Pedro Contreras

 ( 1972 Births ) 

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 Real 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.

Contreras moved to Málaga in the 1999–2000 season. There, he was the undisputed first-choice, missing only six top division contests from 1999 to 2003.

Contreras signed for Real Betis in the summer of 2003, making 22 league appearances during his debut campaign but none in the following due to injury and the rise of Toni Doblas. In 2005–06, he competed in both the UEFA Cup and the Champions League, where he kept a Shutout against Chelsea in a 1–0 group stage win. Betis buoyed by Dani strike; UEFA.com, 1 November 2005

Loaned to Cádiz (also in Andalusia, Segunda División) for 2007–08, alongside Dani, Contreras, nuevo refuerzo (Contreras, new addition) ; Cádiz CF, 2 August 2007 (in Spanish) Contreras was released at the end of the season. He subsequently retired from the game, and rejoined former club Málaga as a goalkeeping coach. Contreras cuelga las botas y entrenará a los porteros del Málaga (Contreras hangs boots and will coach Málaga's keepers); Marca, 6 September 2008 (in Spanish) He resigned from his post on 18 January, 2020. Koke Contreras deja de ser entrenador de porteros del Málaga (Koke Contreras stops being Málaga goalkeeper coach); Diario Sur, 18 January 2020 (in Spanish)

---

International career Contreras was third-choice for the Spain 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. He received his only cap in a 0–0 home draw against Paraguay in Logroño, on 16 October of that year.

---

Career statistics

---

Club

+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Real Madrid B	1992–93	Segunda División	0
	1993–04	Segunda División	0
	1995–96	Segunda División	0
Real Madrid	1994–95	La Liga	0
	1995–96	La Liga	0
	1997–98	La Liga	0
	1998–99	La Liga	0
Rayo Vallecano (loan)	1996–97	Segunda División	0
Málaga	1999–2000	La Liga	0
	2000–01	La Liga	0
	2001–02	La Liga	0
	2002–03	La Liga	0
Real Betis	2003–04	La Liga	0
	2004–05	La Liga	0
	2005–06	La Liga	0
	2006–07	La Liga	0
Cádiz (loan)	2007–08	Segunda División	0

---

Honours

Real Madrid

• Supercopa de España: 1997
• UEFA Champions League: 1997–98

Málaga

• UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2002

Betis

• Copa del Rey: 2004–05

---

External links

• Betisweb stats and bio
• Stats and bio at Cadistas1910

Post Comment