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Pablo Alfaro
Personal information
Full name Pablo Alfaro Armengot
Date of birth (1969-04-26) 26 April 1969 (age 54)
Place of birth Zaragoza, Spain
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)
Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Murcia (manager)
Youth career
Zaragoza
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1989 Zaragoza B 77 (4)
1989–1992 Zaragoza 107 (2)
1992–1993 Barcelona 7 (1)
1993–1996 Racing Santander 108 (1)
1996–1997 Atlético Madrid 11 (0)
1997–2000 Mérida 97 (0)
2000–2005 Sevilla 164 (3)
2006–2007 Racing Santander 22 (1)
Total 593 (12)
International career
1998–2006 Aragon 3 (0)
Managerial career
2009–2010 Pontevedra
2010 Recreativo
2012–2013 Leganés
2013 Huesca
2014–2015 Marbella
2017–2018 Mirandés
2019–2020 Ibiza
2020–2021 Córdoba
2022–2023 San Fernando
2023– Murcia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pablo Alfaro Armengot (born 26 April 1969) is a Spanish retired

.

In his career, in which he represented six teams – most notably Sevilla – he amassed La Liga totals of 418 matches and seven goals over 15 seasons, receiving a total of 18 red cards and being sent off nearly 30 times.[1][2]

Alfaro embarked on a managerial career in the late 2000s.[3]

Playing career

Born in Zaragoza, Alfaro started his career with his hometown club Real Zaragoza. He made his La Liga debut on 3 September 1989 in a 3–0 home win against Rayo Vallecano,[4] and he only missed one league game in his debut season as they finished in ninth position.

In the summer of 1992, Alfaro signed with FC Barcelona,[5] being rarely used in his only season in Catalonia.[6] He went on to represent Racing de Santander and Atlético Madrid, being an undisputed starter with the former but only second or third choice with the latter.[6]

Alfaro joined

red in the process.[7] In 1999–2000, the side finished sixth in the Segunda División but was relegated again, due to financial irregularities.[8]

In the 2000 off-season, the veteran moved to Sevilla FC also in division two, helping the Andalusia team to return to the top division in his first season.[9] During his spell, Alfaro formed a fearsome partnership with Javi Navarro,[10][11][12] but following the emergence of youth graduate Sergio Ramos and the January 2006 arrival of Julien Escudé, he became a secondary defensive unit, leaving in that transfer window to former side Racing[13] and scoring a rare but crucial goal on 7 May in a 2–1 home win against CA Osasuna to help them to barely avoid top-tier relegation.[14]

Coaching career

Alfaro retired from football at the end of the 2006–07 season aged nearly 38, having appeared in exactly 600 official games as a professional. Two years later he started his coaching career, with Segunda División B team Pontevedra CF,[15] leading the Galicians to the fourth position in the regular season, albeit with no subsequent play-off promotion.[16]

Alfaro upgraded a division on 17 June 2010, signing with Recreativo de Huelva. Exactly four months later, after only four draws in eight matches, he was fired by the oldest club in Spain.[17]

In June 2012, Alfaro joined third-tier CD Leganés for the upcoming campaign.[18] He took the Community of Madrid team to the play-offs, where they lost 3–2 on aggregate to Lleida Esportiu in the quarter-finals.[19]

Alfaro returned to his native Aragon in June 2013, taking over an SD Huesca side that had just descended from the second division.[20] Having won and drawn one each of his first five matches, he was sacked on 25 September.[21]

On 2 December 2014, Alfaro replaced Jaime Molina as manager of Marbella FC on a deal for the end of the season.[22] The following 23 March, as they fell into the relegation places with a fourth consecutive defeat, he was shown the door.[23]

Alfaro returned to the second level on 28 March 2017, being appointed at last-placed CD Mirandés until June following the dismissal of Javier Álvarez de los Mozos.[24] He remained in Miranda de Ebro after their relegation,[25] and won their group the following season. After being eliminated 2–1 on aggregate from the play-off semi-finals by Extremadura UD,[26] he was not offered a new deal in June 2018.[27]

On 28 February 2019, UD Ibiza chose Alfaro as their replacement for Andrés Palop until the end of 2019–20.[28] On 2 December of the following year, he took over fellow third-division side Córdoba CF.[29]

On 23 December 2022, Alfaro replaced Salva Ballesta at San Fernando CD, becoming their third manager of the season.[30] In November 2023, he was appointed as the new manager of Real Murcia CF in place of the sacked Gustavo Munúa, and signed a contract for the rest of the campaign.[31]

Personal life

Alfaro majored in medicine, although he never practised.[1][7]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 14 April 2024
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Pontevedra 26 November 2009 17 June 2010 28 15 6 7 35 23 +12 053.57 [32]
Recreativo 17 June 2010 17 October 2010 9 0 4 5 3 13 −10 000.00 [33]
Leganés 28 June 2012 28 June 2013 40 20 11 9 59 38 +21 050.00 [34]
Huesca 28 June 2013 25 September 2013 7 2 1 4 4 10 −6 028.57 [35]
Marbella 2 December 2014 23 March 2015 19 6 4 9 16 24 −8 031.58 [36]
Mirandés 28 March 2017 28 June 2018 55 28 11 16 70 56 +14 050.91 [37]
Ibiza 28 February 2019 31 July 2020 44 24 11 9 62 33 +29 054.55 [38]
Córdoba 2 December 2020 19 April 2021 18 8 4 6 19 16 +3 044.44 [39]
San Fernando 23 December 2022 5 June 2023 21 7 7 7 32 31 +1 033.33 [40]
Murcia 9 November 2023 Present 21 9 6 6 20 19 +1 042.86 [41]
Total 262 119 65 78 320 263 +57 045.42

Honours

Barcelona

Sevilla

See also

  • List of La Liga players
    (400+ appearances)

References

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  2. ^ Turner, Lucy (4 January 2006). "Hard man's soft spot for Sevilla". UEFA. Retrieved 13 June 2010.
  3. ^ Romero Moreira, Ana María (2 February 2016). "Pablo Alfaro: "Fue duro salir del Sevilla"" [Pablo Alfaro: "It was tough to leave Sevilla"] (in Spanish). La Colina de Nervión. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
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  5. ^ Miserachs, Jaume (3 July 1992). ""No vengo a sustituir a Nando ni a nadie"" ["I'm not here to replace Nando or anybody else"]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 October 2012.
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  18. ^ "Pablo Alfaro toma las riendas del Leganés" [Pablo Alfaro takes the reins at Leganés]. Marca (in Spanish). 28 June 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
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