Pedro Contreras

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Pedro Contreras
Personal information
Full name	Pedro Contreras González
Date of birth	January 7, 1972 (age 35)
Place of birth	Madrid, Spain
Height	1.80 m
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Real Betis
Number	1
Youth clubs
1992–1996	Real Madrid B
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996–1997 1997–1999 1999–2003 2003–	Rayo Vallecano Real Madrid Málaga CF Real Betis	41 (0) 4 (0) 146 (0) 46 (0)
National team2
2002	Spain	1(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 July 2006. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 22 July 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Pedro Contreras González, aka Pedro Contreras (born 7 January 1972 in Madrid) is a Spanish football goalkeeper.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Real Madrid 1.2 Málaga 1.3 Real Betis 1.4 International 2 Trivia 3 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] Real Madrid

• Contreras picked up a UEFA Champions League winner's medal with Madrid in 1998 even though he did not play a minute of the campaign. He played 23 games for Real Madrid B during 1992 and 1994. He also made 25 first team appearances for Real Madrid. While at Madrid, Contreras was loaned out to Rayo where he made 41 appearances.

[edit] Málaga

• Contreras made 146 La Liga appearances following his move from Real Madrid to Málaga CF, between 1999 and 2003.

[edit] Real Betis

• Contreras moved to Real Betis in 2003. He made 22 league appearances during the 2003/2004 season, but made none in the following due to injury and the rise of fellow Betis goalkeeper Toni Doblas.
• During the 2005/2006 season, Contreras made 16 La Liga appearances, while also appearing in the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Champions League where he kept a clean sheet against Chelsea in a 1-0 Betis win.

[edit] International

• Although being called up for many Spanish national squads, Contreras got his only cap against Paraguay on 16 October 2002. The match ended 0-0.

[edit] Trivia

• His nickname is El Koke.

[edit] External links

• (Spanish) Official Website Of Real Betis Balompié S.A.D.
• Profile At UEFA.com

	Spain squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finalists
1 Casillas | 2 Torres | 3 Juanfran | 4 Helguera | 5 Puyol | 6 Hierro | 7 Raúl | 8 Baraja | 9 Morientes | 10 Tristán | 11 de Pedro | 12 Luque | 13 Ricardo | 14 Albelda | 15 Romero | 16 Mendieta | 17 Valerón | 18 Sergio | 19 Xavi | 20 Nadal | 21 Luis Enrique | 22 Joaquín | 23 Contreras | Coach: Camacho

Real Betis - Current Squad
1 Contreras | 2 Melli | 3 Romero | 4 Juanito | 5 Rivas | 6 Ilič | 7 Caffa | 8 Arzu | 9 Fernando | 10 Edú | 11 Dani | 12 Robert | 13 Toni D | 14 Capi | 15 Nano | 16 Vogel | 17 Pancrate | 18 Rivera | 19 Xisco | 20 Assunção | 21 Miguel Angel | 22 Vega | 23 Odonkor | 24 Maldonado | 25 Sóbis | 27 Juande | 28 Isidoro | — Damià | — Lembo | Coach Fernández