Juan Carlos Henao

Juan Carlos Henao

Juan Carlos Henao, 2012
Personal information
Full name	Juan Carlos Henao Valencia
Date of birth	(1971-12-30) 30 December 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth	Medellín, Colombia
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1991	Dinastia Río Sucio	4	(0)
1992–2004	Once Caldas	259	(0)
2002	→ Bucaramanga (loan)	25	(1)
2005	Santos	4	(0)
2005–2007	Millonarios	39	(0)
2007–2008	Maracaibo	38	(0)
2009–2010	Real Cartagena	27	(0)
2010–2016	Once Caldas	70	(0)
Total		466	(1)
International career
2000–2005	Colombia	12	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 November 2016

Juan Carlos Henao Valencia, usually known as Juan Carlos Henao^[2] (born 30 December 1971),^[3] is a Colombian retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

As Once Caldas goalkeeper, in 2003, he won the Colombian Torneo Apertura, and in 2004, he won the Copa Libertadores and was runner-up of the Intercontinental Cup.^[1] He has been capped nine times for the Colombia national team.^[1] In 2004, Henao finished in the fifth place in the Uruguayan El Pais' South American Player of the Year award, after collecting 32 votes,^[1] and in the eighth place in IFFHS's World's Best Goalkeeper, with 29 points, tied with Portuguese goalkeeper Vítor Baía.^[4] He signed a one-year contract with Santos on January 3, 2005.^[5] Juan Carlos Henao joined Real Cartagena on 3 February 2009.^[6] He returned to Once Caldas on 23 June 2010.^[7]

He joined Santos on free transfer on 3 January 2005, and his former club Once Caldas started a lengthy legal battle to claim the transfer fee.^[8] It was rejected by FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber on 26 February 2010.^[9]

Once Caldas

• Categoría Primera A (2): 2003-I, 2010-II
• Copa Libertadores (1): 2004

Individual

• 2004 South American Team of the Year