Cristóbal Parralo

Cristóbal Parralo Aguilera (born 21 August 1967), known simply as Cristóbal as a player, is a Spanish retired professional footballer, and is a current manager.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Parralo and the second or maternal family name is Aguilera.

Cristóbal
Personal information
Full name Cristóbal Parralo Aguilera
Date of birth (1967-08-21) 21 August 1967
Place of birth Priego de Córdoba, Spain
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right back
Youth career
Damm
Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1987 Barcelona B 41 (0)
1987–1989 Barcelona 20 (2)
1988–1989 → Oviedo (loan) 28 (3)
1989–1991 Logroñés 72 (5)
1991–1992 Barcelona 11 (0)
1992–1995 Oviedo 109 (2)
1995–2001 Espanyol 214 (2)
2001–2003 Paris Saint-Germain 63 (0)
Total 558 (14)
National team
1985–1986 Spain U18 5 (0)
1985–1990 Spain U21 8 (0)
1991–1993 Spain 6 (1)
Teams managed
2008 Benfica (assistant)
2009 Peña Deportiva
2009 Girona
2012–2016 Damm
2016–2017 Deportivo B
2017–2018 Deportivo La Coruña
2018–2019 Alcorcón
2019–2020 Racing Santander
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He played mainly as a right back, but could also appear as a central defender.

Playing career

Club

A product of FC Barcelona's youth ranks, Cristóbal was born in Priego de Córdoba, Andalusia, and he made his professional debut in 1987–88, being regularly used as the Catalans lifted that season's Copa del Rey. Subsequently, he represented Real Oviedo and CD Logroñés, where solid displays earned him a return to the Camp Nou.[1]

Cristóbal was scarcely played in his second stint, and returned to Oviedo: in the subsequent nine campaigns (three plus six at Barça neighbours RCD Espanyol) he rarely missed a game, and left Spain in 2001 with 454 La Liga appearances to his credit.[2] Aged 34, he still moved to Paris Saint-Germain FC, having two respectable Ligue 1 seasons before retiring at the end of 2002–03.[1]

International

Cristóbal earned six caps for Spain, the first in a friendly in Oviedo with Uruguay, on 4 September 1991.[3]

International goals
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.24 February 1993Benito Villamarín, Seville, Spain Lithuania1–05–01994 World Cup qualification[4]

Coaching career

After a brief spell with former club Espanyol as director of football,[5] Parralo joined countryman Quique Sánchez Flores at S.L. Benfica's coaching staff, for 2008–09. In early February 2009 he returned to his country and signed with lowly SCR Peña Deportiva in the Segunda División B,[6] being one of two managers in a relegation-ending season.[7]

Parralo signed a one-year contract with Segunda División club Girona FC in June 2009.[8] He was sacked on 26 October, with the team ranking penultimate with just seven points in nine matches.[9]

On 24 October 2017, after Deportivo de La Coruña first-team manager Pepe Mel was fired due to poor results, Parralo moved from the reserve side and was appointed caretaker until the following 30 June.[10] After only three months in charge, and after conceding 14 goals in the last three matches (which included 1–7 and 0–5 away drubbings against Real Madrid and Real Sociedad, respectively), he was relieved of his duties.[11]

On 19 June 2018, Parralo was named coach of second division side AD Alcorcón.[12] He extended his contract in October to last until the end of the 2019–20 campaign, but was ousted a year early when Fran Fernández was named in his place.[13]

Parralo returned to the same league on 11 November 2019, replacing Iván Ania at a Racing de Santander side that had won one of 15 matches all season.[14] He left by mutual consent the following 4 February, having won once in 11 games for the last-placed team.[15]

Managerial statistics
As of match played 2 February 2020
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Peña Deportiva 11 February 2009 25 June 2009 14 3 3 8 12 22 −10 021.43 [16]
Girona 25 June 2009 26 October 2009 11 2 4 5 10 17 −7 018.18 [17]
Damm 11 October 2012 27 June 2016 118 68 23 27 217 117 +100 057.63
Deportivo B 27 June 2016 24 October 2017 50 34 8 8 98 36 +62 068.00 [18]
Deportivo La Coruña 24 October 2017 4 February 2018 15 3 3 9 18 39 −21 020.00 [19]
Alcorcón 19 June 2018 1 July 2019 44 15 10 19 37 43 −6 034.09 [20]
Racing Santander 11 November 2019 4 February 2020 12 1 6 5 10 14 −4 008.33 [21]
Career total 264 126 57 81 402 288 +114 047.73 —

Honours

Player

Barcelona

Espanyol

Paris Saint-Germain

References
  1. Casado, Edu (21 May 2013). "Qué fue de… Cristóbal Parralo" [What happened to… Cristóbal Parralo]. 20 minutos (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  2. "Cristóbal Parralo: «Bielsa me dejó una manera de ver el fútbol muy diferente»" [Cristóbal Parralo: «Bielsa left me with a very different way to perceive football»]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 26 October 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  3. Ortiz, Fabián (5 September 1991). "Tiempo de llorar, tiempo de soñar" [A time to cry, a time to dream]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  4. Sanchis, Alberto (25 February 1993). "La selección repite otro 5–0 en Sevilla" [The national team repeat another 5–0 in Seville]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  5. "Toni Jiménez dimite como miembro del área deportiva del Espanyol" [Toni Jiménez resigns as member of Espanyol management section]. Marca (in Spanish). 23 March 2006. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  6. "Cristóbal Parralo será presentado hoy" [Cristóbal Parralo will be presented today]. Diario de Ibiza (in Spanish). 11 February 2009. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  7. Masachs, Xavier (28 June 2009). "Missió impossible" [Impossible mission]. El Punt (in Catalan). Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  8. "Cristóbal Parralo, nou entrenador del Girona FC" [Cristóbal Parralo, new Girona FC coach]. Avui (in Catalan). 25 June 2009. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2009.
  9. Iglesias, Quique (26 October 2009). "Echan a Cristóbal y su recambio es Narcís Julià" [Cristóbal gets the boot and his replacement is Narcís Julià]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  10. "RC Deportivo part ways with Pepe Mel". La Liga. 24 October 2017. Archived from the original on 25 October 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  11. "Deportivo sack Cristobal after Real Sociedad thrashing". FourFourTwo. 4 February 2018. Archived from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  12. "Cristóbal Parralo, nuevo entrenador de la A.D. Alcorcón" [Cristóbal Parralo, new manager of A.D. Alcorcón] (in Spanish). AD Alcorcón. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  13. Jiménez, Álex (1 July 2019). "Fran Fernández ya es el nuevo entrenador del Alcorcón" [Fran Fernández is already the new manager of Alcorcón]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  14. "Cristóbal Parralo sustituye a Iván Ania como técnico del Racing de Santander" [Cristóbal Parralo replaces Iván Ania as manager of Racing de Santander]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 11 November 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  15. "El Racing rescinde el contrato de Cristóbal" [Racing terminate Cristóbal's contract]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 4 February 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
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  18. "Deportivo Fabril" (in Spanish). Resultados Fútbol. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
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  21. "Cristóbal: Cristóbal Parralo Aguilera". BDFutbol. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  22. "Brescia, sogno finito il Psg va in Uefa" [End of the dream for Brescia, Psg go to Uefa]. La Repubblica (in Italian). 21 August 2001. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
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