Juan Carlos Chávez Zárate^{[lower-alpha 1]} (born 18 January 1967) is a Mexican former footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a midfielder.

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Juan Carlos Chávez

Personal information
Full name	Juan Carlos Chávez Zárate
Date of birth	(1967-01-18) 18 January 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth	Zamora, Mexico
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1991	Atlas	40	(2)
1991–1992	Puebla	36	(4)
1992–1996	Atlas	84	(8)
1996–1997	Morelia	21	(3)
1997–1998	Atlas	27	(0)
1998–1999	Pachuca	12	(0)
Total		220	(17)
International career
1993–1994	Mexico	3	(0)
Managerial career
2009–2011	Mexico U20
2011–2012	Atlas
2014–2015	Venados F.C.
2016–2018	Cimarrones de Sonora
2018–2019	Correcaminos UAT
2019–	Atlético San Luis (Assistant)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Mexico (as manager) FIFA U-20 World Cup 2011
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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Born in Zamora, Michoacán, Chávez played club football for Atlas, Puebla, Monarcas Morelia and Pachuca.^[1]

Chávez also earned three caps for the Mexico national team, representing them at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

After he retired from playing, Chávez became a football coach. He led the Mexico national under-20 football team at the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup finals in Colombia, and was appointed manager of Club Atlas in September 2011.^[1]