Juan Luis Mora
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Juan Luis Mora Palacios | ||
| Date of birth | 12 July 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Aranjuez, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Aranjuez | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1993 | Aranjuez | 19 | (0) |
| 1993–1994 | Oviedo B | 21 | (0) |
| 1994–1999 | Oviedo | 126 | (0) |
| 1999–2002 | Espanyol | 71 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Xerez | 41 | (0) |
| 2003–2005 | Levante | 78 | (0) |
| 2005–2008 | Valencia | 3 | (0) |
| 2008–2010 | Levante | 12 | (0) |
| Total | 371 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 1994–1996 | Spain U21 | 15 | (0) |
| 1996 | Spain U23 | 4 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Juan Luis Mora Palacios (born 12 July 1973) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
In 13 La Liga seasons (17 overall as a professional) he appeared in 238 games, mostly with Oviedo.
Club career
Born in Aranjuez, Community of Madrid, Mora made his professional debut with Real Oviedo during 1993–94, and was the undisputed first-choice for the following three seasons. He signed for RCD Espanyol in 1999, then spent 2002–03 and the following campaign in Segunda División, with Xerez CD and Levante UD respectively.[1]
In 2004–05's top flight, with Levante, Mora played all 38 league matches as his team was relegated in the last matchday. He subsequently joined Valencia CF,[2] where he was the third goalkeeper behind Santiago Cañizares and Ludovic Butelle first and Cañizares and Timo Hildebrand afterwards (Cañizares was axed from the squad in December 2007, but reinstated in April following Ronald Koeman's firing), appearing in only three La Liga games in three years;[3] he left the Mestalla Stadium after his contract expired, at the end of the 2007–08 season.
On 15 August 2008, 35-year-old Mora returned to Levante, freshly relegated to the second level.[4] He served as backup in his debut campaign and third-choice in the second, playing no official matches in the latter as the Valencian Community side returned to the first division after a two-year absence;[1] he retired from the game shortly after, remaining with the club in directorial capacities.[5][6]
International career
Mora appeared for the Spanish under-21s in the 1996 UEFA European Championship,[7] and played Olympic football in the same year.
Honours
Club
Espanyol
Levante
Valencia
International
Spain U21
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship: Runner-up 1996
References
- 1 2 Juan Luis Mora, un guardameta que hizo soñar (Juan Luis Mora, a goalkeeper who got people dreaming); Vavel, 16 November 2017 (in Spanish)
- ↑ Mora increases Valencia options; UEFA, 13 June 2005
- ↑ Koeman 'raja' contra medio Valencia (Koeman 'takes on' half of Valencia); El Mundo, 21 May 2008 (in Spanish)
- ↑ Mercado: Mora volverá a ser el portero del Levante (Market: Mora will be Levante's goalkeeper again); Goal, 15 August 2008 (in Spanish)
- ↑ «El vestuario del Levante es chocante, no falta la música vayan bien o mal las cosas» («Levante's locker room is a blast, music is always there whether things go well or bad»); Las Provincias, 23 August 2010 (in Spanish)
- ↑ Mora, técnico Levante: "Este árbitro es un aunténtico sinvergüenza" (Mora, Levante coach: "This referee is a real lowlife"); Marca, 12 February 2018 (in Spanish)
- ↑ Italia ya ganó un Europeo a España en el 1996 (Italy have already won European Championships against Spain in 1996) Archived 13 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine.; Orgullo Bianconero, 18 June 2013 (in Spanish)
External links
- Juan Luis Mora at BDFutbol
- Juan Luis Mora – FIFA competition record (archive)
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