Andrés Palop

Andrés Palop
Personal information
Full name	Andrés Palop Cervera
Date of birth	October 22, 1973 (1973-10-22) (age 35)
Place of birth	Valencia, Spain
Height	1.90m (6ft 2.75in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Sevilla FC
Number	1
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995–1997 1997–1999 1999–2005 2005–	Valencia Mestalla Villarreal Valencia Sevilla	068 0(0) 074 0(0) 043 0(0) 132 (1)
National team2
2008–	Spain	000 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 31 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of June 6 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Andrés Palop Cervera (born October 22, 1973, in L'Alcúdia, Valencia) is a Spanish goalkeeper who was the third-choice goalkeeper at Euro 2008.

Career

He was understudy to Santiago Cañizares at Valencia for a number of years, and is currently the number one goalkeeper at La Liga team Sevilla FC.

On March 15, 2007, he made headlines when he scored an injury-time equalising goal for Sevilla in their UEFA Cup last-16 tie against Shakhtar Donetsk, forcing extra time as a result. Sevilla went on to win the match 3-2 in extra time, putting them through to the next round. Palop had a key role in the UEFA Cup final against RCD Espanyol stopping 3 of 4 penalty kicks.^[1]

He lost a narrow competition between him and Jose Manuel Reina of Liverpool FC for second-choice goalkeeper during the Euro 2008. During the ceremony following Spain's victory in the tournament, he wore Luis Arconada's original Euro 84 final shirt. He received the gold medal from Michel Platini (who had won the Euro 84 following Arconada's famous blunder), now president of UEFA, himself.

Honours

Valencia

• Spanish La Liga: 2002, 2004
• UEFA Cup: 2004
• European Super Cup: 2004

Sevilla

• UEFA Cup: 2006, 2007
• European Super Cup: 2006
• Copa del Rey: 2007
• Spanish Super Cup: 2007

International

• UEFA European Championship

• Winner (1): 2008

Playing career

• 1995-1997 : Valencia B
• 1997-1999 : Villarreal CF
• 1999-2005 : Valencia CF
• 2005- : Sevilla FC

References

External links

• BDFutbol profile
• Footballdatabase profile and stats

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