Juan Carlos Álvarez Cárdenas (born 14 February 1966) is a Colombian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.
[1] Álvarez subsequently played for Deportivo Antioquia [es], Deportes Quindío and Atlético Bucaramanga before retiring with Cúcuta in 1999.
[1] After retiring, Álvarez studied in the Cooperative University of Colombia before joining Florida Soccer as a manager of the under-15 squad.
In 2004, he became the assistant of Carlos Pachamé at Antioquia, before joining Óscar Aristizábal [es]'s staff at Rionegro under the same role in 2006.
[2] In December 2015, after spending the previous year travelling in Spain, Álvarez became the manager of Categoría Primera B side Leones.