Juan Elías Cominges Mayorga (born 1 October 1983) is a Peruvian retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.[2] Cominges has risen to fame in the South American scene over the recent years. This right-footed midfielder first attracted attention due to being the younger brother of forward Paul Cominges,[3] who had been an effective striker in the major clubs in Peru and at a few clubs overseas.

Juan Cominges
Personal information
Full name Juan Elías Cominges Mayorga
Date of birth (1983-10-01) 1 October 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Callao, Peru
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
Universitario
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2001 Virgen de Chapi 48 (6)
2002 Coronel Bolognesi 31 (1)
2003 Universitario 33 (3)
2004 Sporting Cristal 35 (6)
2005 Colón de Santa Fe 27 (3)
2006 Estudiantes 22 (2)
2007 Sporting Cristal 21 (0)
2008 Caracas 6 (0)
2008 Atlético Huila 9 (2)
2009 José Gálvez 12 (1)
2009 Al-Qadisiya 17 (8)
2010 José Gálvez 14 (2)
2011 Al-Qadisiya 10 (1)
2011 Cobresol 8 (0)
2012 Cienciano 35 (3)
2013 Guarani 0 (0)
2013 Unión Comercio 17 (1)
2014–2016 Sport Boys 38 (19)
2017 Cienciano 28 (3)
2017 Sport Victoria 4 (1)
International career
2003–2012 Peru 15 (0)
2018– Peru (beach)[1]
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 March 2012
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of December 10, 2006

Club career

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He got his chance in the youth divisions of popular club Universitario de Deportes and slowly earned a spot in the main team as well as in the national youth teams of Peru. To give him a chance to play more games he was loaned to the club Coronel Bolognesi of Tacna in 2002, where he performed well. He then returned to the 'U' in 2003, where he had another good year. Due to money arguments the next year he moved to rival team Sporting Cristal, where he performed so well, scoring several goals and leading the team to a national championship, that he was named the Peruvian player of the year by the media outlets.

In 2005 former 'U' star José "Chemo" del Solar, on his first outing as a coach, took Juan to Argentine club Colón de Santa Fe. Juan had several ups and downs in his performance, but secured a starting place as the new '10' of the Peru national team. The next year he migrated to Estudiantes de La Plata. He played a few games of the Copa Libertadores before developing a back injury, which kept him off the fields until July 2006. From there on he played irregularly, but he remained part of the championship-winning team. He has recently moved back to Sporting Cristal, where he played in the 2007 Torneo Descentralizado season.

In January 2008, he was signed by Venezuelan club Caracas FC, making his debut against Union Lara.

International career

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Honours

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Club

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Estudiantes de La Plata

References

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  1. ^ Cominges set for beach soccer bow with Peru
  2. ^ "Player - Juan Elías Cominges". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
  3. ^ "Juan Cominges - Historia" (in Spanish). delgol.com. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
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