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{{short description|Peruvian footballer (born 1936)}}
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{{family name hatnote|Seminario|Rodríguez|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Juan Seminario
| image = Juan Seminario.jpg
| fullname = Juan Roberto Seminario Rodríguez
| height = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1936|7|22}}
| birth_place = [[Piura]], Peru
| currentclub = 
| clubnumber = 
| position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]/[[Winger (sports)|Left winger]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1954–1959
| years2 = 1959–1961
| years3 = 1961–1962
| years4 = 1962–1964
| years5 = 1964–1967
| years6 = 1967–1969
| years7 = 1969–1970
| clubs1 = [[Club Centro Deportivo Municipal|Deportivo Municipal]]
| clubs2 = [[Sporting CP]]
| clubs3 = [[Real Zaragoza|Zaragoza]]
| clubs4 = [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]]
| clubs5 = [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
| clubs6 = [[CE Sabadell FC|Sabadell]]
| clubs7 = [[Atlético Grau]]
| caps1 = 80
| goals1 = 28
| caps2 = 40
| goals2 = 17
| caps3 = 38
| goals3 = 33
| caps4 = 47
| goals4 = 15
| caps5 = 36
| goals5 = 15
| caps6 = 35
| goals6 = 9
| caps7 = 
| goals7 = 
| nationalyears1 = 1956–1959
| nationalteam1 = [[Peru national football team|Peru]]
| nationalcaps1 = 19
| nationalgoals1 = 6
| pcupdate = March 2008
}}

'''Juan Roberto Seminario Rodríguez''' (born 22 July 1936) is a [[Peru]]vian former [[Association football|football]] [[Sportsperson|player]], recognized as one of [[Peru]]'s most important [[Striker (association football)|striker]]s. Nicknamed "El Loco" he is the only Zaragoza player to have won the "[[Pichichi Trophy]]" ([[La Liga 1961-62|1961–62 La Liga]]).<ref>Seminario: {{cite web|url=http://es.geocities.com/juancarlosiritia/elequipo/elequipopichichi.htm |title=Pichichi Trophy |access-date=19 January 2009 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027023307/http://es.geocities.com/juancarlosiritia/elequipo/elequipopichichi.htm |archive-date=27 October 2009 }}</ref>

He played for several clubs, notably Spanish clubs [[Real Zaragoza]] and [[FC Barcelona]], [[Sporting CP]] of [[Portugal]], as well as Italian club [[Fiorentina]]. He also won the [[1965–66 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup]] with [[FC Barcelona]].

==Career==
Seminario started his career in 1954 playing for [[Club Centro Deportivo Municipal|Deportivo Municipal]] where he played until 1959. During this time he made 19 appearances for the [[Peru national football team|Peru national team]]. On 17 May 1959 he scored a [[List of England national football team hat-tricks#Hat-tricks conceded by England|hat-trick]] against [[England national football team|England]] in a 4–1 win, in [[Lima]].<ref>Match statistics [http://www.thefa.com/England/SeniorTeam/Archive/matchstats.html?m=332 Peru 4 Inglaterra 1]</ref>

In 1959 he moved to Europe, joining [[Sporting CP]] of [[Portugal]], where he would play 50 matches and score 21 goals, and be nicknamed ''Expresso de [[Lima]]''.<ref>Sporting Vintage: [http://sportingvintage.blogspot.com/2006/07/juan-seminrio.html Juan Seminário]</ref>

In 1961 he moved on to join [[Real Zaragoza]] in Spain where he became the [[Pichichi Trophy|top scorer]] in [[La Liga]] (with 25 goals in 30 matches) for the [[La Liga 1961-62|1961–62]] season. Before he was sold to Italy, he would play 8 matches and score 8 goals in the Zaragoza.

In 1963 he joined [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]] of Italy before returning to Spain in 1964 to play for [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] where he was part of the squad that won the [[Inter-Cities Fairs Cup]] in [[Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1965-66|1965–66]]. He later had a spell with [[CE Sabadell FC|Sabadell]] before returning to [[Peru]] in 1969 to play for [[Atlético Grau]].

==Career statistics==
{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="background: #efefef; font-size: 90%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 1em auto;"
| style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;" colspan="3"| '''Club performance''' || style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;" colspan="2"| '''League''' || style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;" colspan="2"| '''Cup'''|| style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;" colspan="2"| '''Continental'''|| style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;" colspan="2"| '''Total'''
|- style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;"
|| '''Season''' || '''Club''' || '''Country''' || '''Apps''' || '''Goals'''|| '''Apps''' || '''Goals'''|| '''Apps''' || '''Goals'''|| '''Apps''' || '''Goals'''
|- style="background:#FFFFFF;text-align:center;"
| 1954–1959
| [[Club Deportivo Municipal|Deportivo Municipal]]
| {{PER}}
| 80 || 28 || – || – || – || – || 80 || 28
|- style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;"
| 1959–1961
| [[Sporting CP]]
| {{POR}}
| 42 || 18 || 8 || 3 || – || – || 50 || 21
|- style="background:#FFFFFF;text-align:center;"
| 1961–1962
| [[Real Zaragoza]]
| {{ESP}}
| 38 || 33 || 9 || 3 || 2 || 0 || 49 || 36
|- style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;"
| 1962–1964
| [[Fiorentina]]
| {{ITA}}
| 47 || 15 || 5 || 4 || – || – || 52 || 19
|- style="background:#FFFFFF;text-align:center;"
| 1964–1967
| [[FC Barcelona]]
| {{ESP}}
| 36 || 15 || 2 || 1 || 8 || 4 || 46 || 20
|- style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;"
| 1967–1969
| [[CE Sabadell FC]]
| {{ESP}}
| 35 || 9 || ? || ? || – || – || 35 || 9
|- style="background:#FFFFFF;text-align:center;"
| 1969–1970
| [[Atlético Grau]]
| {{PER}}
| ? || ? || – || – || – || – || ? || ?
|- style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;"
|colspan="3"| '''Total'''
| '''278''' || '''118''' || '''24''' || '''11''' || '''10''' || '''4''' || '''312''' || '''133'''
|}

==Honours==
===Player===
====Club====
'''FC Barcelona'''
*[[Inter-Cities Fairs Cup]]: [[1965–66 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup|1965–66]]

====Individual====
*[[Pichichi Trophy]]: [[1961–62 La Liga#Pichichi Trophy|1961–62]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20080918075408/http://www.lfp.es/historico/primera/plantillas/historial.asp?jug=2732 lpf career statistics]

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