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Place of Birth: La Plata, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina
About Juan Sebastián Verón
- Juan Sebastián Verón (Spanish pronunciation: ['xwan seßas'tjam be'?on]; born 9 March 1975) is a retired Argentine footballer and current chairman of Estudiantes de La Plata, where he had served as Director of Sports.
- A former midfielder, Verón's career started in Estudiantes, continued in Argentina's Boca Juniors, and included stints in several clubs in the Italian Serie A (where he won the Scudetto with Lazio and with Internazionale, and a UEFA Cup with Parma), and England's Manchester United and Chelsea.
- In 2006, Verón returned to Estudiantes, where he remained until his retirement in 2014, aside from a brief spell with Brandsen.
- He announced his short return to first team football would occur in the Copa Libertadores 2017. At international level, Verón obtained 73 caps for Argentina between 1996 and 2010, scoring 9 goals.
- He represented his nation at three FIFA World Cups, and at the 2007 Copa América, where he won a runners-up medal. In 2004, he was included in the FIFA 100 centenary list of the 125 greatest living footballers, selected by Pelé as part of FIFA's centenary celebrations.
- Verón has both Argentine and Italian citizenship.
- His nickname is La Brujita [la ß?u'xita] (The Little Witch), a nod to his father Juan Ramón who was known as La Bruja (The Witch) and was also a championship winning player with Estudiantes.
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