Juantorena is the record owner of the highest number of Most Valuable Player awards at FIVB Club World Championship, with 4 times.

After several years in Cuba, he moved to his first professional club in the Russian league – Ural Ufa – but in November 2006 he received a two-year ban for doping.

In May 2010 he had a short loan in Qatar, returning to Trentino in September of that year where he agreed a contract extension and obtained Italian citizenship.

[13] Juantorena joined the Italy national team in 2015, claiming a European championship bronze and FIVB World Cup silver medal in the same year.

He had a hugely positive impact on Italy's attacking prowess going into the 2016 Summer Olympics, his first such tournament, and the team claimed the silver medal.