| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Juan Antonio Carcelén García | ||
| Date of birth | (1954-04-28)28 April 1954 (age 71) | ||
| Place of birth | Albacete, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1969–1971 | Albacete | ||
| 1971–1972 | Hércules | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1970–1971 | Albacete | 10 | (0) |
| 1972–1981 | Hércules | 165 | (7) |
| 1973–1974 | →Hellín (loan) | ||
| 1981–1984 | Real Madrid | 11 | (0) |
| 1984–1985 | Hércules | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1972 | Spain U18 | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1985–1987 | Hércules Promesas | ||
| 1989 | Betis Florida (youth) | ||
| 1989–1990 | Hércules Promesas | ||
| 1990 | Hércules | ||
| 1991–1994 | Mutxamel | ||
| 1994–1996 | Hércules (youth) | ||
| 1996–1997 | Español San Vicente | ||
| 1998–1999 | Hércules (youth) | ||
| 2001–2002 | Mutxamel | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Juan Antonio Carcelén García (born 28 April 1954) is a Spanish formerfootball player and manager. He played as amidfielder.
At age 16 Carcelén made his debut withAlbacete Balompié and began to be followed by several teams. In June 1971,Hércules bought Carcelén and Perico Serrano, the top two youth players of Albacete. Hércules paid 300,000pesetas to Manchegan club for both players. In his first season inAlicante, García played with youth Hércules, though he trained and played games with the first team.
In the1973–74 season he was loaned along with Perico Serrano toAD Hellín, where they had many minutes in thethird level. From there he became a key player for many years for Hércules. He played forSpain at youth level in two games.[1]
After seven seasons with the Hércules inLa Liga,Real Madrid signed him and his transfer cost 40 million pesetas. He came toMadrid asVujadin Boškov personal commitment. In the1981–82 season he played 11 games in the league and won theCopa del Rey. In the next two seasons he did not play any games due to a serious knee injury.[2] He belonged to Real Madrid for three seasons.[3]
In the1984–85 season he moved to Hércules but never recovered from the injury and did not play. He retired as a player in 1985 and began training thereserves of Hércules. As a coach he became a man of the house, which stands midseason as head coach of Hércules in the1989–90 season. In the2007–08 season he returned to Hércules as responsible for the capture players in the lower grades.[4]
Carcelén is currently disconnected from football.CAM bank is to work since his retirement as a player. He is a commentator for games of Hércules in some local radio stations in the city of Alicante.