Andrés Palop
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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Palop and the second or maternal family name is Cervera.
Andrés Palop Cervera (Valencian pronunciation: [anˈdɾes paˈlob]; born 22 October 1973) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, currently a manager.
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Full name | Andrés Palop Cervera[1] | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1973-10-22) 22 October 1973 (age 50)[1] | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | L'Alcúdia, Spain | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
Valencia | ||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
1993–1997 | Valencia B | 68 | (0) | |||||||||||
1993–1994 | → Oliva (loan) | |||||||||||||
1994–1995 | → Gimnástico (loan) | |||||||||||||
1997–2005 | Valencia | 43 | (0) | |||||||||||
1997–1999 | → Villarreal (loan) | 74 | (0) | |||||||||||
2005–2013 | Sevilla | 217 | (0) | |||||||||||
2013–2014 | Bayer Leverkusen | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
Total | 402 | (0) | ||||||||||||
Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Alcoyano | |||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Ibiza | |||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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After having languished on the bench of hometown club Valencia for most of his stay,[2] he became a premiere player with Sevilla well into his 30s, helping it consolidate in both the domestic and European fronts. Over 15 seasons, he appeared in 295 matches in La Liga, where he also represented Villarreal in 1998–99.
Palop was selected by Spain for Euro 2008, but never earned an international cap.