He achieved La Liga totals of 346 games and 61 goals in representation of Sporting de Gijón, Tenerife and Zaragoza, and won the Copa del Rey twice with the last of those clubs.
Juanele joined Real Zaragoza after Tenerife's 1999 relegation,[5] helping the Aragonese to two Copa del Rey trophies in the early 2000s,[6] even though he was already a fringe player in the second conquest.
[8] In 2006–07, Juanele had brief amateur stints with SD Atlético Camocha[9] and TSK Roces, both in the Asturian regional leagues, retiring from football altogether at the end of the campaign.
Juanele earned five caps for the Spain national team in 1994, scoring twice (in his debut on 19 January, a 2–2 home draw against Portugal,[10] and his last match five months later, a 2–0 away defeat of Canada).
[12] After some episodes of depression and a battle to overcome an addiction to prescription drugs, Juanele was admitted in early 2008 to a Gijón hospital due to an excessive intake.