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Juan Carlos Orellana
Personal information
Full name Juan Carlos Orellana Jara
Date of birth (1955-06-21)21 June 1955
Place of birth Barrancas, Santiago, Chile
Date of death 10 November 2022(2022-11-10) (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

Juan Carlos Orellana Jara (21 June 1955 – 10 November 2022) was a Chilean footballer who played as a left winger.[1][2]

Career

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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

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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

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Colo-Colo

References

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  1. ^ "Juan Carlos Orellana". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Juan Carlos Orellana". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "14 Suplemento Deportivo Viene de la Pagant". El Popular. 4 March 1987. p. 14.
  5. ^ "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.
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