Juan Obelar

Juan Obelar
Personal information
Full name Juan Ángel Obelar Pete Gutiérrez
Date of birth (1979-08-12) 12 August 1979
Place of birth Mercedes, Uruguay
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Fornite FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2005 C.A. Peñarol 30 (0)
2003 → Villa Española (loan) 16 (0)
2006 Tacuarembó F.C. 23 (0)
2007–2009 Marathón 86 (0)
2010 Millonarios 18 (0)
2011–2013 Fénix
Total 173 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Juan Ángel Obelar (born 12 August 1979) is a Uruguayan retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Club career

He was born in Mercedes.[1]

Obelar previously played for C.A. Peñarol, Villa Española and Tacuarembó F.C. in the Primera División Uruguaya.[1] He also played for C.D. Marathón of the Liga Nacional de Honduras and Millonarios in the Colombian Primera A.[2]

Obelar won the Honduran league with Marathón in 2008, leading to a move to Millonarios in 2010. He made a promising start with the Bogotá side, but was relegated to the bench midway through the 2010 season after a poor performance against Cortuluá.[3]

In November 2013, Obelar retired from football after losing four fingers of his left hand in a domestic accident involving a wood plane.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Ficha del Jugador: Juan Obelar". Tenfieldigital. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
  2. ^ "Juan Ángel Obelar". ESPNsoccernet. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2008.
  3. ^ Hernández L., Gabriel (23 July 2010). ""Millonarios me dio revancha": Juan Obelar" (in Spanish). El Espectador.
  4. ^ Orellana, Douglas (4 November 2013). "Juan Obelar sufre accidente; pierde cuatro dedos y se retira del fútbol" [Juan Obelar suffers an accident: he loses four fingers and retires from football]. Diario Deportivo Diez (in Spanish). Honduras. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  5. ^ "Keeper loses four fingers in accident". ESPN FC. 6 November 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2014.