Born in La Rinconada, Seville, Andalusia, Pedraza finished his development at FC Barcelona, and spent two seasons with the reserves in the Segunda División.
In the 1986 European Cup final he was one of four Barça players – the others were José Ramón Alexanko, Pichi Alonso and Marcos – to have their penalty shootout attempts saved by FC Steaua București goalkeeper Helmut Duckadam, as the Catalans lost the decisive match in Seville (0–0 after 120 minutes).
[2] Pedraza signed for RCD Mallorca in the 1988 off-season, with the Balearic Islands club being coached by a young Lorenzo Serra Ferrer, who relocated the player from central midfielder to full-back.
[3] In his first season he was an essential defensive player (3,241 minutes, one goal) as they returned to La Liga,[4] and also reached the Copa del Rey final in 1991;[5] in six of his seven years with the team he did not appear in less than 30 league games, and retired from football in 1997 at the age of 35 after a two-year stint with amateurs CF Sóller, also in Mallorca.
[7] After one year in Greece, split between two teams,[8] he returned to his country and took charge of amateurs CD Atlético Baleares, helping them to promote from Tercera División as champions.