Cristóbal Parralo

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

Cristóbal Parralo Aguilera (born 21 August 1967), known simply as Cristóbal as a player, is a Spanish retired professional footballer, currently manager of Racing de Ferrol.

Cristóbal

Personal information
Full name	Cristóbal Parralo Aguilera
Date of birth	(1967-08-21) 21 August 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth	Priego de Córdoba, Spain
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Right-back
Team information
Current team	Racing Ferrol (manager)
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)
International career
1985–1986	Spain U18	5	(0)
1985–1990	Spain U21	8	(0)
1991–1993	Spain	6	(1)
Managerial career
2008	Benfica (assistant)
2009	Peña Deportiva
2009	Girona
2012–2016	Damm (youth)
2016–2017	Deportivo B
2017–2018	Deportivo La Coruña
2018–2019	Alcorcón
2019–2020	Racing Santander
2021–	Racing Ferrol
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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][3] 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.^[4]

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	24 February 1993	Benito Villamarín, Seville, Spain	Lithuania	1–0	5–0	1994 World Cup qualification[5]

Coaching career

After a brief spell with former club Espanyol as director of football,^[6] 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,^[7] being one of two managers in a relegation-ending season.^[8]

Parralo signed a one-year contract with Segunda División club Girona FC in June 2009.^[9] He was sacked on 26 October, with the team ranking penultimate with just seven points in nine matches.^[10]

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.^[11] After only three months in charge, and after conceding 14 goals in the last three matches (which included 7–1 and 5–0 away drubbings against Real Madrid and Real Sociedad, respectively), he was relieved of his duties.^[12]

On 19 June 2018, Parralo was named coach of second division side AD Alcorcón.^[13] 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.^[14]

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.^[15] He left by mutual consent the following 4 February, having won once in 11 games for the last-placed team.^[16]

On 10 February 2021, Parralo replaced the dismissed Emilio Larraz at the helm of third-tier Racing de Ferrol.^[17]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 21 December 2024

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	[18]
Girona		25 June 2009	26 October 2009	11	2	4	5	10	17	−7	018.18	[19]
Deportivo B		27 June 2016	24 October 2017	50	34	8	8	98	36	+62	068.00	[20]
Deportivo La Coruña		24 October 2017	4 February 2018	15	3	3	9	18	39	−21	020.00	[21]
Alcorcón		19 June 2018	1 July 2019	44	15	10	19	37	43	−6	034.09	[22]
Racing Santander		11 November 2019	4 February 2020	12	1	6	5	10	14	−4	008.33	[23]
Racing Ferrol		10 February 2021	Present	161	73	44	44	197	154	+43	045.34	[24]
Career total				307	131	78	98	382	325	+57	042.67	—

Honours

Player

Barcelona

• La Liga: 1991–92
• Copa del Rey: 1987–88
• European Cup: 1991–92
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1988–89

Espanyol

• Copa del Rey: 1999–2000

Paris Saint-Germain

• UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2001^[25]
• Coupe de France runner-up: 2002–03

See also

• List of La Liga players (400+ appearances)

References

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2. Vega, Álvaro (16 February 2016). "Los diez cordobeses con más partidos en Primera" [The ten native from Córdoba with more matches in Primera]. ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 January 2022.
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8. Masachs, Xavier (28 June 2009). "Missió impossible" [Impossible mission]. El Punt (in Catalan). Retrieved 26 October 2017.
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10. 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.
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14. 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.
15. "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.
16. "El Racing rescinde el contrato de Cristóbal" [Racing terminate Cristóbal's contract]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 4 February 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
17. Valencia, José (10 February 2021). "Cristóbal Parralo será el nuevo entrenador del Racing de Ferrol" [Cristóbal Parralo will be the new manager of Racing de Ferrol]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 June 2021.
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External links

• Cristóbal Parralo at BDFutbol
• Cristóbal Parralo manager profile at BDFutbol
• Cristóbal Parralo – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
• Cristóbal Parralo at National-Football-Teams.com
• Cristóbal Parralo – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Cristóbal Parralo at EU-Football.info