Juan Luis Mora (footballer, born 1973)
Juan Luis Mora Palacios (born 12 July 1973) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Juan Luis Mora Palacios[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 12 July 1973[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Aranjuez, Spain[1] | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | 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 | |||
He appeared in 238 La Liga games over 13 seasons (17 overall as a professional), 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 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.[2]
Mora played all 38 league matches in 2004–05's top flight with Levante, as his team was relegated in the last matchday. He subsequently joined Valencia CF on a three-year deal,[3] being third choice 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 during his spell;[4] 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, recently relegated to the second level.[5] He served as backup in his debut campaign, and took part in no competitive matches in the second as the Valencian Community side returned to the top tier after a two-year absence;[2] he retired shortly after, remaining with the club in directorial capacities.[6][7]
International career
Mora appeared for the Spanish under-21s in the 1996 UEFA European Championship,[8] and played Olympic football the same year.
Honours
Club
Espanyol
Levante
Valencia
References
- "Juan Luis MORA Palacios" (in Spanish). El Mundo. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- 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)
- Melero, Víctor (13 May 2017). "Mora, un portero muy solvente bajo palos" [Mora, quite proficient goalkeeper between the posts] (in Spanish). Diario La Grada. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- "El Levante festejó el título con un homenaje al equipo que subió en 2004" [Levante celebrated title by honouring team that promoted in 2004] (in Spanish). EFE. 11 June 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
