Pablo Gil Sarrión (born 8 October 1988) is a Spanish

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who plays for German club

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, mainly as a central defender but also as a right back. He played 37

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matches for Albacete at the start of his career, followed by 87 in

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for four teams, and also had a brief spell with Sparta Prague in the Czech Republic.

Club career

Born in Murcia, Gil joined Albacete Balompié at the age of six, going on to represent all of its youth leagues. In 2007, he was promoted to the first team, eventually appearing in three full

seasons with the club; his debut in the competition was on 26 August 2007, playing 28 minutes in a 0–1 home loss against Elche CF. Even though he initially denied it in March 2010, Gil signed for two years with

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and, in the ensuing off-season, played two

campaigns with

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's reserves. He was featured in just 15 games in his second one (14 in the regular season plus one in playoffs, as he returned to the second level after five years. Gil agreed to a three-year contract with AC Sparta Prague in the summer of 2012, becoming the first Spaniard to ever play for the team. He returned to his country and Albacete in the following transfer window, however, only on loan; in 2017, Czech news site iSport named him as second worst foreign player to appear in the Czech First League. In September 2013 Gil was again loaned to his country's third tier, this time to Caudal Deportivo, and played four matches (one start) as they were relegated. He left halfway through their Tercera División campaign for Fútbol Alcobendas Sport in January 2015, before stepping up a level to

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that August. After a year back in the fourth tier with

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, Gil went abroad again in June 2017 to join FC 08 Villingen of the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg ( fifth German level) alongside compatriot Cristián Sánchez. A year later, he was signed by

in the

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, one step higher.

International career

Gil's only international caps for Spain were all five matches for the under-19 team at the 2007 UEFA European Championship in Austria. The team won the title with a single goal in the final against Greece at the '' Linzer Stadion'' on 27 July.

Honours

Club

Real Madrid Castilla *

: 2011–12

International

Spain U19 * UEFA European Under-19 Championship:

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gil, Pablo 1988 births Living people Spanish footballers Footballers from the Region of Murcia Association football defenders Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Albacete Balompié players Real Madrid Castilla footballers Caudal Deportivo footballers CD Paracuellos Antamira players Mérida AD players Internacional de Madrid players Czech First League players AC Sparta Prague players Regionalliga players TSG Balingen players Spain youth international footballers Spanish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in the Czech Republic Expatriate footballers in Germany Spanish expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Germany