Juan José Ribera

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ribera and the second or maternal family name is Fonseca.

Juan José Ribera Fonseca (born 11 October 1980) is a Chilean football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current manager of Audax Italiano.

Juan José Ribera

Ribera as manager of Curicó Unido in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Juan José Ribera Fonseca
Date of birth	(1980-08-07) 7 August 1980 (age 45)
Place of birth	Santiago, Chile
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Audax Italiano (manager)
Youth career
	Universidad Católica
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2002	Universidad Católica	10	(0)
2000	→ Provincial Osorno (loan)	24	(3)
2001	→ Deportes Puerto Montt (loan)	25	(2)
2003–2007	Universidad de Concepción	141	(23)
2005	→ Unión Española (loan)	42	(1)
2007	→ Everton (loan)	15	(2)
2008	Deportes Concepción	15	(1)
2008–2009	Ñublense	31	(1)
2010	Deportes La Serena	7	(1)
2010–2011	Santiago Morning	22	(1)
2012	Universidad de Concepción	25	(0)
International career
1997	Chile U17	1	(0)
Managerial career
2013–2014	Malleco Unido
2014–2015	Deportes Concepción
2015	Malleco Unido
2015–2017	Coquimbo Unido
2017–2018	Rangers
2018–2019	Audax Italiano
2020–2021	Coquimbo Unido
2021	Deportes Antofagasta
2022	Audax Italiano
2023	Deportes Temuco
2023	Curicó Unido
2024	San Luis
2024–	Audax Italiano
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ribera played for Chile in the 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Egypt.^[1]

Coaching career

In addition to professional football, Ribera has been in charge of a football academy in Angol affiliated to Universidad Católica, just like another former players such as René Valenzuela, Carlos Verdugo, Luciano Saavedra, Ian Mac-Niven, among others.^[2]

In 2024, he assumed as manager of San Luis de Quillota.^[3]

Honours

As player

Universidad Católica

• Primera División de Chile: 2002 Apertura

Unión Española

• Primera División de Chile: 2005 Apertura