| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pablo Alfaro Armengot | ||
| Date of birth | (1969-04-26)26 April 1969 (age 56) | ||
| Place of birth | Zaragoza, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| 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 | ||
| 2023–2024 | Murcia | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Pablo Alfaro Armengot (born 26 April 1969) is a Spanish retiredfootballer who played as acentral defender, currently amanager.
In his career, in which he represented six teams – most notablySevilla – he amassedLa Liga totals of 418 matches and seven goals over 15 seasons, receiving a total of 18red cards and being sent off nearly 30 times.[1][2]
Alfaro embarked on a managerial career in the late 2000s.[3]
Born inZaragoza, Alfaro started his career with his hometown clubReal Zaragoza. He made hisLa Liga debut on 3 September 1989 in a 3–0 home win againstRayo Vallecano,[4] and he only missed one league game in hisdebut season as they finished in ninth position.
In the summer of 1992, Alfaro signed withFC Barcelona,[5] being rarely used in hisonly season inCatalonia.[6] He went on to representRacing de Santander andAtlético Madrid, being an undisputed starter with the former but only second or third choice with the latter.[6]
Alfaro joinedCP Mérida for the1997–98 campaign, playing all but four matches as theExtremadurans were relegated from the top flight and collecting 12yellow cards and twored in the process.[7] In1999–2000, the side finished sixth in theSegunda División but was relegated again, due to financial irregularities.[8]
In the 2000 off-season, the veteran moved toSevilla FC also in division two, helping theAndalusia team toreturn to the top division in his first season.[9] During his spell, Alfaro formed a fearsome partnership withJavi Navarro,[10][11][12] but following the emergence of youth graduateSergio Ramos and the January 2006 arrival ofJulien Escudé, he became a secondary defensive unit, leaving in thattransfer window to former side Racing[13] and scoring a rare but crucial goal on 7 May in a 2–1 home win againstCA Osasuna to help them tobarely avoid top-tier relegation.[14]
Alfaro retired from football at the end of the2006–07 season aged nearly 38, having appeared in exactly 600 official games as a professional. Two years later he started his coaching career, withSegunda División B teamPontevedra CF,[15] leading theGalicians to thefourth position in theregular season, albeit with no subsequent play-off promotion.[16]
Alfaro upgraded a division on 17 June 2010, signing withRecreativo 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-tierCD Leganés for theupcoming campaign.[18] He took theCommunity of Madrid team tothe play-offs, where they lost 3–2 on aggregate toLleida Esportiu in the quarter-finals.[19]
Alfaro returned to his nativeAragon in June 2013, taking over anSD 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 replacedJaime Molina as manager ofMarbella FC on a deal for the end ofthe 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-placedCD Mirandés until June following the dismissal ofJavier Álvarez de los Mozos.[24] He remained inMiranda de Ebro aftertheir relegation,[25] andwon their group the following season. After being eliminated 2–1 on aggregate from theplay-off semi-finals byExtremadura UD,[26] he was not offered a new deal in June 2018.[27]
On 28 February 2019,UD Ibiza chose Alfaro as their replacement forAndrés Palop until the end of2019–20.[28] On 2 December of the following year, he took over fellow third-division sideCórdoba CF.[29]
On 23 December 2022, Alfaro replacedSalva Ballesta atSan Fernando CD, becoming their third manager ofthe season.[30] In November 2023, he was appointed as the new manager ofReal Murcia CF in place of the sackedGustavo Munúa, signing a contract for the remainder ofthe campaign[31] and leaving at its closure.[32]
Alfaro majored inmedicine, although he never practised.[1][7]
| 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 | [33] |
| Recreativo | 17 June 2010 | 17 October 2010 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 000.00 | [34] |
| Leganés | 28 June 2012 | 28 June 2013 | 40 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 59 | 38 | +21 | 050.00 | [35] |
| Huesca | 28 June 2013 | 25 September 2013 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 028.57 | [36] |
| Marbella | 2 December 2014 | 23 March 2015 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 24 | −8 | 031.58 | [37] |
| Mirandés | 28 March 2017 | 28 June 2018 | 55 | 28 | 11 | 16 | 70 | 56 | +14 | 050.91 | [38] |
| Ibiza | 28 February 2019 | 31 July 2020 | 44 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 62 | 33 | +29 | 054.55 | [39] |
| Córdoba | 2 December 2020 | 19 April 2021 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 16 | +3 | 044.44 | [40] |
| San Fernando | 23 December 2022 | 5 June 2023 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 033.33 | [41] |
| Murcia | 9 November 2023 | 24 June 2024 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 26 | +1 | 040.74 | [42] |
| Total | 268 | 121 | 67 | 80 | 327 | 270 | +57 | 045.15 | — | ||
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