Pedro Contreras
Spanish footballer
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.
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 clean sheet against Chelsea in a 1–0 group stage win.
Loaned to Cádiz (also in Andalusia, Segunda División) for 2007–08, alongside Dani, Contreras was released at the end of the season.
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