Juan Carlos Orellana Jara (21 June 1955 – 10 November 2022) was a Chilean footballer who played as a left winger.[1][2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Juan Carlos Orellana Jara | ||
| Date of birth | 21 June 1955 | ||
| Place of birth | Barrancas, Santiago, Chile | ||
| Date of death | 10 November 2022 (aged 67) | ||
| Place of death | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1973–1974 | Green Cross-Temuco | ||
| 1974–1980 | Colo-Colo | ||
| 1981–1983 | O'Higgins | ||
| 1984 | Unión Española | ||
| 1985 | Deportes Antofagasta | ||
| 1986 | Deportes Temuco | ||
| 1987 | Unión San Felipe | ||
| 1987 | Chile Lindo | ||
| International career | |||
| 1977–1983 | Chile | 11 | (4) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career edit
Orellana made his professional debut with Green Cross-Temuco in 1973, aged 17, scoring a goal. The next year, he switched to Colo-Colo.[3]
In 1987, he played abroad in Canada's National Soccer League with Chile Lindo.[4]
Personal life and death edit
Orellana was nicknamed El Zurdo de Barrancas (The Lefty from Barrancas), due to the fact that he played with his left foot and came from Barrancas [es], currently Pudahuel.[3]
Orellana suffered amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and died on 10 November 2022, at the age of 67.[5]
Honours edit
Colo-Colo
References edit
- ^ "Juan Carlos Orellana". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ "Juan Carlos Orellana". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ a b Lizana, José Antonio (2009). "JUAN CARLOS ORELLANA: Un zurdo que cruzó del Ñielol a Barrancas". Rayando la cancha : crónicas deportivas (PDF) (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Ediciones Ceacheí. pp. 17–21. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
- ^ "14 Suplemento Deportivo Viene de la Pagant". El Popular. 4 March 1987. p. 14.
- ^ "Pesar en el fútbol chileno: Fallece Juan Carlos Orellana, ex delantero de Colo Colo y la "Roja"". Emol (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
External links edit
- Juan Carlos Orellana at PartidosdeLaRoja.com (in Spanish)
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