Juan Guerra
Personal information
Full name Juan Francisco Guerra Piñero
Date of birth (1987-02-16) 16 February 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Caracas, Venezuela
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2008 FIU Golden Panthers 44 (15)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008 Brooklyn Knights 15 (4)
2009–2010 Monagas 22 (2)
2010–2013 Caracas 58 (1)
2011 → Las Palmas (loan) 0 (0)
2013–2014 Carabobo 9 (1)
2014 Deportivo Lara 10 (0)
2015–2016 Tampa Bay Rowdies 45 (3)
2017 New York Cosmos 30 (5)
2018 Indy Eleven 25 (1)
Total 214 (17)
International career
2010–2011 Venezuela U20 3 (0)
2011–2012 Venezuela 6 (0)
Managerial career
2019–2020 Indy Eleven (assistant)
2021 Phoenix Rising (assistant)
2022 Oakland Roots
2022–2023 Phoenix Rising
2024– Houston Dynamo (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Juan Francisco Guerra Piñero (born 16 February 1987) is a Venezuelan football coach and former player. He is currently an assistant coach for Major League Soccer club Houston Dynamo.

Guerra was the first signing made by the Rowdies' new general manager/head coach combo of Farrukh Quraishi and Thomas Rongen. Upon signing, coach Rongen praised Guerra's ability to read the pitch, as well as his leadership skills.[1]

Guerra was named Oakland Roots SC's new head coach on December 30, 2021.[2]

On August 18, 2022, Oakland Roots removed Guerra from his head coaching position following allegations he was in discussions with Phoenix Rising FC, a rival club, without permission while still under contract with Oakland.[3]

Guerra was officially announced as the new Phoenix Rising manager on August 22, 2022.[4] He left Phoenix on January 8, 2024, to take up a coaching position at an unnamed Major League Soccer side.[5][6]

On January 16, 2024, Houston Dynamo officially announced Guerra as member of head coach Ben Olsen's staff.[7]

Managerial statistics

As of match played October 14, 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record[a]
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Oakland Roots United States January 1, 2022 August 18, 2022 25 6 12 7 38 36 +2 024.00
Phoenix Rising United States August 31, 2022 Present 43 16 13 14 69 55 +14 037.21
Total 68 22 25 21 107 91 +16 032.35

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Notes

  1. ^ regular season only

References

  1. ^ "Rowdies Sign Venezuelan International Juan Guerra". RowdiesSoccer.com. December 19, 2014. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
  2. ^ "OAKLAND ROOTS ANNOUNCE JUAN GUERRA AS THE CLUB'S NEW HEAD COACH". OaklandRootsSC.com. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Oakland Roots place Juan Guerra under administrative leave". oaklandrootsblog.com. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
  4. ^ Minnick, J. "Rising Names Juan Guerra Head Coach After Reaching Agreement with Oakland Roots SC". PHXRisingFC.com. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Phoenix Rising FC announces departure of Head Coach Juan Guerra". USLChampionship.com. USL Championship. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  6. ^ Minnick, J. "Phoenix Rising FC Head Coach Departs for Major League Soccer". PHXRisingFC.com. Phoenix Rising. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Houston Dynamo FC Hire Title-Winning Coach Juan Guerra as Assistant Coach". HoustonDynamoFC.com. Houston Dynamo. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
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