Juan Carreño López
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Juan Carreño López is a retired Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

an football forward.He was nicknamed Candonga.

Club career

Carreño played mostly of his career in Chilean clubs,but in 1994 he had short spell in Mexican
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

 team Pumas de la UNAM. He was known for his hard temper,which was noted in a match between Huachipato and Provincial Osorno
Provincial Osorno
Provincial Osorno is a football club based in Osorno, Los Lagos Region, Chile. They currently play in the Tercera División, the third tier of the Chilean football system...

 in September 1998, where he punched the rival goalkeeper Hernán Caputto
Hernán Caputto
Héctor Hernán Caputto is an Argentine born, Chilean naturalized footballer, who currently playing as goalkeeper for the club Huachipato. He is now a Chilean citizen and has enjoyed a long football career there. He has never played in Argentine Primera División...

.

National team

Carreño was part of the Chile national under-20 football team
Chile national under-20 football team
Chile national U-20 football team, also known as Chile Sub-20 or La Rojita, is part of the Federación de Fútbol de Chile. The U-20 team is considered to be the breeding ground for future Chile national soccer team players...

 that finished fourth in the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship
1987 FIFA World Youth Championship
The 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Chile from October 10 to October 25, 1987. The 1987 championship was the 6th contested and won for the first time by Yugoslavia. Remarkably, in the course of the tournament the Yugoslavs defeated each of the three other semi-finalists, and...

,played in Chile.

For the adult team,Carreño scored a goal against Bolivia
Bolivia national football team
The Bolivia national football team is the national team of Bolivia and is controlled by the Federación Boliviana de Fútbol. After playing in the 1930 and 1950 World Cups, they qualified just once—in 1994...

 in the 1998 World Cup qualifiers
1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
Listed below are the dates and results for the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the South American zone . For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification....

 that qualified Chile to the 1998 World Cup
1998 World Cup
1998 World Cup may refer to:*1998 IAAF World Cup*1998 Men's Hockey World Cup*1998 Women's Hockey World Cup*1998 FIFA World Cup*1998 Alpine Skiing World Cup...

.However,he wasn't selected for the final squad that went to France.
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