Pedro Contreras
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pedro Contreras González | ||
| Date of birth | 7 January 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Madrid, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Real Madrid | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1996 | Real Madrid B | 44 | (0) |
| 1994–1999 | Real Madrid | 4 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | → Rayo Vallecano (loan) | 41 | (0) |
| 1999–2003 | Málaga | 146 | (0) |
| 2003–2008 | Betis | 55 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | → Cádiz (loan) | 36 | (0) |
| Total | 326 | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| 2002 | Spain | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Template:Spanish name Pedro Contreras González (born 7 January 1972) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
He played in 246 La Liga games over the course of 13 seasons, representing in the competition Real Madrid, Rayo Vallecano, Málaga and Betis.
Contreras was called up for Spain at the 2002 World Cup.
Club career
A product of Real Madrid's youth system, Madrid-born Contreras picked up a UEFA Champions League winner's medal in 1998, even though he did not play a minute during the season. He spent four years with the B-side, Real Madrid Castilla, and appeared in four first-team games in the 1998–99 campaign as the former finished runner-up; for 1996–97, he was loaned out to Rayo Vallecano where he only missed one league match in 42, being however relegated from La Liga.[1]
Contreras moved to Málaga CF in the 1999–2000 season.[2] There, he was the undisputed first-choice, missing only six top division contests from 1999 to 2003.
Contreras signed for Real Betis in the 2003 summer, making 22 league appearances during his debut campaign but none in the following due to injury and the rise of Toni Doblas.[3] In 2005–06 he competed in both the UEFA Cup and the Champions League, where he kept a clean sheet against Chelsea in a 1–0 group stage win.[4]
Loaned to Cádiz CF (also in Andalusia, Segunda División) for 2007–08, alongside Dani,[5] Contreras was released at the end of the season. He subsequently retired from the game, and rejoined former club Málaga as a goalkeeping coach.[6]
International career
Contreras was third-choice for the Spanish national team in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, a late addition to coach José Antonio Camacho's squad after first-choice Santiago Cañizares was injured in a freak accident.[7] He received his only cap in a 0–0 home draw against Paraguay in Logroño, on 16 October of that year.[8]
Honours
- Real Madrid
- Málaga
- Betis
References
- ^ "Se agranda la portería del Real Madrid" (in Spanish). El Mundo. 31 January 1998. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "El Málaga ficha a Contreras y Edgar" (in Spanish). El País. 18 July 1999. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Qué fue de… Koke Contreras: para ser titular hay que venir al sur" (in Spanish). 20 Minutos. 21 November 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ Betis buoyed by Dani strike; UEFA.com, 1 November 2005
- ^ Contreras, nuevo refuerzo (Contreras, new addition); Cádiz CF, 2 August 2007 Template:Es icon
- ^ Contreras cuelga las botas y entrenará a los porteros del Málaga (Contreras hangs boots and will coach Málaga's keepers); Marca, 6 September 2008 Template:Es icon
- ^ "Pedro Contreras". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
- ^ Rodrigálvarez, Eduardo (17 October 2002). "España flojea frente a Paraguay" (in Spanish). El País. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
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External links
- Pedro Contreras at BDFutbol
- National team data
- Stats and bio at Cadistas1910 Template:Es icon
- Pedro Contreras at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1972 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Madrid
- Spanish footballers
- Madrilenian footballers
- Association football goalkeepers
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Real Madrid Castilla footballers
- Real Madrid C.F. players
- Rayo Vallecano footballers
- Málaga CF players
- Real Betis players
- Cádiz CF players
- Spain international footballers
- 2002 FIFA World Cup players