After a step through the millionaire, he decided to leave football to devote himself to his great passion.
Getting to first is the maximum dream that soccer players have, but after making the leap it comes as complicated in all: staying in the highest category. Luck is often a key factor.
Footballers run a great risk, which has truncated more than one sports career, and are injuries. And not many finish knowing what to do after football and before an early withdrawal. That was not the case of Juan Antonio, the boy who managed to play in River and today is dedicated to music.
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Juan Antonio’s story, the promise that retired from football at age 27
Juan Antonio gave his first exhibitions The CAI of Comodoro Rivadavia. There Hugo Tocalli captured him, who summoned him to the ARGENTINE SUB 17 SELECTION to dispute the South American of Venezuela in 2005. to that team that had figures such as the Papu Gómez and The Kun Agüero It did not do very well, but this boy from southern Argentina stood out to the point that the Liverpool of England and River.
At 17 and after sudden jumps in the lower divisions, in the 2006-07 season he already shared squad with figures such as Marcelo Gallardo and Ariel Ortega. While the millionaire did not live his best present, for this young man it was like fulfilling a dream. Finally, After having played only 8 games, he left in 2010.
After a step through Italy, where he played in important clubs such as the Brescia, Parma and the Sampdoriathe worst news would come. The increasingly recurring injuries, interposed in their dream and decided that it was best to say enough. With 27 years, he retired in 2016 To be able to find his place in his true passion.
Juan Antonio’s present with his other passion
The world of football is cruel and many liked the news of their sudden decision to hang the booties. He had always managed to fall well into the groups he integrated, since his other passion was to play the guitar. Knowing the successes of the moment helped him to forge a good relationship with his teammates, but he would also end up being key to his next adventure.
Already without the ball, rock was his destiny. Started with band projects such as “The old mimosa” and “Trakis and the Atlanteans”but would finally create “France 98”. There, next to his brother at bass and accompanying in the choirs and the rest of the band, they will find their place in the world. The group has already taken two albums, “Good decisions” and “The song factory”. At the end of this year, he has already announced that his third album will come, which shows that 20 years ago, even with the dream of playing intact football, he threw walls with Gallardo and Ortega in the Monumental.
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