Juan Pablo Úbeda

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

Juan Pablo Úbeda Pesce (born July 31, 1980) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Juan Pablo Úbeda

Personal information
Full name	Juan Pablo Úbeda Pesce
Date of birth	(1980-07-31) July 31, 1980 (age 45)
Place of birth	Santiago de Chile, Chile
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Unión Española
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–2002	Unión Española	76	(20)
1998–1999	→ Sampdoria (loan)	0	(0)
2000	→ Universidad Católica (loan)	31	(10)
2002–2004	Colo-Colo	76	(21)
2004	Ciudad de Murcia	16	(2)
2005	Alicante	0	(0)
2005	Unión Española	15	(6)
2006	Everton	18	(2)
2006	Palestino	18	(5)
2007	Zamora	0	(0)
2007	Virtus Lanciano	8	(1)
2007–2008	Palestino	25	(18)
2008–2009	Lobos BUAP	26	(9)
2010	Curicó Unido	8	(2)
Total		317	(96)
International career
1997	Chile U17	4	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

International career

Úbeda played for Chile at the 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Egypt.^[1] Previously, he took part in the South American Championship.^[2]

Personal life

As a football player, 'Ubeda was nicknamed Spiderman due to the fact that he used to put on a mask of this superhero to celebrate his goals.^[3]

Following his retirement from football, he developed a professional career in car racing. Through his maternal line, he has inherited this passion since his mother, Josefina Pesce, was a car racing champion and his uncle, Lino Pesce, was a F3 race driver who competed at the Autódromo Las Vizcachas in Santiago, Chile.^[3]

In 2013, Úbeda took part in the second season of the Chilean reality show Mundos Opuestos (Opposite Worlds).^[4]