Juan Pablo Zozaya

Juan Pablo Zozaya
Personal information
Full name Juan Pablo Zozaya
Date of birth (2001-08-13) 13 August 2001
Place of birth Necochea, Argentina
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Magallanes
(on loan from Estudiantes LP)
Youth career
Club Del Valle
Rivadavia
Independiente San Cayetano
2015–2023 Estudiantes LP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023– Estudiantes LP 1 (0)
2024 → Arsenal de Sarandí (loan) 5 (0)
2025 → Central Córdoba SdE (loan) 2 (0)
2026 → Almagro (loan) 2 (0)
2026– → Magallanes (loan) 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 August 2026

Juan Pablo Zozaya (born 13 August 2001) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Chilean club Magallanes on loan from Estudiantes de La Plata.

Club career

Born in Necochea, Argentina, Zozaya was with clubs Del Valle, Rivadavia and Independiente de San Cayetano before joining the Estudiantes de La Plata youth ranks in 2015.[2] As a member of them, he won the 2023 Copa Argentina and the 2024 Copa de la Liga Profesional[3] and made his professional debut in the 3–0 home victory against Argentino de Monte Maíz on 25 January 2024 in the Copa Argentina.[4][5]

In June 2024, Zozaya was loaned out to Arsenal de Sarandí in the Primera Nacional.[6] The next two years, he was sent on loan to Central Córdoba de Santiago del Estero in the Argentine Primera División[7] and Almagro.[8]

In August 2026, Zozaya moved abroad and joined on loan to Chilean club Magallanes.[3][9][10]

Personal life

Juan Pablo is a distant relative of historical player for Estudiantes de La Plata, Alberto Zozaya.[4]

Honours

Estudiantes

References

  1. ↑ "Juan Pablo Zozaya: trayectoria, estadísticas y clubes". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 August 2026.
  2. ↑ "LA HISTORIA JUVENIL, JUAN PABLO ZOZAYA". Estudiantes de La Plata (in Spanish). 19 October 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
  3. 1 2 "Juan Pablo Zozaya continuará su carrera en Chile defendiendo el arco de Deportivo Magallanes". Necochea Digital (in Spanish). 31 July 2026. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
  4. 1 2 Tara, Ignacio (25 January 2024). "Quién es Zozaya, el arquero novato de un Estudiantes campeón pero en emergencia". TyC Sports (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 August 2026.
  5. ↑ "Estudiantes busca arquero mientras Juan Pablo Zozaya debutó en Primera: la tremenda doble tapada del juvenil". Infocielo (in Spanish). 26 January 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
  6. ↑ "Juan Pablo Zozaya se sumó como refuerzo a Arsenal de Sarandi". TusRadios (in Spanish). 19 June 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
  7. ↑ "El arquero Zozaya se sumó a Central Córdoba". El Liberal (in Spanish). 31 January 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
  8. ↑ "Juan Pablo Zozaya vuelve a irse de Estudiantes y jugará en un equipo histórico de la Primera Nacional". 0221 (in Spanish). 15 January 2026. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
  9. ↑ Sepúlveda, Pablo (29 July 2026). "Magallanes ficha al arquero Juan Pablo Zozaya, bicampeón en Argentina" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 August 2026.
  10. ↑ Reyes, Luis (5 August 2026). "Equipo chileno da el golpe en el mercado y ficha a arquero campeón en Argentina". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 August 2026.