Carlos Alós Ferrer (born 21 July 1975) is a Spanish

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, currently in charge of the

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Career

Playing career

Alós was born in

Tortosa Tortosa (; ) is the capital of the ''Catalonia/Comarques, comarca'' of Baix Ebre, in Catalonia, Spain. Tortosa is located at above sea level, by the Ebro river, protected on its northern side by the mountains of the Cardó Massif, of which Buin ...

Tarragona Tarragona (, ; Phoenician: ''Tarqon''; la, Tarraco) is a port city located in northeast Spain on the Costa Daurada by the Mediterranean Sea. Founded before the fifth century BC, it is the capital of the Province of Tarragona, and part of Tar ...

Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ...

, and started his career with his hometown club

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in 1993. A

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, he never appeared in any higher than

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during his playing days, representing CF La Sénia,

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CD Don Benito Club Deportivo Don Benito is a Spanish football team based in Don Benito, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. Founded in 1928 it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 4, holding home matches at ''Estadio Vicente Sanz'', with a capacit ...

, Tortosa, CF Amposta, UE Remolins-Bítem, CD Roquetenc and CF Jesús Catalonia, retiring with the latter in 2008 at the age of 33.

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. 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. In January 2010, he moved abroad for the first time in his career, joining

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side

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's assistant. Alós left Hong Kong in 2011 and joined

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's academy in

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, Poland. On 16 January 2015, he took over Pogon Siedlce in the same country, but left the club in May. In August 2015, Alós moved to Kazakhstan, helping the

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in their project of development of youth football before being appointed manager of the under-17s in January 2017. On 26 July of that year, he was announced as the new manager of

FC Kairat Football Club Kairat ( kk, Qaırat Fýtbol Klýby) is a professional association football, football club based in Almaty, which plays in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest level of Football in Kazakhstan, Kazakh football. Founded in 1954 ...

, agreeing a deal until the end of the season. On 28 November 2017, Alós extended his contract with Kairat for another two years. He left by mutual consent the following 15 October. On 20 January 2019, Alós was appointed

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manager. He left by mutual accord on 10 June, only a month after signing a two-year extension, with the team from the

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having finished 13th. On 14 June 2019,

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signed Alós on a two-year deal. He was replaced by

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during the first half of the season, due to poor form. Alós was hired by

Enosis Neon Paralimni FC Enosis Neon Paralimni Football Club ( el, Ένωση Νέων Παραλιμνίου, ''Enosi Neon Paralimniou'', "Youth Union of Paralimni"), commonly referred to as ENP, is a Cypriot football team from Paralimni. Currently playing in the firs ...

of the

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in September 2020, starting at a team with no points from four games. In March 2022, Alós was appointed manager of

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Manager statistics

Honours

Manager

Kairat *

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