Juan Carlos Plata

Quick Facts

Full Name	Juan Carlos Plata
Occupation	Association Football Player
Date Of Birth	Jan 1, 1971(1971-01-01)
Age	53
Birthplace	Guatemala City
Country	Guatemala
Birth City	Guatemala Department
Horoscope	Capricorn

Juan Carlos Plata Biography

Juan Carlos Plata is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on January 1, 1971 in Guatemala City, Guatemala Department, Guatemala. Juan Carlos Plata (born 1 January 1971) is a Guatemalan soccer coach as well as a retired striker in football. He is the most prolific scorer in the top league in Guatemala’s. Since January, Plata has, except for Marc Lloyd-Williams the most prolific goal scorer among all active players around the world’s top division leagues. He is one of the top 60 goal scorers of all time in accordance with the International Federation of Football History & Statistics.

An unstoppable goal scorer over the course of his professional career. Plata scores at minimum 15 goals over 13 seasons, with his best year with regards to total goals scored in 2005-2006 which saw him score 32 goals in both Torneo de Apertura and the Torneo de Clausura.

On 15 February 2008, Plata played his 500th official match with Municipal against Deportivo Zacapa for the domestic league. On 17 May 2009, Plata scored his 400th career goal against Deportivo Petapa.

On 19 December 2010 Juan Carlos Plata played his last official game as a professional player in Guatemala, as a substitute in the final match for Apertura 2011, a series defining the national championship between CSD Municipal and Comunicaciones. The match ended in a draw 2–2 (being 3–3 the global score), so there was the need to define the championship on penalty series. At that time he scored a goal, however his team lost dramatically, he retired being a national Second Place.

The player made his debut in Guatemala in the second half of the match as a replacement to Jorge Rodas in a January 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup match against Mexico and scored 35 goals for Guatemala in 86 international games. He was a part of his participation in the World Cup qualification processes of 2002, 1998 and 2006 with 7 goals scored throughout the 27 World Cup qualification matches, including two in a 2-1 victory over Costa Rica on 5 September 2004 that saw Guatemala progress to the final phase of 2006’s CONCACAF World Cup qualification.

Juan Carlos Plata Net Worth

Juan Carlos Plata is one of the richest Association Football Player from Guatemala. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Juan Carlos Plata 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Plata from Guatemala City, made his debut in the Liga Mayor (Major League, which is now Liga Nacional) in the 1990-1991 season. He was crowned league champion by Municipal with coach Ruben Amorin. Since then, he’s been a regular player for the team, and has been instrumental in helping them win fourteen league championships, five domestic cups, as well as 2 Central American championships.

On the 21st of January 2002, He recorded his 26th goals in the national team against Mexico during the 2002 Gold Cup, surpassing the record of 25 goals that was set by Carlos Toledo since 1953. The most well-known goal he scored with the national team could have been the goal he scored in final moments in the 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup match against Brazil with a goal from an angle kick that equalized the score at 1-1. This was an astonishing result given that Brazil were the reigning world champions of the time, and had players such as Romario, Mauro Silva, Edmundo, Denilson and Taffarel.

Juan Carlos Plata’s career received a tribute with the release in Guatemala of his biographic documentary film 321: Juan Carlos Plata on 16 February 2006. The 94-minute film makes emphasis on the scoring of goal 321, which gave Plata the record as top goal scorer in the history of professional Guatemalan football. It also covers his ongoing career as well as non-sport related subjects, such as family and business. The premiere took place at the Centro Cultural Miguel Ángel Asturias (national theatre), with over 2000 people in attendance. The documentary and other additional features, are included in a DVD which includes over 200 of his career goals and was released for sale to the public on the night of the film’s premiere.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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In March 2017 he made his debut as coach with CSD Mixco in the Primera Division de Ascenso.

Facts & Trivia

Juan Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Guatemala. Juan Carlos Plata celebrates birthday on January 1 of every year.