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{{Infobox football biography | name = Juan Joya | image = Peñarol in 1965.jpg | fullname = Juan Joya Cordero | birth_date = 25 February 1934 | birth_place = Lima, Peru | death_date = {{death date and age|2007|3|29|1934|2|25}}<ref name=death>{{Cite web|url=http://www.larepublica.com.uy/larepublica/2007/03/30/deportes/251686/murio-juan-joya-cordero/|title=Murió Juan Joya Cordero|date=30 March 2007}}</ref> | death_place = Lima, Peru | height = | position = Striker/Left Winger | currentclub = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1954–1959 | years2 = 1960 | years3 = 1961–1969 | years4 = 1970 | clubs1 = Alianza Lima | clubs2 = River Plate | clubs3 = Peñarol | clubs4 = Juan Aurich | caps1 = 70 | caps2 = 21 | caps3 = 471 | caps4 = 20 | goals1 = 37 | goals2 = 6 | goals3 = 70 | goals4 = 8 | totalcaps = 582 | totalgoals = 121 | nationalyears1 = 1956–1959 | nationalyears2 = 1965 | nationalteam1 = Peru | nationalteam2 = Uruguay | nationalcaps1 = 9 | nationalcaps2 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 3 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | manageryears1 = | managerclubs1 = }} '''Juan Joya Cordero''' (February 25, 1934 – March 29, 2007<ref name=death/>) was a Peruvian association football player, recognized as one of Peru's most important strikers. He was a historic forward of the Club Atlético Peñarol of Uruguay in the 1960s, one of the best South American teams of the twentieth century.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040701143712/http://www.geocities.com/dbalceda/manya/historia.htm Leyendas del Peñarol]</ref> During his time with Club Atlético Peñarol, he won 6 Uruguayan league championships, two Copa Libertadores, two Intercontinental Cups, and one Intercontinental Champions' Supercup. He was considered one of the best wingers in the world in the 1960s, and remains one of the most famous Peruvian footballers of all time.
Joya also played for Alianza Lima, Juan Aurich and River Plate.
== Early life == Joya was born in Lima, where he started his playing career in the youth team of Alianza Lima. Joya helped the team to win back-to-back titles in 1954 and 1955. In 1958, he scored 17 goals in 18 matches of the Peruvian league, making him the league's top goalscorer.
==Playing career== Joya achieved two Peruvian championships with Alianza Lima in 1954 and 1955 and was the top scorer in the Peruvian League in 1957, scoring 17 goals in 18 games.
In 1960, he joined Club Atlético River Plate. He helped the team reach second place at the Argentina championship.
In 1961, he joined Peñarol, He played 9 seasons as a forward for Club Atlético Peñarol, from 1961 to 1969. With the ''aurinegro'' (gold and black) jersey he played 132 games, scoring 80 goals. At Alianza Lima, he had always served as a forward striker, but when he reached Peñarol, coach Roberto Scarone positioned him as a midfielder for the left wing.
Joya scored two of the five goals that Peñarol scored against Benfica in 1961, winning Peñatol's first Intercontinental Cup. He played four finals of the Copa Libertadores, winning twice, and was the undisputed starter in all of them. While Joya was at Peñarol, the team won 6 Uruguayan league championships (1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, and 1968), two Copa Libertadores (1961 and 1966), two Intercontinental Cups (1961 and 1966), and one Intercontinental Champions' Supercup (1969). In these tournaments, Joya was a key player, accompanied by Alberto Spencer, Pedro Virgilio Rocha, Julio César Abbadie, and Ermindo Onega.
While playing for Peñarol, he was nicknamed ''"Dueño de la Olímpica”'' (Owner of the Olympic) due to the ''Tribuna Olímpica'' (Olympic Grandstand) being the section where he best demonstrated his abilities. He was also given the nickname ''"negro el once"'' (Black, #11) by radio commentator Heber Pinto.
In 1970, Joya played for Juan Aurich in Peru.
Joya played 9 games for the Peru national team in which he scored 3 points. He played in two Copa América tournaments in 1957 and 1959. Joya was part of the Peru national team that beat England 4–1 in Lima, a game in which he scored the fourth goal.<ref>[http://www.thefa.com/England/SeniorTeam/Archive/matchstats.html?m=332 Peru 4 England 1]</ref>
==Honours==
===Team=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;" !Season !Team !Title |- |1954|| Alianza Lima || Peruvian League |- |1955|| Alianza Lima || Peruvian League |- |1961|| Peñarol || Primera División Uruguaya |- |1961|| Peñarol || Copa Libertadores |- |1961|| Peñarol || Copa Intercontinental |- |1962|| Peñarol || Primera División Uruguaya |- |1964|| Peñarol || Primera División Uruguaya |- |1965|| Peñarol || Primera División Uruguaya |- |1966|| Peñarol || Copa Libertadores |- |1966|| Peñarol || Copa Intercontinental |- |1967|| Peñarol || Primera División Uruguaya |- |1968|| Peñarol || Primera División Uruguaya |- |1969|| Peñarol || Supercopa Sudamericana |- |}
===Individual awards=== *Peruvian League: Top Scorer 1958<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/Baja/Ravine/8914/goleadores.html |title=Primera División Peruana: Top Scorer |accessdate=2009-02-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027124017/http://www.geocities.com/Baja/Ravine/8914/goleadores.html |archivedate=October 27, 2009 }}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{NFT player|pid=22873}}
{{Peruvian Primera División top scorers}} {{Peru squad 1957 South American Championship}} {{Peru squad 1959 South American Championship (Argentina)}} {{Juan Aurich managers}}
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