Juan Carlos Henao

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Henao and the second or maternal family name is Valencia.

Juan Carlos Henao

Personal information
Full name	Juan Carlos Henao Valencia
Date of birth	(1971-12-30) December 30, 1971
Place of birth	Medellín, Colombia
Height
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Once Caldas
Number	1
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1991	Dinastia Río Sucio	4	(0)
1992–2004	Once Caldas	259	(0)
2002	→ Bucaramanga(loan)	25	(0)
2005	Santos	4	(0)
2005–2007	Millonarios	39	(0)
2007–2008	Maracaibo	38	(0)
2009–2010	Real Cartagena	27	(0)
2010–	Once Caldas	53	(0)
International career
2000–2005	Colombia	12	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of February 18, 2011

Juan Carlos Henao Valencia, usually known as Juan Carlos Henao (born December 30, 1971), is a Colombian football (soccer) goalkeeper currently playing for Once Caldas of Colombia. He was born in Medellín.

Career

As Once Caldas goalkeeper, in 2003, he won the Colombian Torneo Apertura, and in 2004, he won the Copa Libertadores and was runner-up of the Intercontinental Cup. He has been capped nine times for the Colombian national team. In 2004, Henao finished in the fifth place in the Uruguayan El Pais' South American Player of the Year award, after collecting 32 votes, and in the eighth place in IFFHS's World's Best Goalkeeper, with 29 points, tied with Portuguese goalkeeper Vítor Baía. He signed a one-year contract with Santos on January 3, 2005. Juan Carlos Henao joined Real Cartagena on February 3, 2009. He returned to Once Caldas on June 23, 2010.

Transfer controversy

He joined Santos on free transfer on January 3, 2005, and his former club Once Caldas started a lengthy legal battle to claim the transfer fee. It was rejected by FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber on February 26, 2010.