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Juan Antonio Milla

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Milla and the second or maternal family name is Escabias.

Juan Antonio Milla Escabias (born 5 April 1983) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a left back, and a current manager.

Juan Antonio Milla
Personal information
Full name Juan Antonio Milla Escabias
Date of birth (1983-04-05) 5 April 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Albolote, Spain
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Left back
Youth career
Imperio Albolote
2001–2002 Espanyol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2003 Prat
2003–2004 Valencia C
2004 → Imperio Albolote (loan)
2004–2005 Murcia B
2005–2008 Granada 97 (1)
2008–2009 Granada 74 33 (2)
2009 Alcalá 0 (0)
2009–2010 Logroñés 28 (0)
2010–2016 Maracena
Managerial career
2013–2018 Maracena (youth)
2018–2019 Maracena
2019–2022 Granada (youth)
2022–2024 Granada B
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career edit

Milla was born in Albolote, Granada, Andalusia, and joined RCD Espanyol's youth setup in 2001 from hometown side CD Imperio de Albolote.[1] In 2002, after finishing his formation, he moved to Tercera División side AE Prat.[2]

In January 2004, after a brief period with Valencia CF's C-team also in the fourth division, Milla returned to Imperio on loan. He later represented Real Murcia's B-team before joining Granada CF in 2005 and helping in their promotion to Segunda División B in his first season.

On 3 July 2008, Milla agreed to a deal with neighbouring Granada 74 CF also in division three.[3] On 13 May of the following year, he moved to RSD Alcalá for the fourth division promotion play-offs,[4] and achieved promotion with the club.

On 20 July 2009, Milla signed a one-year contract with UD Logroñés.[5] He moved to UD Maracena in September 2010,[6] and continued to feature regularly with the latter until his retirement in 2016, aged 33.

Managerial career edit

Milla started his managerial career in 2013 while still playing for Maracena, being manager of the club's Cadete and later Juvenil squads. On 29 May 2018, he was named at the helm of the first team in the División de Honor.[7]

On 4 July 2019, Milla returned to Granada to take over the club's Cadete A squad.[8] He was appointed manager of the Juvenil A side on 18 February 2021,[9] and took over the reserves in Segunda División RFEF on 23 March 2022.[10]

On 5 July 2023, after leading the B-team to a promotion to Primera Federación, Milla renewed his contract with the Nazaríes.[11] The following 7 January, however, he was sacked with the club in the last position.[12]

Managerial statistics edit

As of 4 January 2024
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Maracena   29 May 2018 28 May 2019 34 19 12 3 58 33 +25 055.88 [13]
Recreativo Granada   23 March 2022 7 January 2024 64 25 15 24 77 76 +1 039.06 [14]
Career total 98 44 27 27 135 109 +26 044.90 —

References edit

  1. ^ "Equipo Juvenil A" [Juvenil A team] (in Spanish). Gran Perico. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Espanyol B" (in Spanish). Gran Perico. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Milla ya es jugador 'rojillo'" [Milla is already a 'red' player] (in Spanish). Ideal. 3 July 2008. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Milla se va al Alcalá tras tener que perdonar dos nóminas" [Milla moves to Alvalá after having to forgive two wages] (in Spanish). Ideal. 13 May 2009. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Milla, nuevo fichaje de la UD Logroñés" [Milla, new signing of UD Logroñés] (in Spanish). Rioja 2. 20 July 2009. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  6. ^ "El lateral Juan Antonio Milla podrá marcharse del Maracena cuando lo desee" [Full-back Juan Antonio Milla may leave Maracena whenever he wants to] (in Spanish). Ideal. 11 November 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  7. ^ "La UD Maracena incorpora como técnico a Juan Antonio Milla" [UD Maracena sign Juan Antonio Milla as manager] (in Spanish). Granada en Juego. 29 May 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  8. ^ "Juan Antonio Milla, otro exrojiblanco que vuelve como técnico" [Juan Antonio Milla, another former rojiblanco who returns as manager] (in Spanish). Ideal. 4 July 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  9. ^ "Juan Antonio Milla se hace cargo del Juvenil A" [Juan Antonio Milla will take over the Juvenil A] (in Spanish). Granada CF. 18 February 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  10. ^ "Juan Antonio Milla toma las riendas del Recreativo Granada" [Juan Antonio Milla takes the reins of Recreativo Granada] (in Spanish). Granada CF. 23 March 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  11. ^ "Comunicado Oficial | Juan Antonio Milla renueva con el Recreativo Granada" [Official announcement | Juan Antonio Milla renews with Recreativo Granada] (in Spanish). Granada CF. 5 July 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  12. ^ "Comunicado Oficial | Juan Antonio Milla" [Official announcement | Juan Antonio Milla] (in Spanish). Granada CF. 7 January 2024. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  13. ^ "División de Honor Regional Andaluza (Grupo 2) 2018–19" [Andalusian Regional Honor Division (Group 2) 2018–19] (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  14. ^ "Matches Juan Antonio Milla, 2021–22 season". BDFutbol. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
    "Matches Juan Antonio Milla, 2022–23 season". BDFutbol. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
    "Matches Juan Antonio Milla, 2023–24 season". BDFutbol. Retrieved 20 September 2023.

External links edit

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