Sergio Pelegrín

Sergio Pelegrín López (born 18 April 1979) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a central defender, and a current manager.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pelegrín and the second or maternal family name is López.
Sergio Pelegrín
Personal information
Full name Sergio Pelegrín López
Date of birth (1979-04-18) 18 April 1979
Place of birth Barcelona, Spain
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
Espanyol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2000 Espanyol B 20 (0)
2000–2001 Mallorca B 32 (0)
2001–2003 Zaragoza B 67 (7)
2003–2004 Girona 29 (1)
2004–2007 Alicante 104 (7)
2007–2009 Salamanca 67 (2)
2009–2010 Rayo Vallecano 36 (2)
2010–2015 Elche 120 (6)
2015–2016 Alavés 36 (3)
2016–2017 Elche 33 (2)
Total 544 (30)
National team
1997 Spain U17 5 (0)
1997 Spain U18 5 (0)
1998 Spain U20 2 (1)
Teams managed
2017–2018 Getafe (assistant)
2019–2020 Elche B
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He played 260 Segunda División games during his career, scoring a combined 15 goals for Salamanca, Rayo Vallecano, Elche (two spells) and Alavés. In La Liga, he appeared for the third club.

Club career

Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Pelegrín spent until the age of 28 playing in Segunda División B, where he represented RCD Espanyol B, RCD Mallorca B, Real Zaragoza B, Girona FC and Alicante CF. For the first and second clubs, he appeared in two official games apiece, in both cases in the UEFA Intertoto Cup.[1]

Subsequently, Pelegrín moved to Segunda División, appearing for UD Salamanca,[2] Rayo Vallecano[3] and Elche CF.[4] He scored a career-best four goals in 28 games in the 2011–12 season,[5] then started in all his 35 league appearances in the following campaign as the Valencian Community side returned to La Liga after 24 years.[6]

Pelegrín became the oldest player to make his debut in the Spanish top flight on 4 November 2013 at age 34, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 0–1 home loss against Villarreal CF.[7][8] On 30 June 2015, he signed a one-year deal with Deportivo Alavés in the second level.[9]

On 30 June 2016, after achieving another top level promotion, Pelegrín left Alavés as his contract expired[10] and returned to his former club Elche.[11] He retired the following year at the age of 38, and joined Getafe CF's coaching staff under José Bordalás.[12]

In March 2019, Pelegrín took up the role of head coach at Elche CF Ilicitano.[13]

Managerial statistics
As of match played 28 September 2019
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Elche B 11 March 2019 Present 16 8 4 4 25 14 +11 050.00 [14]
Career total 16 8 4 4 25 14 +11 050.00 —

Honours

Elche

Alavés

References
  1. El filial del Espanyol, reforzado, inicia la Intertoto ante el Montpellier (Espanyol's reserves, strengthened, start Intertoto against Montpellier); El País, 17 July 1999 (in Spanish)
  2. Sergio Pelegrín estará cinco semanas de baja (Sergio Pelegrín will miss five weeks); Marca, 11 January 2009 (in Spanish)
  3. Sergio Pelegrín, un refuerzo de lujo para el centro de la defense (Sergio Pelegrín, deluxe signing for center of defense); Rayo Herald, 16 June 2009 (in Spanish)
  4. El Elche ficha a Sergio Pelegrín y Juan Quero, procedentes del Rayo Vallecano (Elche sign Sergio Pelegrín and Juan Quero, from Rayo Vallecano); Diario AS, 6 August 2010 (in Spanish)
  5. Un defensa con alma de pichichi (Defender with the soul of a pichichi); Marca, 5 October 2011 (in Spanish)
  6. El Elche vuelve a la elite 25 años después (Elche return to the elite 25 years later); Mundo Deportivo, 11 August 2013 (in Spanish)
  7. Uche wins it for Villarreal Archived 27 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine; ESPN FC, 4 November 2013
  8. Pelegrín, orgulloso de ser el jugador más veterano en debutar en Primera (Pelegrín, proud to be most veteran player to make Primera debut); Ideal, 6 August 2010 (in Spanish)
  9. El Deportivo Alavés cierra el fichaje del defensa Sergio Pelegrín (Deportivo Alavés complete signing of defender Sergio Pelegrín) Archived 30 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine; Deportivo Alavés, 30 June 2015 (in Spanish)
  10. Sergio Pelegrín se desvincula del Deportivo Alavés (Sergio Pelegrín cuts ties with Deportivo Alavés); Deportivo Alavés, 30 June 2015 (in Spanish)
  11. Sergio Pelegrín vuelve a casa (Sergio Pelegrín returns home); Elche CF, 30 June 2016 (in Spanish)
  12. Sergio Pelegrín anuncia su retirada y se unirá al cuerpo técnico de Bordalás en el Getafe (Sergio Pelegrín announces retirement and he will join Bordalás' coaching staff at Getafe)‚ Onda Cero, 17 July 2017 (in Spanish)
  13. "Pelegrín asume el reto de salvar al Ilicitano en su debut como técnico" [Pelegrín takes on challenge of saving Ilicitano in his managerial debut]. Diario Información (in Spanish). 15 March 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  14. "Ilicitano" (in Spanish). Resultados Fútbol. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
    "Ilicitano" (in Spanish). Resultados Fútbol. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
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