Juan Requena

Juan Requena
Personal information
Full name Juan Manuel Requena
Date of birth (1999-01-24) 24 January 1999
Place of birth Arroyo Cabral, Argentina
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Universitario
Number 15
Youth career
All Boys
Rivadavia Arroyo Cabral
2012–2018 Newell's Old Boys
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2021 Newell's Old Boys 3 (0)
2020 → Brown de Adrogué (loan) 9 (0)
2021 → Estudiantes BA (loan) 0 (0)
2021 San Martín SJ 11 (0)
2022 Santamarina 6 (0)
2022–2023 San Telmo 51 (2)
2024 Atlanta 28 (2)
2025 Deportivo Táchira 21 (1)
2026 Unión La Calera 15 (0)
2026– Universitario 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 July 2026

Juan Manuel Requena (born 24 January 1999) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Peruvian club Universitario. [1]

Club career

Requena played for the youth systems of All Boys, Rivadavia Arroyo Cabral and, from 2012, Newell's Old Boys.[2][3] He was moved into the senior set-up by caretaker boss Rubén Rodríguez in December 2018, appearing on the substitutes bench for Primera División fixtures with Patronato and San Martín; though went unused.[1] Héctor Bidoglio, the club's subsequent full-time manager, selected Requena for his professional debut on 15 March 2019 during a defeat away to Gimnasia y Esgrima.[1][4][5]

In 2026, Requena joined Chilean club Unión La Calera. In July of the same year, he ended his contract and switched to Peruvian club Universitario.[6]

International career

In August 2017, Requena received a call-up to train with Sebastián Beccacece's Argentina U20s.[2][7]

Career statistics

As of 15 March 2019.[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Newell's Old Boys 2018–19 Primera División 1000—0010
Career total 1000—0010

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Argentina - J. Requena". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Juan Requena: De Arroyo Cabral a la Selección Argentina Sub 20 de Fútbol". Villa María Ya!. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  3. ↑ "Requena puso el gancho". El Diario. 5 February 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  4. ↑ "El catamarqueño Aníbal Moreno debutará como titular en Newell's ante Gimnasia". ExtraCatamarca. 15 March 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  5. ↑ "Freytes y Requena, en los 11 de la Lepra". El Diario. 15 March 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  6. ↑ Huerta, Rodrigo (15 July 2026). "De Unión La Calera a la U: "El club accedió a los deseos del jugador"". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 July 2026.
  7. ↑ "Juan M. Requena (18), convocado por Sampaoli". Semanario El Regional. 25 August 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
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