Juan Eluchans

Juan Eluchans
Personal information
Full name	Juan Eduardo Eluchans
Date of birth	April 14, 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Tandil, Argentina
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Left midfielder
Youth career
	Independiente
Senior career*
Years	Team
2000–2007	Independiente
2006	→ Rosario Central (loan)
2007–2009	SM Caen
2010–2011	Universidad Católica
2011–2012	Banfield
2012–2015	Atlético Rafaela
2016–2017	Guaraní Antonio Franco
2020–2021	Atlético Posadas [es]
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Juan Eduardo Eluchans (born 14 April 1980) is an Argentine former footballer who played as a left midfielder.

Club career

SM Caen

In June 2007, Eluchans was transferred to Ligue 1 side SM Caen, signing a two-year contract in a €1 million deal. His league debut came on 4 August against Nice. He scored his first goal for the club in a 2–2 draw with Sochaux. After several weeks of adaptation, Eluchans conquered the fans of the team and fully participated in the club season.

Universidad Católica

Eluchans signed for the Chilean Primera División side Universidad Católica on 26 June 2010, agreeing on a one-year deal, and keeping him with the precordilleran club until winter 2011. He made his debut in a league game against Cobreloa in a 2–1 home win. Eluchans failed to have a good performance in the team during his first games in the club, but at the end of the tournament he achieved a good performance in the position of left back.

On 27 November 2010, Católica gain a crucial victory 3–2 at Calama to Cobreloa in the penultimate week of the league tournament, beating Colo-Colo in top-of-the-table by 3 points. In the same game, Eluchans scored the victory goal, after a free kick at 89th minute. In the next game, his club was proclaimed champion of the Chilean football after beat 5–0 to Everton.

In 2011, Eluchans achieved a good performance at Católica, scoring three important goals for the club, among themselves two goals of free kick against Santiago Wanderers and Colo-Colo. He became a key player during the team's good season. Because his performances, he received several offers from important clubs of South America.

However, his team loss the final of the playoffs championship against Universidad de Chile, Católica lost in the aggregate result for 4–3 loss, and Eluchans along with his teammates Rodrigo Valenzuela, Alfonso Parot and Francisco Pizarro protagonized a scandal insulting to the referee Enrique Osses.

Banfield

After his successful pass at Católica, Eluchans was released of the Chilean club and shortly after he joined to Banfield of the Argentine Primera División.

On 5 August 2011, Eluchans made his debut for Banfield in the 2–0 loss against Atlético Rafaela.

Honours

Club

Independiente

Primera División Argentina (1): 2002 Apertura

Universidad Católica

Primera División de Chile (1): 2010

External links

Juan Eluchans at Soccerway
Juan Eluchans at BDFA (in Spanish)
Statistics at Guardian Stats Centre