Pedro Contreras González (born 7 January 1972) is a Spanish retired
footballer
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who played as a
goalkeeper
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.
He played in 246
La Liga
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games over the course of 13 seasons, representing in the competition
Real Madrid
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Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...
,
Rayo Vallecano
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,
Málaga and
Betis.
Contreras was called up for
Spain
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at the
2002 World Cup
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.
Club career
A product of
Real Madrid
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Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...
's youth system,
Madrid
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-born Contreras picked up a
UEFA Champions League
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winner's medal in
1998
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, even though he did not play a minute during the season. He spent four years with the B-side,
Real Madrid Castilla
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, 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
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where he only missed one league match in 42, being however relegated from
La Liga
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.
Contreras moved to
Málaga CF
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They won the UEFA Intert ...
in the
1999–2000 season. There, he was the undisputed first-choice, missing only six top division contests from 1999 to
2003
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.
Contreras signed for
Real Betis
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in the 2003 summer, making 22 league appearances during
his debut campaign but none in
the following
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due to injury and the rise of
Toni Doblas. In
2005–06 he competed in both the
UEFA Cup
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and the Champions League, where he kept a
clean sheet
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against
Chelsea in a
1–0 group stage win.
Loaned to
Cádiz CF
Cádiz Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., known simply as Cádiz, is a Spanish professional football club based in Cádiz, Andalusia.
Founded in 1910, the club competes in the La Liga, holding home games at Nuevo Mirandilla, with a seating capacity of 20 ...
(also in
Andalusia
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,
Segunda División) for
2007–08, alongside
Dani, Contreras was released at the end of the season. He subsequently retired from the game, and rejoined former club Málaga as a goalkeeping coach. He resigned from his post on 18 January, 2020.
International career
Contreras was third-choice for the
Spain national team in the
2002 FIFA World Cup
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, a late addition to coach
José Antonio Camacho
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He spent 15 professional years at Real Madrid, appearing in more than 500 official matches with the team and helping win 19 major titles, in ...
's squad after first-choice
Santiago Cañizares was injured in a freak accident. He received his only
cap
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in a 0–0 home draw against
Paraguay
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in
Logroño
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, on 16 October of that year.
Honours
;Real Madrid
*
Supercopa de España
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:
1997
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;Málaga
*
UEFA Intertoto Cup
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:
2002
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;Betis
*
Copa del Rey
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:
2004–05
References
External links
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Betisweb stats and bioStats and bio at Cadistas1910
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1972 births
Living people
Footballers from Madrid
Spanish men's footballers
Men's association football goalkeepers
La Liga players
Segunda División players
Real Madrid Castilla footballers
Real Madrid CF players
Rayo Vallecano players
Málaga CF players
Real Betis players
Cádiz CF players
Spain men's international footballers
2002 FIFA World Cup players
UEFA Champions League winning players