Andrés Palop

Personal information
Andrés Palop
Full name	Andrés Palop Cervera
Date of birth	October 23 1973 (1973--) (age 34)
Place of birth	Valencia, Spain
Height	m ({{FORMATNUM:6 ft +¹⁄₂ in}})
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Sevilla FC
Number	1
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995-1997 1997-1999 1999-2005 2005-	Valencia B Villarreal CF Valencia CF Sevilla FC	68 (0) 74 (0) 43 (0) 71 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of August 26 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Andrés Palop Cervera (born October 22, 1973, in L'Alcúdia (Valencia), Spain) is a Spanish football goalkeeper.

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]

Honours

Valencia

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

Sevilla

Playing career

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

References

^ "Sevilla saved by last gasp Palop", uefa.com, 2007-03-15. Retrieved on 2007-04-05.

Sevilla FC – current squad
1 Palop • 2 J. Navarro • 3 Drago • 4 Dani • 5 Duda • 6 Adriano • 7 J.Navas • 8 Poulsen • 9 Kerzhakov • 10 L. Fabiano • 11 Renato • 12 Kanouté • 13 de Sanctis • 14 Escudé • 15 Mosquera • 17 D.Capel • 18 Martí • 19 Chevantón • 20 de Mul • 21 Keita • 22 Koné • 23 Boulahrouz • 24 Hinkel • 25 Maresca • Coach: J.Ramos

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