Juan Luis Mora

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Juan Luis Mora
Full name	Juan Luis Mora Palacios
Date of birth	July 12, 1973 (1973-07-12) (age 34)
Place of birth	Aranjuez, Spain
Height	1.84 m (6 ft +¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Youth clubs
1992–1993	Real Aranjuez
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1993–1999 1999–2002 2002–2003 2003–2005 2005–2008	Real Oviedo RCD Espanyol Xerez CD Levante UD Valencia CF	126 (0) 71 (0) 41 (0) 78 (0) 3 (0)
National team
?–1996	Spain U-21/Olympic
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of April 27, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Juan Luis Mora (born July 12, 1973 in Aranjuez) is a Spanish football goalkeeper.

A product of Real Oviedo's youth system, Mora debuted during 1993-94 and was the undisputed first-choice from 1994-97. In 1999, he joined RCD Espanyol, then spent 2002-03 and the following season in Segunda División, with Xerez CD and Levante UD, respectively. In 2004-05's La Liga, again with Levante, he 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 3 league games in 3 seasons. He left the club after his contract expired at the end of the 2007-08 campaign.

Mora was capped for Spain national under-21 football team in the 1996 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship and played Olympics football in the same year.