Carlos Alós

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

Carlos Alós Ferrer (born 21 July 1975) is a Spanish professional football manager and former player, currently in charge of the Belarus national football team.

Carlos Alós

Alós with Kairat in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Carlos Alós Ferrer
Date of birth	(1975-07-21) 21 July 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth	Tortosa, Spain
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Belarus (manager)
Youth career
	Perelló
	Tortosa
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993–1995	Tortosa
1995–1996	La Sénia
1996–1997	Alavés B
1997–1998	Don Benito
1998–2001	Tortosa
2001–2003	Amposta
2003–2005	Remolins-Bítem
2005–2007	Roquetenc
2007–2008	Jesús Catalonia
Managerial career
2003–2005	Amposta (youth)
2005–2007	Roquetenc (player-manager)
2007–2008	Tortosa
2010–2011	Kitchee (assistant)
2015	Pogoń Siedlce
2017	Kazakhstan U17
2017–2018	Kairat
2019	FAR Rabat
2019	Qatar SC
2020–2021	Enosis Neon Paralimni
2022–2023	Rwanda
2023–	Belarus
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Playing career

Alós was born in Tortosa, Tarragona, Spain, and started his career with his hometown club CD Tortosa in 1993. A goalkeeper, he never appeared in any higher than Tercera División during his playing days, representing CF La Sénia,^[1] Deportivo Alavés B, CD Don Benito, Tortosa, CF Amposta, UE Remolins-Bítem, CD Roquetenc and CF Jesús Catalonia,^[2] retiring with the latter in 2008 at the age of 33.^[3]

Managerial career

Alós started his managerial career in 2003, with CF Amposta's youth categories. In 2005 he was named player-manager at Roquetenc, achieving promotion from Primera Regional in his second season.^[4]

In 2008, Alós was appointed manager of another club he represented as a player, Tortosa, but resigned on 11 February of the following year and immediately joined the club's board.^[5] In January 2010, he moved abroad for the first time in his career, joining Hong Kong Premier League side Kitchee SC as Josep Gombau's assistant.^[3]

Alós left Hong Kong in 2011 and joined Escola Varsovia, FC Barcelona's academy in Warsaw, Poland.^[6] On 16 January 2015, he took over Pogoń Siedlce in the same country,^[7] but left the club in May.

In August 2015, Alós moved to Kazakhstan, helping the national team in their project of development of youth football before being appointed manager of the under-17s in January 2017.^[2] On 26 July of that year, he was announced as the new manager of FC Kairat, agreeing a deal until the end of the season.^[8]

Alós extended his contract with Kairat for another two years on 28 November 2017.^[9] He left by mutual consent the following 15 October.^[10]

On 20 January 2019, Alós was appointed FAR Rabat manager.^[11] He left by mutual accord on 10 June, only a month after signing a two-year extension, with the team from the capital city having finished 13th.^[12]

Qatar SC signed Alós on a two-year deal on 14 June 2019.^[13] He was replaced by Wesam Rizik during the first half of the season, due to poor form.^[14]

Alós was hired by Enosis Neon Paralimni FC of the Cypriot First Division in September 2020, starting at a team with no points from four games.^[15]

In March 2022, Alós was appointed manager of Rwanda.^[16] He resigned on 8 August 2023 after failing to qualify for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations following a 2–0 loss to Mozambique,^[17] and took charge of Belarus the same day.^[18] His debut on 9 September was a goalless draw away to Andorra in UEFA Euro 2024 qualification.^[19]

Manager statistics

As of match played 19 October 2024

Team	From	To	P	W	D	L	GS	GA	%W
Pogoń Siedlce	9 January 2015	12 May 2015	10	1	2	7	7	19	010.00
Kairat	26 July 2017[8]	15 October 2018[10]	52	36	5	11	111	53	069.23
Belarus	December 2023	Present	14	3	7	4	7	15	021.43
Total			76	40	14	22	125	89	052.63

Honours

Manager

Kairat

• Kazakhstan Cup: 2017

References

1. "Temporada 1.995 /1.996" [1.995 /1.996 season] (in Spanish). CF La Sénia. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
2. "Carlos Alós, ilusionado con el reto de entrenar a Kazakhstan sub'17" [Carlos Alós, eager with the goal of managing Kazakhstan under-17]. Diari de Tarragona (in Spanish). 28 March 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
3. "Carlos Alós, el penúltimo español que desembarca en el Spanish Kitchee" [Carlos Alós, the penultimate Spaniard that lands on the Spanish Kitchee]. Marca (in Spanish). 22 February 2010. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
4. "CD Roquetenc" (in Spanish). CF La Sénia. 17 October 2007. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
5. Algueró, Enric (11 February 2009). "Carlos Alós dimite y será secretario técnico" [Carlos Alós resigns and will be the technical secretary]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 February 2018.
6. Frieros, Toni (8 October 2011). "Espectacular éxito de la FCB Escola en Varsovia" [FCB Academy's huge success in Warsaw]. Sport (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 February 2018.
7. "Alós, nou tècnic del Pogon Siedlce" [Alós, new manager of Pogon Siedlce]. Més Ebre (in Catalan). 16 January 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
8. "Карлос Алос Феррер — главный тренер Кайрата" [Carlos Alos Ferrer — Kairat head coach]. fckairat.com (in Russian). FC Kairat. 26 July 2017. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
9. "ФК Кайрат продлил трудовое соглашение с главным тренером" [FC Kairat extended the labor agreement with the head coach]. fckairat.com (in Russian). FC Kairat. 28 November 2017. Archived from the original on 30 November 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
10. "КАРЛОС АЛОС ПОКИДАЕТ ПОСТ ГЛАВНОГО ТРЕНЕРА КАЙРАТА" [Carlos Alós leaves head coach post at Kairat]. fckairat.com (in Russian). FC Kairat. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
11. "Carlos Alós dirigirá al FAR Rabat marroquí" (in Spanish). Diari de Tarragona. 23 January 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
12. "Carlós Alós i Àlex Accensi no seguiran dirigint el FAR Rabat del Marroc" [Carlós Alós and Àlex Accensi will not carry on managing Morocco's FAR Rabat]. Setmanari L'Ebre (in Catalan). 11 June 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
13. "El técnico tortosino Carlos Alós dirigirá al Qatar Sports Club" [Tortosa-born manager Carlos Alós will lead Qatar Sports Club]. Diari de Tarragona (in Spanish). 17 June 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
14. Wasala, Chinthana (20 November 2019). "Ooredoo Cup: Qatar SC look to stay unbeaten". The Peninsula Qatar. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
15. Castrejón, David (22 September 2020). "El tortosí Carlos Alós, nou entrenador del Paralimni de Xipre" [Tortosa native Carlos Alós, new manager of Cyprus' Paralimni]. Setmanari L'Ebre (in Catalan). Retrieved 23 December 2020.
16. "Rwanda: Carlos Alos Ferrer is New Amavubi Head Coach". All Africa. 29 March 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
17. Mwambu, Fred (8 August 2023). "Rwanda's coach quits via Instagram after failing to qualify for AFCON 2023". Pulse Sports. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
18. Okai Gyimah, Edmund (8 August 2023). "Ferrer lands Belarus job as new head coach". The New Times. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
19. "Belarus 105th in FIFA rankings". Belarus.by. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 29 September 2023.

External links

• Carlos Alós player profile at BDFutbol
• Carlos Alós coach profile at Soccerway