Juan Luis Mora

Juan Mora

Personal information
Full name	Juan Luis Mora Palacios
Date of birth	(1973-07-12) 12 July 1973
Place of birth	Aranjuez, Spain
Height
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)
International career
1994–1996	Spain U21	15	(0)
1996	Spain U23	4	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Mora and the second or maternal family name is Palacios.

Juan Luis Mora Palacios (born 12 July 1973) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

In 13 La Liga seasons (17 overall as a professional) he appeared in 238 games, mostly with Oviedo.

Club career

Born in Aranjuez, Community of Madrid, Mora made his professional debuts with Real Oviedo during 1993–94, and was the undisputed first-choice for the following three seasons. In 1999 he signed for RCD Espanyol, then spent 2002–03 and the following campaign in Segunda División, with Xerez CD and Levante UD respectively.

In 2004–05's top flight, with Levante, Mora played all 38 league matches as his team was relegated in the last matchday. He subsequently joined Valencia CF, where he was the third goalkeeper 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), playing only three La Liga games in three years; he left the club after his contract expired, at the end of the 2007–08 season.

In August 2008, 35-year-old Mora returned to Levante, freshly relegated into the second level. He served as backup in his debut campaign and third-choice in the second, playing no official matches in the latter as the Valencian Community side returned to the first division, after a two-year absence; he retired from the game shortly after, remaining with the club in directorial capacities.

International career

Mora appeared for the Spanish under-21s in the 1996 UEFA European Championship, and played Olympic football in the same year.

Honours

Club

Espanyol

• Copa del Rey: 1999–2000

Valencia

• Copa del Rey: 2007–08

Country

Spain U21

• UEFA European Under-21 Championship: Runner-up 1996

External links

• Juan Luis Mora profile at BDFutbol
• Juan Luis Mora – FIFA competition record