Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Riquelme was born in San Fernando, Buenos Aires Province, into a family of ten in poverty, and grew

Riquelme was born in San Fernando, Buenos Aires Province, into a family of ten in poverty, and grew up in Don Torcuato. Argentine clubs Boca Juniors and River Plate spotted him when he was a youth player for Argentinos Juniors. 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 Uni=n de Santa Fe. Two weeks later he scored his first senior goal in Boca's 6-0 win over Huracßn.

A former Spanish footballer who played for Real Madrid and was part of their European Cup victories

A former Spanish footballer who played for Real Madrid and was part of their European Cup victories in 1958 and 1959. He earned 7 caps for the Spain national football team.He is known mostly for solid success on Youth Teams he managed. He has numerous achievement with Spanish U-19, U-18, U-17 and U-16 teams since 1988 in different cups or tournaments.

Was a Hungarian-Chilean footballer and football manager.Schwanner was born János Schwanner in Hunga

Was a Hungarian-Chilean footballer and football manager.Schwanner was born János Schwanner in Hungary to parents of Hungarian and Chilean descent. While playing football in Chile he took up Chilean citizenship and adopted the name Juan.

Is a soccer midfielder.Botero and his family moved to Colombia when he was one year old, and he join

Is a soccer midfielder.Botero and his family moved to Colombia when he was one year old, and he joined the Independiente Medellín youth system at age 13. He made his professional first team debut for Medellin at age 17, on August 3, 2003 versus Atletico Huila.

Is a Colombian professional tennis player.

Is a Colombian professional tennis player.

An Argentine professional football player who plays as a midfielder. He is currently on the roster o

An Argentine professional football player who plays as a midfielder. He is currently on the roster of Estudiantes de La Plata, being legally a free agent after the expiration of his contract with Chelsea. Verón played most successfully at Italian clubs Parma A.C. and S.S. Lazio with whom he won the UEFA Cup (Parma) and the domestic Serie A championship (Lazio).

Is a Colombian football goalkeeper, who currently plays for Millonarios in the Copa Mustang. Villate

Is a Colombian football goalkeeper, who currently plays for Millonarios in the Copa Mustang. Villate is a product of the Millonarios youth system and played with the Millonarios first team since January, 2009.

An Argentine-born Portuguese rugby union footballer. He plays as a lock or as a flanker.He was a mem

An Argentine-born Portuguese rugby union footballer. He plays as a lock or as a flanker.He was a member of Agronomia team, winning the title of National Champion in 2006/2007. He currently plays for the Italian semi-professional team of Exagerate Rugby Reggio.He decided to represent Portugal, and was selected for the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals squad. He played a single game with Scotland. He head-butted a Scottish player, being suspended for four weeks after the incident.

Is a Chilean footballer who plays is playing at La Serena.Juan Silva is a player of 20 years who hav

Is a Chilean footballer who plays is playing at La Serena.Juan Silva is a player of 20 years who have not matured by many acts of indicipline has had especially in the club starting Santiago Wanderers. In 2006 he made his debut with Silva shirt Wanderers

Is football player at the position of central defender that currently plays for A.S. Roma.Juan's fir

Is football player at the position of central defender that currently plays for A.S. Roma.Juan's first season at A.S. Roma immediately began with a challenge. He was signed to replace Christian Chivu who had left that very same summer for Inter Milan. Roma supporters doubted he would be able to perform as well as the Romanian captain had done for so many years

A former football (soccer) defender from Argentina.Simón started his career with Newell's Old Boys

A former football (soccer) defender from Argentina.Simón started his career with Newell's Old Boys in 1977. In 1979 he was part of the Argentina national under-20 football team that won the FIFA U-20 World Cup. He received his first call up to the full Argentina team in 1980.

Is a South African rugby union footballer. His usual position is at blindside flanker, although he h

Is a South African rugby union footballer. His usual position is at blindside flanker, although he has also played number eight, he plays for the Springboks. He plays for the Vodacom Cheetahs in the international Super 14 competition as well as the Free State Cheetahs in the Currie Cup. He is the current captain of the Vodacom Cheetahs.Smith was included in the Springboks squad for the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia. He played in four matches at the World Cup and scored a try in the match against Manu Samoa. Although he only played the one Test for South Africa during 2004 - against Wales at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff in November, he was capped 10 times for the Springboks the following season.

