Juan Carlos Plata
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Plata in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Juan Carlos Plata | ||
| Date of birth | 1 January 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Guatemala City, Guatemala | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–2011 | Municipal | 553 | (302) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1996–2010 | Guatemala | 87 | (35) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2017 | Mixco | ||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 March 2010 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 March 2011 | |||
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Juan Carlos Plata (born 1 January 1971), nicknamed El Pin or Pin Plata, is a Guatemalan professional football manager and former player who played as a striker. He is the highest-scoring player in the history of Guatemala's top division. As of January 2010, Plata has, except for Marc Lloyd-Williams, been the most prolific scorer among all active players in the world in top division leagues, and is among the top 60 goalscorers of all time in the world according to the International Federation of Football History & Statistics.
He is also the second-highest goalscorer in the history of the Guatemala national team behind Carlos Ruiz.
Plata played all of his professional club career for C.S.D. Municipal and is also the all-time top goalscorer for that club; he has broken virtually every scoring record associated with professional football in Guatemala. He also has won 15 domestic league titles, 5 domestic cup titles, and 2 international titles playing for Municipal.