Maccabi Tel Aviv acquired Juan Pablo Colinas Ferreras (Juan Pablo) a week prior to the club's first round qualifying match in the 2013/14 Champion's League competition. The 34 year-old had been the first-choice goalkeeper at Spanish side Sporting Gijon for four years, playing in both La Liga and Spain’s second division.

The 6 foot 2 inch Juan Pablo began his playing career at Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa in his home town of Leon, where he played with the senior squad from 1998 until moving on to Deportivo Alavés in 2000. After two seasons with the reserve team and another three with the first team, Juan Pablo jumped at the opportunity to become the first-choice ‘keeper in the 2005/6 season at CD Numancia in Spain's first division, La Liga. Following two seasons with  Numancia Juan Pablo was on the move again this time to CD Tenerife for the 2007/8 year before returning to Numancia for a season.

In 2009 he settled in at Sporting Gijon which is part of the Spanish principality of Asturias and made 120 appearances over four years, the majority of which in La Liga.

Juan Pablo's debut for Maccabi Tel Aviv came several days after his arrival when he stood in the Yellow-and-Blue goal for the club's Champions League qualifying match against Hungarian title holders Gyori. In his first season with the club he would play 45 games across all competitions and win his first ever league championship.

In his second campaign with Maccabi, Juan Pablo would help the club collect the domestic Treble, winning all of the available titles in Israel while playing in 40 matches and giving up only 30 goals, the least amount in the league.