An Argentine-Mexican actor and former rugby player and model. He is married to Argentine actress "Ma

An Argentine-Mexican actor and former rugby player and model. He is married to Argentine actress "Maki" Magdalena Moguilevsky with whom he has two daughters.In 1994, after participating in the TV show Montaña Rusa and the play Juego de sociedad he decided to move to Mexico. There, he obtained small roles in two telenovelas with Televisa and in 1996 he starred in Cañaveral de pasiones which became the most successful production of that year. He then joined the cast of Verónica Castro's telenovela Pueblo chico, infierno grande, and the Mexican production of the play P.S. Your Cat Is Dead as Eddie, touring Mexico and the United States. He also appeared in the Peruvian telenovela María Emilia: Querida. He returned to Mexico in 2000 and has made five telenovelas as of 2005

Is an Uruguayan football midfielder currently playing for Italian club Ancona. Juan Surraco was born

Is an Uruguayan football midfielder currently playing for Italian club Ancona. Juan Surraco was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, and at an early age decided to dedicate himself to sports. He was scouted at fifteen by Central Español, where he began his professional career in 2006.

Is a Uruguayan footballer who plays for Boyacá Chicó in the Copa Mustang. Tejera began his career

Is a Uruguayan footballer who plays for Boyacá Chicó in the Copa Mustang. Tejera began his career in Uruguay playing for Liverpool de Montevideo in the Primera División Uruguaya.

Is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays as a Defender for Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Portoviejo i

Is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays as a Defender for Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Portoviejo in the Ecuadorian Football League. He also played for the Ecuador national team between 2004 and 2005.

A former professional footballer, who most notably played for Football League Two side Wrexham.Ugart

A former professional footballer, who most notably played for Football League Two side Wrexham.Ugarte's claim-to-fame is scoring five times one game, a 6-4 thriller against Hartlepool United, and scoring in the LDV vans final which Wrexham won 2-0 against Southend United. [1] Ugarte is reportedly friends with Liverpool's Xabi Alonso. [2]

A professional boxer in the junior welterweight (140 lb) division. His record is 20-1-1 (16 KOs).

A professional boxer in the junior welterweight (140 lb) division. His record is 20-1-1 (16 KOs).

A Spanish footballer, who currently plays for Racing de Santander, on loan from Atlético Madrid, in

A Spanish footballer, who currently plays for Racing de Santander, on loan from Atlético Madrid, in the Spanish first division. He operates as a midfielder/defender, on the right side of the pitch.Valera debuted as a professional at hometown Real Murcia, and first played in La Liga in 2003-04 (10 matches). In 2005-06, he moved to Atlético de Madrid, where his progression was marred by injuries. On February 25, 2006, Valera netted twice as a substitute, in a 5-0 home rout of Málaga CF.

A Spanish footballer, currently at English side Norwich City. His usual position is right defender.D

A Spanish footballer, currently at English side Norwich City. His usual position is right defender.During his career, Velasco represented, in Spain, Sevilla FC, Celta de Vigo (his most successful top flight years, playing UEFA Champions League), Atlético de Madrid and RCD Espanyol.

Is a former football defender.Lezcano started his career at Olimpia of Asunción in 1954. He was par

Is a former football defender.Lezcano started his career at Olimpia of Asunción in 1954. He was part of the historical Olimpia team coached by Aurelio González that won five Paraguayan league championships in a row, from 1956 to 1960 and reached the final

Was a Spanish football (soccer) goalkeeper, who played for Mollet and FC Barcelona. He retired playi

Was a Spanish football (soccer) goalkeeper, who played for Mollet and FC Barcelona. He retired playing in CE Sabadell.He was contracted by FC Barcelona in 1942, when he was 21. He used to play wearing a cap, because the winter matches were scheduled at 3 p.m., in order to use natural light. He was the official goalkeeper of FC Barcelona until he got injured in his eyes. When he was recovered, his place in the goal was strongly held by Antoni Ramallets, and he never got back to the main place.

Was a Mexican boxer in the Lightweight division and a former Lightweight world champion. During his

Was a Mexican boxer in the Lightweight division and a former Lightweight world champion. During his career he won a version of the Lightweight Championship of the World and other belts such as the NBA Lightweight Championship of the World, Featherweight C

Is a female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who competed for her native country at th

Is a female volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who competed for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, wearing the number #11 jersey. There she ended up in eleventh place with the Dominican Republic women's national

Is a high jumper from the Dominican Republic. The other are Miguelina Cobián, Carmen Romero, Bárba

Is a high jumper from the Dominican Republic. The other are Miguelina Cobián, Carmen Romero, Bárbara Hechevarría, María Caridad Colón and Letitia Vriesde.