/2016-05-21/espana-mundial-86-butragueno-mexico_1203991/|title=Del utillero falangista al positivo de Calderé: nuestro Mundial 86 en diez episodios|trans-title=From the falangista kit man to Calderé's positive: our 86 World Cup in ten episodes|newspaper=El Confidencial|first=Alfredo|last=Pascual|language=es|date=21 May 2016|access-date=28 September 2017}} where he scored another late goal, in a quarter-final penalty shootout loss to Belgium (1–1 after 120 minutes).{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1986/06/23/pagina-3/1458043/pdf.html|title=1–1: Buenas noches, España|trans-title=1–1: Good night, Spain|newspaper=Mundo Deportivo|first=Andrés|last=Astruells|language=es|date=23 June 1986|access-date=2 June 2014}}

=International goals=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%" \|+ ! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition{{cite web\|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=18997\|title=Señor\|publisher=European Football\|access-date=1 August 2023}}
1.	16 February 1983	Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville, Spain	{{fb\|NED}}	1–0	1–0	Euro 1984 qualifying
2.	15 May 1983	Ta' Qali, Attard, Malta	{{fb\|MLT}}	0–1	2–3	Euro 1984 qualifying
3.	5 October 1983	Parc des Princes, Paris, France	{{fb\|FRA}}	1–1	1–1	Friendly
4.	21 December 1983	Benito Villamarín, Seville, Spain	{{fb\|MLT}}	12–1	12–1	Euro 1984 qualifying
5.	11 April 1984	Luis Casanova, Valencia, Spain	{{fb\|DEN}}	2–1	2–1	Friendly
6.	22 June 1986	Cuauhtémoc, Puebla, Mexico	{{fb\|BEL}}	1–1	1–1	1986 FIFA World Cup