Juan (footballer, born 1979) Facts for Kids

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Silveira and the second or paternal family name is Dos Santos.

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Full name

Juan Silveira dos Santos

Date of birth

1 February 1979 (age 45)

Place of birth

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Height

1.83 m

Playing position

Centre-back

Youth career

1989–1996

Flamengo

Senior career*

Years

Team

Apps^†

(Gls)^†

1996–2002

Flamengo

(5)

2002–2007

Bayer Leverkusen

139

(10)

2007–2012

Roma

118

(9)

2012–2015

Internacional

(4)

2016–2019

Flamengo

(0)

Total

428

(28)

National team

1995–1996

Brazil U17

(2)

1997–1999

Brazil U20

(0)

2001–2010

Brazil

(7)

Teams managed

2020–2024

Flamengo (technical manager)

2024–

Brazil (coordinator)

Honours

FIFA Confederations Cup

Representing Brazil
Winner	2005 Germany
Winner	2009 South Africa
Copa América
Winner	2004 Peru
Winner	2007 Venezuela

Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (Goals).

Juan Silveira dos Santos (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʁuˈɐ̃ silˈvejɾɐ dus ˈsɐ̃tus]; born 1 February 1979), commonly known as Juan, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He currently works as Brasil national football team assistant under Dorival Júnior.

Having begun his career with Flamengo, he spent a decade playing in Europe in service of Bayer Leverkusen and Roma before returning to Brazil with Internacional in 2012.

Juan earned 79 caps and scored seven international goals for Brazil. He represented the nation at two FIFA World Cups, three FIFA Confederations Cups and three Copa América tournaments, winning two apiece of the latter two events.

Club career
International career
Career statistics
- Club
- International
Honours
See also

Club career

Early career

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Juan played for six years for Flamengo in Brazil. In 2002, he moved to Bayer Leverkusen. He played five years in Germany scoring ten goals for Bayer. In 2007, he moved to Roma for €6.3 million.

Roma

Juan played for Roma between 2007 and 2012. In all competitions for Roma he scored 11 goals in more than 140 appearances. With Roma he won one Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana. He was a first-choice centre-back for Roma, and wore the number four jersey. Juan scored his first goal for Roma against Reggina on 16 September 2007.

In the 2011–12 season, he usually played alongside Gabriel Heinze. He scored his seventh goal for Roma in a 5–1 win over Cesena on 21 January 2012. He scored again in Roma's 4–2 loss Cagliari in Sardinia, followed by his third goal of the season, and the opening goal, in Roma's 4–0 demolition of Internazionale at the Stadio Olimpico. He scored nine goals for Roma during his time there.

Internacional

Juan with Internacional.

On 16 July 2012, Roma and Juan agreed to cancel his contract by mutual consent, which was set to end on 30 June 2013. On the same day, Juan signed a two-year contract with the club of Porto Alegre Internacional, with a one-year option.

Return to Flamengo

On 11 November 2015, Juan and Internacional agreed to cancel his contract by mutual consent, almost a month later on 8 December 2015, Juan confirmed his return to Flamengo.

Juan announced his retirement after winning the 2019 Campeonato Carioca and played his farewell match on 27 April 2019, in Flamengo's 3–1 win over Cruzeiro.

International career

Juan played on Brazil's Copa América-winning teams in 2004 and 2007, also winning the FIFA Confederations Cup in 2005 and 2009. He scored the winning goal in the penalty shootout at the end of the 2004 Copa América Final against Argentina in Lima. In the quarter-finals of the same competition in 2007, he opened the scoring in a 6–1 thrashing of Chile in Puerto La Cruz.

On 28 June 2010, Juan scored the first goal against Chile with a headed finish from a corner as Brazil won 3–0 to advance to the quarter-finals of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Flamengo	1996	Série A	11	0	0	0	0	0	–		11	0
	1997		14	2	4	1	2	0	–		20	3
	1998		10	0	1	0	5	0	–		16	0
	1999		7	0	0	0	7	1	–		14	2
	2000		15	2	7	0	4	2	–		26	3
	2001		18	1	6	1	9	5	–		33	7
	2002		0	0	0	0	3	0	–		3	0
	Total		75	5	18	2	20	8	0	0	113	15
Bayer Leverkusen	2002–03	Bundesliga	24	2	2	0	3	2	–		29	4
	2003–04		30	2	1	0	0	0	–		31	2
	2004–05		27	1	3	0	9	2	–		39	3
	2005–06		30	3	1	0	1	0	–		32	3
	2006–07		28	2	1	1	10	1	–		39	4
	Total		139	10	8	1	23	5	0	0	170	16
Roma	2007–08	Serie A	22	2	1	0	8	1	–		31	3
	2008–09		21	2	1	0	4	1	–		26	3
	2009–10		29	0	2	0	5	0	–		36	0
	2010–11		31	2	3	0	3	0	–		37	2
	2011–12		16	3	0	0	0	0	–		16	3
	Total		118	9	8	0	20	2	0	0	146	11
Internacional	2012	Série A	6	1	0	0	–		–		6	1
	2013		32	3	7	0	–		13	2	52	5
	2014		21	0	2	0	–		8	0	31	0
	2015		10	0	0	0	8	1	7	1	25	2
	Total		69	4	9	0	8	1	28	3	114	8
Flamengo	2016	Série A	9	0	4	0	3	0	16	0	32	0
	2017		13	0	6	0	10	2	6	1	35	3
	2018		4	0	0	0	5	0	5	0	14	0
	2019		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
	Total		27	0	10	0	18	2	28	1	83	3
Career total			428	28	53	3	89	18	56	4	626	53

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Brazil	2001	7	0
	2002	3	0
	2003	4	0
	2004	13	1
	2005	9	1
	2006	11	0
	2007	15	2
	2008	5	0
	2009	5	2
	2010	7	1
Total		79	7

Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Juan goal.

List of international goals scored by Juan
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	11 July 2004	Estadio Monumental Virgen de Chapi, Arequipa, Peru	Costa Rica	2–0	4–1	2004 Copa América
2	4 September 2005	Estádio Mané Garrincha, Brasília, Brazil	Chile	1–0	5–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying
3	24 March 2007	Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden	Chile	4–0	4–0	Friendly
4	7 July 2007	Estadio Olímpico Luis Ramos, Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela	Chile	1–0	6–1	2007 Copa América
5	6 June 2009	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay	Uruguay	2–0	4–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying
6	15 June 2009	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa	Egypt	3–1	4–3	2009 FIFA Confederations Cup
7	28 June 2010	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa	Chile	1–0	3–0	2010 FIFA World Cup