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,

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, Juan Pablo began his professional career with his hometown club

Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa (), better known as Cultural Leonesa or La Cultural, is a Spanish football team based in León, in the autonomous community of Castile and Leon. Founded on 5 August 1923, it currently plays in Primera División RFE ...

, moving to

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in 2000. In his first season with the first team, he served as a backup to Frenchman

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(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, in a 1–0 away win against

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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 , holding home games at '' Nuevo Estadio Los Pajaritos''. Besides football it ...

, also in the second tier, being heavily featured over two seasons. After a challenging campaign at

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– he began as a starter but failed to appear in the final months – he returned to the

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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

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. 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 (

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, the previous starter, suffered another serious injury, this time in the knee). On 10 July 2013, Juan Pablo agreed to a one-year contract with

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of the

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. He made his debut for the club seven days later, in a 2–0 away victory over

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in the

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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. However, he returned to action shortly after, going on to spend one and a half seasons with

AEK Larnaca FC AEK Larnaca FC (, "Athletic Union Kition of Larnaca") is a Cypriot professional football club based in Larnaca. The club was formed in 1994 after a merger of two historical Larnaca clubs, EPA Larnaca and Pezoporikos. The club also has a men' ...

of the

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. In January 2023, Juan Pablo returned to Maccabi Tel Aviv as goalkeeper coach.

Honours

Maccabi Tel-Aviv *

: 2013–14, 2014–15 *

Israel State Cup The Israel State Cup (, ''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 involves clubs of all standards ...

: 2014–15 *

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: 2014–15 AEK Larnaca *

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: 2017–18

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Juan Pablo 1978 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from León, Spain Men's association football goalkeepers La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa players 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 men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Israel Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Association football goalkeeping coaches