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Juan Forlín

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Juan Forlín
Forlín in action for Espanyol in 2012
Personal information
Full name Juan Daniel Forlín
Date of birth (1988-01-10) 10 January 1988 (age 37)
Place of birth Reconquista, Argentina
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Centre-back, defensive midfielder
Youth career
Boca Juniors
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2009 Boca Juniors 37 (3)
2007 → Real Madrid B (loan) 0 (0)
2009–2013 Espanyol 106 (2)
2013–2015 Al-Rayyan 8 (0)
2014 → Boca Juniors (loan) 23 (1)
2015–2017 Querétaro 37 (2)
2017–2019 Oviedo 46 (2)
2020 Júbilo Iwata 0 (0)
2021–2022 Llagostera 32 (0)
2022 Badalona Futur 7 (0)
2023 Badalona 4 (0)
Total 300 (10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Juan Daniel Forlín (born 10 January 1988) is an Argentine former professional footballer. Mainly a central defender, he could also play as a defensive midfielder.

He started out at Boca Juniors, then spent four years in La Liga with Espanyol, appearing in 118 official matches and scoring two goals.[1]

Club career

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Born in Reconquista, Santa Fe, Forlín made his Primera División debut on 19 April 2008 as his team Boca Juniors won 2–1 against Newell's Old Boys.[2] In his first full season, he was an undisputed starter as the Buenos Aires-based side claimed that year's Apertura.[3][4]

Forlín was signed by RCD Espanyol from Spain on 25 August 2009 – alongside Boca teammate Facundo Roncaglia – on a five-year contract, with the Catalans paying a fee of €4 million for 70% of his rights.[5] He made his La Liga debut on 12 September, in a 0–3 home loss to Real Madrid.[6] He scored in his next appearance, a 3–2 away victory over Deportivo de La Coruña,[7] and finished his debut campaign with 24 appearances, receiving 11 yellow cards and being sent off once.[8]

During his spell with the Pericos, Forlín was regularly used by his compatriot Mauricio Pochettino as both a central defender and a defensive midfielder. The same befell him under Javier Aguirre, who was appointed in November 2012.[9][10]

On 20 July 2013, Forlín moved to Qatar Stars League club Al-Rayyan SC for an undisclosed fee.[11] He was released in July 2015.[12]

Honours

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Boca Juniors

Querétaro

References

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  1. ^ Molero, Iván (18 July 2016). "Los buenos aires pericos: con Piatti, 22 argentinos este siglo" [Good winds (pun on capital of Argentina) for budgies: with Piatti, 22 Argentines this century]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 May 2025.
  2. ^ "Forlín deja Boca y se va al Espanyol" [Forlín leaves Boca and goes to Espanyol]. La Capital (in Spanish). 25 August 2009. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Aquella definición en la que ganó Tigre pero el que dio la vuelta olímpica fue Boca" [That decider where Tigre won but Boca were the ones that did a victory lap]. La Nación (in Spanish). 2 June 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
  4. ^ Bajo, Fernando (19 September 2021). "Forlín, el central que busca reinventarse: "En Boca jugás en Primera y pareciera que tenés la vida resuelta"" [Forlín, the stopper who looks to reinvent himself: "At Boca you play in Primera and you'd think your life is taken care of"] (in Spanish). TyC Sports. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
  5. ^ "El Espanyol confirma el fichaje de Juan Forlín" [Espanyol confirm Juan Forlín's signing]. Marca (in Spanish). 25 August 2009. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
  6. ^ "Madrid maintain perfect start". ESPN Soccernet. 12 September 2009. Archived from the original on 8 December 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
  7. ^ "Espanyol win at Depor". ESPN Soccernet. 25 September 2009. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
  8. ^ "El Villarreal, en 'alerta roja'" [Villarreal, on 'red alert'] (in Spanish). RTVE. 4 October 2009. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
  9. ^ "Forlín: "Intento adaptarme a la posición de mediocentro"" [Forlín: "I try to adapt to the central midfielder position"]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 18 October 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  10. ^ Piferrer, Cristina; Navarro, Dídac (25 April 2013). "Forlín vuelve a sus orígenes: será central" [Forlín returns to his origins: he will be a stopper]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  11. ^ "رسميًا | مدافع إسبانيول يدافع عن ألوان الريان القطري" [Official | Espanyol defender will defend colours of Al-Rayyan] (in Arabic). Goal. 20 July 2013. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  12. ^ "Al Rayyan terminates contract of Argentinean defender Juan Forlín". Qatar Stars League. 8 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  13. ^ "Querétaro 0–0 Guadalajara: (3–2) Resultados" [Querétaro 0–0 Guadalajara: (3–2) Results]. Milenio (in Spanish). 2 November 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
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