Juan Góngora

Juan Góngora
Personal information
Full name	Juan Francisco Góngora Mateo
Date of birth	14 August 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	Fuengirola, Spain
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Youth career
	Fuengirola
2006–2007	Betis
Senior career*
Years	Team
2007–2008	Betis C
2008–2009	Marbella
2009–2010	Murcia B
2010–2011	Murcia
2011–2012	Cádiz
2012–2013	La Roda
2013–2014	Cultural Leonesa
2014–2018	UCAM Murcia
2018–2020	Unionistas
2020–2022	Talavera
2022–2024	Águilas
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 May 2024

Juan Francisco Góngora Mateo (born 14 August 1988) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a left-back.

Club career

Góngora was born in Fuengirola, Province of Málaga, Andalusia, and started his senior career with Real Betis' C team in the regional leagues. He moved straight to Segunda División B in 2008, joining Marbella FC.

In June 2009, Góngora signed with Real Murcia Imperial also in the third tier. On 30 July 2010, he was definitely promoted to the first team, who had suffered relegation.^[1]

Góngora continued to compete in division three the following years, representing Cádiz CF,^[2] La Roda CF, Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa^[3] and UCAM Murcia CF.^[4] With the latter, he achieved promotion to Segunda División at the end of the 2015–16 season after scoring a career-best nine goals.^[5]

Góngora made his professional debut on 28 August 2016 at the age of 28, starting and scoring the first in a 1–1 home draw against Córdoba CF.^[6]

^ "El Real Murcia ficha al centrocampista del Granada Álvaro Cámara" [Real Murcia sign Granada midfielder Álvaro Cámara]. La Verdad (in Spanish). 30 July 2010. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
^ Vilches, José M. (10 July 2011). "Góngora y Yuste se unen al proyecto de Quique Pina" [Góngora and Yuste added to Quique Pina's project]. Diario de Cádiz (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 August 2016.
^ "Góngora, juventud y experiencia para el lateral izquierdo" [Góngora, youth and experience for the left flank] (in Spanish). Sport León. 22 October 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
^ "El UCAM CF ficha a Góngora, defensa que llega de la Cultural Leonesa" [UCAM CF sign Góngora, defender who arrives from Cultural Leonesa]. ABC (in Spanish). 13 July 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
^ Gallego, José (16 May 2016). "ASCENSO A 2ª | El UCAM Murcia, una apuesta ganadora" [PROMOTION TO 2ª | UCAM Murcia, a winning bet] (in Spanish). El Gol de Madriz. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
^ "El Córdoba salva un punto en el minuto 92 tras encajar un gol olímpico" [Córdoba save a point in the 92nd minute after scoring an olympic goal]. Marca (in Spanish). 28 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.