Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was an Uruguayan football (soccer) player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics. He played club f

Was an Uruguayan football (soccer) player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics. He played club football for Peñarol.He was a member of the Uruguayan team, which won the gold medal in the football tournament. He played 14 matches for Uruguay, scoring one goal.

Is a professional Mexican boxer and is Brother to Top Welterweight boxer, Mexican James de La Rosa.

Is a professional Mexican boxer and is Brother to Top Welterweight boxer, Mexican James de La Rosa. De La Rosa's father is a Mexican and his mother is a Texas native, she is the aunt of Boxer Rashad Ganaway. Juan wears a lanyard with his grandfather's pi

Is a former Spanish handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer

Is a former Spanish handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics.In 1980 he was part of the Spanish team which finished fifth in the Olympic tournament. He played all six matches as goalkeeper.

Is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox duri

Is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Boston Red Sox during the 1999 season. Listed at 6' 5", 215 lb., he batted and threw right-handed.

Was a striker for Uruguay who was a member of the champion squad at the 1930 FIFA World Cup, as he s

Was a striker for Uruguay who was a member of the champion squad at the 1930 FIFA World Cup, as he scored 3 goals in the tournament, including 2 in the semi-finals. He was a player and later coach of C.A. Peñarol.

An Argentine footballer who is currently a free agent.

An Argentine footballer who is currently a free agent.

Was an Uruguayan football (soccer) player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.He was a member o

Was an Uruguayan football (soccer) player who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the Uruguayan team, which won the gold medal in the football tournament.

A Spanish footballer who currently plays for SD Ponferradina of the Spanish Segunda División B, as

A Spanish footballer who currently plays for SD Ponferradina of the Spanish Segunda División B, as a central defender.

Is a Mexican professional boxer in the Light Welterweight division and the current WBC Youth World L

Is a Mexican professional boxer in the Light Welterweight division and the current WBC Youth World Light Welterweight champion.

Is a Uruguayan football coach and former player, possibly one of the players that had most appearanc

Is a Uruguayan football coach and former player, possibly one of the players that had most appearances, in different rosters, in Uruguay.Between 2003 and 2004, Carrasco was the manager of Uruguay; his performance was poor as he resigned on March 2004 after being defeated against Venezuela 0-3 in Montevideo for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Is a Uruguayan footballer. he plays for Indios F.C in Mexico.In August 2004, he was signed along wit

Is a Uruguayan footballer. he plays for Indios F.C in Mexico.In August 2004, he was signed along with his brother Jorge Curbelo.

Known as Epitié, is a naturalized Equatoguinean footballer, who plays as a forward. Epitié played

Known as Epitié, is a naturalized Equatoguinean footballer, who plays as a forward. Epitié played in Spain country for the vast majority of his professional career, starting with local Palamós CF, in Tercera División. He was signed by two first division t

An Argentine football defender. He is currently without a club having been released by Argentinos Ju

An Argentine football defender. He is currently without a club having been released by Argentinos Juniors in January 2009.Fernández started his career with Estudiantes de La Plata in 1998, in 1999 he played for Argentina and in 2002 he was sold to Borussia Dortmund in Germany.Fernández has also played for River Plate, San Lorenzo and Olimpo de Bahía Blanca in Argentina before joining Colón in 2006.

Is a former football defender from Paraguay.going to Argentina to play for clubs such as Rosario Cen

Is a former football defender from Paraguay.going to Argentina to play for clubs such as Rosario Central, Independiente and Colón de Santa Fe. He spent his best years playing for Rosario Central, where he has more than 100 caps and was part of the team th

Is a former soccer player from El Salvador who represented his country at the 1968 Summer Olympics a

Is a former soccer player from El Salvador who represented his country at the 1968 Summer Olympics and at the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico.Martínez scored 11 goals for the El Salvador national football team from 1967 to 1976.

Is a former Salvadoran football player and manager. Paredes led the El Salvador team to the Central

Is a former Salvadoran football player and manager. Paredes led the El Salvador team to the Central American and Caribbean titles in 2002.

Is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player. Rivas was the second player from Puerto Rico to pl

Is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player. Rivas was the second player from Puerto Rico to play in the NBA, and half of the first duo of Puerto Ricans to be active in the NBA simultaneously. Rivas has played in the NBA, NCAA, and the National Superior Basketball League of Puerto Rico (BSN) with the Carolina Giants.

An Argentine former footballer, and coach. He was reassigned to his former club, Panathinaikos, in A

An Argentine former footballer, and coach. He was reassigned to his former club, Panathinaikos, in April 2008 as a scouter.He began his professional career at Newell's Old Boys in 1972, he was part of their Metropolitano winning team in 1974. He moved to Boca Juniors in 1979. In 1980 he was transferred to Greek club Panathinaikos where he played until his retirement in 1989.Nicknamed The Indian, he was a great footballer who had skill, vision and served the club until his retirement in 1989. He is definitely one of the best players in Panathinaikos' history, as older fans would remember. He was first signed for Panathinaikos under the name Boublis with Greek papers; the subsequent discovery of record falsifications and the ensuing scandal almost landed Rocha in jail and Panathinaikos in the second division. Later these allegations were found missing and Panathinaikos and Rocha were dismissed.

Is a professional football midfielder who currently plays in Liga Panameña de Fútbol, the top foot

Is a professional football midfielder who currently plays in Liga Panameña de Fútbol, the top football League of Panama at San Francisco F.C.

Is a Honduran footballer currently playing for C.D. Victoria.

Is a Honduran footballer currently playing for C.D. Victoria.

Is an athlete from Mexico. He competes in archery.

Is an athlete from Mexico. He competes in archery.

Is a professional wrestler best known under the name Savio Vega. During the late 1990s, he was an ac

Is a professional wrestler best known under the name Savio Vega. During the late 1990s, he was an active westler in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). Outside of Puerto Rico, he has won major titles in Latin America including Panama's Revolution X-Trem

Is a former basketball player from Cuba, who won the bronze medal with the men's national team at th

Is a former basketball player from Cuba, who won the bronze medal with the men's national team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.

Is a football defender from Paraguay.Krone started his career in the youth divisions of Olimpia and

Is a football defender from Paraguay.Krone started his career in the youth divisions of Olimpia and made his professional debut in 2005. After alternating between the reserves squad and the first team Krone finally settled in the 2008 season under coach G

An Argentine professional football attacking midfielder who currently plays for Boca Juniors and the

An Argentine professional football attacking midfielder who currently plays for Boca Juniors and the Argentina national team.He chose to move to Boca in 1995, as he had been a fan of the club since childhood. Boca paid US$800,000 to sign him. A year later, on November 10, 1996, Riquelme played his first professional match in a 2-0 win over Unión de Santa Fe. Two weeks later he scored his first senior goal in Boca's 6-0 win over Huracán.