Juvenal Briceño

Juvenal Briceño
Personal information
Full name Juvenal Briceño Ramos
Date of birth (1965-12-11) 11 December 1965[1]
Place of birth Arequipa, Peru
Position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1986 FBC Melgar
1987–1989 Universitario
1990 FBC Melgar
1991 Sporting Cristal
Managerial career
2009 Unión Minas (Orcopampa)
2011 FBC Aurora
2016 FBC Piérola
2025 FBC Piérola
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Juvenal Briceño Ramos (born on 11 December 1965) is a Peruvian football manager and former player.

Playing career

Juvenal Briceño began his career with FBC Melgar of Arequipa in 1984.[2] The top scorer in the 1986 Peruvian Championship with 16 goals,[3] he joined Universitario de Deportes in 1987 and won the league title that same year.[4] He played in two Copa Libertadores tournaments with Universitario de Deportes (1988 and 1989), making 13 appearances and scoring three goals.[1]

He briefly returned to FBC Melgar in 1990 before moving to Sporting Cristal in 1991, at the request of Juan Carlos Oblitas, who had previously coached him at Universitario de Deportes. However, his playing career ended abruptly at the age of 25 when he lost a leg in a motorcycle accident.[2]

Managerial career

Briceño mainly manages clubs from his hometown of Arequipa including FBC Aurora[5] and FBC Piérola.[6]

Honours

Player

FBC Melgar

Universitario de Deportes

Sporting Cristal

References

  1. ^ a b Juvenal Briceño at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ a b Juan Pablo Olivares (16 July 2021). "Juvenal Briceño, el futbolista que decidió vivir" [Juvenal Briceño, the footballer who decided to live]. Encuentro (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  3. ^ a b Juan Pablo Andrés, Carlos Manuel Nieto Tarazona and José Luis Pierrend (16 December 2025). "Peru - List of First Division Topscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  4. ^ a b Carlos Manuel Nieto Tarazona (29 December 2024). "Campeón 1987 - Club Universitario de Deportes". daleucampeon.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  5. ^ Iván Carpio (23 October 2011). "FBC Aurora - Sportivo Huracán: El primer zarpazo" [FBC Aurora - Sportivo Huracán: The first blow]. daleucampeon.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  6. ^ "FBC Piérola convoca a futbolistas para la Primera División" [FBC Piérola calls up footballers for the First Division]. Correo (in Spanish). 13 January 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  7. ^ "Campana Sporting Cristal - 1991". gloriosoceleste.com (in Spanish). 30 July 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2025.