Juan Carlos Socorro Vera (born 13 May 1972) is a Venezuelan retired footballer who played as a midfielder, currently manager of Spanish club UD San Fernando. Club career Save for one season, Caracas-born Socorro spent his entire professional career in Spain, almost always in the Canary Islands. He started in 1991 with UD Las Palmas which would be his main club (ten and a half years), playing one match in the Segunda División in the 1991–92 campaign and suffering relegation. In the following four seasons, Socorro featured regularly for the team, who achieved promotion from Segunda División B in 1996 after three unsuccessful playoff visits. In 1999–2000 he contributed 17 appearances – only two starts – as they returned to La Liga after an absence of 12 years, spending the following year on loan to another side in the second tier, Elche CF. Socorro's only season in the top flight was 2001–02, but he appeared in only five league games and was relegated. In January 2003 he moved to lowly Universidad de Las Palmas CF and, subsequently, played one year in his country of birth with Deportivo Italia. After one season with UD Gáldar he retired from football at the age of 34, with 286 competitive appearances for Las Palmas. International career Socorro won five caps for Venezuela in one year. He was selected to the squad that appeared in the 1997 Copa América in Bolivia, as the national team finished bottom of their group with three losses and no goals scored. References External links 1972 births Living people Venezuelan footballers Footballers from Caracas Association football midfielders La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players UD Las Palmas Atlético players UD Las Palmas players Elche CF players Universidad de Las Palmas CF footballers Deportivo Italia players Venezuela international footballers 1997 Copa América players Venezuelan expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Spain Venezuelan expatriate sportspeople in Spain Venezuelan football managers Tercera División managers Segunda Federación managers Venezuelan expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Spain