Juan Sebastián Botero (born July 4, 1986, in Ames, Iowa), is an American-born Colombian soccer manager and former midfielder.
Then, Botero and his family moved back to Colombia when he was one year old, and he joined the Independiente Medellín youth system at age 13.
In his four years with the club, he went on to make 46 first team appearances, playing his final game in June 2007 against Cúcuta Deportivo.
[6] In 2013 and after playing for Deportivo Rionegro and Atlético Huila again, Botero decided to retire from his activity as a professional soccer player in Colombia.
From that moment on, he dedicated himself to coaching minor soccer divisions in the South American country, including the youth teams of Independiente Medellín and Fortaleza C.E.I.F.