Juan Pablo Colinas Ferreras (born 2 September 1978), known as Juan Pablo, is a Spanish former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in León,

Castile and León Castile and León ( es, Castilla y León ; ast-leo, Castiella y Llión ; gl, Castela e León ) is an autonomous community in northwestern Spain. It was created in 1983, eight years after the end of the Francoist regime, by the merging of the ...

, Juan Pablo began his professional career with hometown club Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa, moving in 2000 to

Deportivo Alavés Deportivo Alavés, S.A.D. (; ''Sporting Alavés''), usually abbreviated to Alavés, is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club based in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of the ...

. In his first season with the first team, he backedup Frenchman Richard Dutruel (formerly of

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), but could never break into the starting eleven, only totalling 15 league appearances in three years, the last two being spent in the

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. His first

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match occurred on 22 September 2002, a 1–0 away win over

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. Subsequently, Juan Pablo moved to

CD Numancia Club Deportivo Numancia de Soria, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club in Soria, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 April 1945, it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at ''Nuevo Estadio Los ...

also in the second tier, being heavily featured over two seasons. After a shaky campaign at CD Tenerife– he began as a starter, but failed to appear in the final months – he returned to the Soria side, playing all the games but one in that year's top flight, in an eventual relegation. Juan Pablo terminated his contract with Numancia in June 2009, and signed a three-year deal with

Sporting de Gijón Real Sporting de Gijón, S.A.D. (), commonly known as Real Sporting, Sporting Gijón, or simply Sporting (although in an international context this can lead to confusion with Sporting Clube de Portugal) is a Spanish football club from Gijón, P ...

. He did not miss one single minute in his first season, as the

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retained their top-division status for another year ( Iván Cuéllar, the previous starter, suffered another serious injury, this time in the

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). On 10 July 2013, Juan Pablo agreed a one-year contract with

Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. Maccabi Tel Aviv Football Club ( he, מועדון כדורגל מכבי תל אביב; ''Moadon Kaduregel Maccabi Tel Aviv'') is an Israeli football club from Tel Aviv and part of the Maccabi Tel Aviv Sport Club. Founded in 1906 in Jaffa as ...

from the Israeli Premier League. He made his debut with the club seven days later, in a match against Győri ETO FC in the qualifying rounds of the

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. Juan Pablo returned to Numancia for a third spell on 12 January 2016. On 1 September, the 38-year-old announced his retirement from professional football. He returned to active shortly after, however, going on to spend one a half seasons with

AEK Larnaca FC AEK Larnaca FC ( el, AEK; for short Αθλητική Έvωση Κίτιον Λάρνακας , translit=''Athletiki Enosi Kition Larnakas'', "Athletic Union Kition of Larnaca") is a Cypriot professional football club based in Larnaca. The club ...

of the Cypriot First Division.

Managerial Career

On January 30 2023 Juan Pablo returned to Israel once again to become the new Goalkeeping Coach for

Honours

Maccabi Tel-Aviv * Israeli Premier League: 2013–14, 2014–15 *

Israel State Cup The Israel State Cup ( he, גביע המדינה, ''Gvia HaMedina''), is a knockout cup competition in Israeli football, run by the Israel Football Association (IFA). The State Cup was first held in 1928 as the People's Cup. Because it involve ...

: 2014–15 *

Toto Cup The Israel Toto Cup ( he, גביע הטוטו, ''Gvia Ha'Toto'') is an association football tournament that features clubs in the two highest divisions in Israel: the Israeli Premier League ( Ligat Ha'Al), and the second division Liga Leumit. Fro ...

: 2014–15 AEK Larnaca *

Cypriot Cup The Cypriot Cup () is the main cup competition in Cypriot football, run by the Cyprus Football Association (CFA). It began in 1934, the same season with the Cypriot Championship. It is the second most important competition for Cypriot club team ...

: 2017–18

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Juan Pablo 1978 births Living people Sportspeople from León, Spain Spanish footballers Footballers from Castile and León Association football goalkeepers La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Cultural Leonesa footballers Deportivo Alavés B players Deportivo Alavés players CD Numancia players CD Tenerife players Sporting de Gijón players Israeli Premier League players Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. players Cypriot First Division players AEK Larnaca FC players Spanish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Israel Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Israel Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus