Juan César Alayo Vergara (born 18 November 1985) is a Peruvian football manager and former player who played as a left-back. He is the current interim manager of Sport Boys.

Juan Alayo
Personal information
Full name Juan César Alayo Vergara
Date of birth (1985-11-18) 18 November 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth Callao, Peru
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
Sport Boys (interim)
Youth career
Sporting Cristal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 Sport Boys
2005 Universidad San Marcos
2006–2007 La Peña
2008 UTC
2009 IDUNSA 20 (3)
2010 León de Huánuco
2011 Real Garcilaso
2011 Franciscano San Román
2012 Sport Áncash
2012 Binacional
2013–2014 Unión Fuerza Minera
2015 Juventud América Cañete
Managerial career
2017–2021 Sport Boys (youth)
2021 Sport Boys (interim)
2022 Sport Boys (assistant)
2022 Sport Boys (interim)
2022 Sport Boys
2023 Walter Ormeño
2023 Sport Boys (interim)
2024– Sport Boys (interim)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career edit

Born Callao, Alayo started playing for Sport Boys. He spent the entirety of his career in his home country, representing Universidad San Marcos, La Peña Sporting, Universidad Técnica de Cajamarca, IDUNSA, León de Huánuco, Real Garcilaso, Franciscano San Román, Sport Áncash, Binacional,[1] Unión Fuerza Minera and Juventud América de Cañete. He retired with the latter in 2015, aged 30.

Managerial career edit

Alayo started his managerial career in 2017 with Sport Boys' youth categories. On 9 May 2021, he was named interim manager of the first team after the departure of Teddy Cardama,[2] and was in charge of the side for one match (a 0–2 loss against Alianza Lima) before returning to his previous role.

On 26 February 2022, Alayo was again named interim manager of Sport Boys, after Ytalo Manzo left the club.[3] He returned to his assistant role after the appointment of Walter Fiori, but was again named interim on 11 April after Fiori left.[4]

On 3 May 2022, Alayo was appointed manager of Sport Boys on a permanent basis.[5] Despite leaving in November when his contract expired,[6] he returned to the club on 1 May 2023, now as head of the youth categories,[7] and was again named interim manager seven days later, after Guillermo Sanguinetti left.[8]

References edit

  1. ^ "Directivos del Binacional se reúnen para retomar actividades" [Board members of Binacional get together to start the activities again] (in Spanish). Los Andes. 23 January 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Sport Boys anunció a Juan Alayo como entrenador interino" [Sport Boys announced Juan Alayo as interim manager] (in Spanish). Radio Programas del Perú. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Alayo: "El plantel estuvo muy sentido con la salida del profesor Manzo"" [Alayo: "The squad was very touched with the departure of professor Manzo"] (in Spanish). AP Noticias. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Los resultados no lo acompañaron: Walter Fiori dejó la dirección técnica de Sport Boys" [Results did not follow: Walter Fiori left the managerial role of Sport Boys] (in Spanish). Depor. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Sport Boys oficializó a Juan Alayo como su nuevo entrenador" [Sport Boys turn official Juan Alayo as their new manager] (in Spanish). Ovación. 3 May 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Juan Alayo se despidió y no seguirá como DT de Boys" [Juan Alayo bidded farewell and will not continue as manager of Boys] (in Spanish). Ovación. 5 November 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Sport Boys anunció a Juan Alayo como nuevo encargado de la Unidad Técnica de Menores" [Sport Boys announced Juan Alayo as new head of the Youth Technical Unit] (in Spanish). Ovación. 1 May 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  8. ^ "Sport Boys anunció la salida del técnico Sanguinetti" [Sport Boys announced the departure of manager Sanguinetti] (in Spanish). Ovación. 8 May 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.

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