Vicente Parras Campello (born 18 November 1975) is a Spanish retired

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who played as a central defender, and is the

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of CD Alcoyano.

Coaching career

Born in

Alicante Alicante ( ca-valencia, Alacant) is a city and municipality in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is the capital of the province of Alicante and a historic Mediterranean port. The population of the city was 337,482 , the second-largest in th ...

but raised in Elche, also in the Valencian Community, Parras only played football at regional level. He started his managerial career at the age of just 16, coaching ACD Caja de Elche's youth sides. Parras joined Elche CF in 2010, after stints at

Torrellano CF Torrellano Club de Fútbol was a Spanish football team based in Torrellano (es), Elche, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 1983 it was dissolved 26 years later, and held home matches at ''Estadio Municipal de Torrellano'', with a capacity of ...

Hércules CF Hércules de Alicante Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. () is a Spanish football team in Alicante, in the autonomous community of Valencian Community. Founded on 25 October 1922, it currently plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 3 and plays its hom ...

and

Torrellano Illice CF Torrellano Illice Elche Parque Empresarial Club de Fútbol, known as Torrellano Illice, was a Spanish football team based in Torrellano, Elche, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 2009 and dissolved in 2011, it held home games at ''Polideporti ...

. In 2012, he was named

Vicente Mir Vicente Mir Arnau (born 3 June 1968) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a forward, currently manager of Torrent CF. Apart from one appearance for Valencia in La Liga, he spent his entire career as a player and manager in the lower div ...

's assistant at

Elche CF Ilicitano Elche Ilicitano Club de Fútbol, known officially as Elche Ilicitano is a Spanish football team based in Elche, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1932 as Club Deportivo Ilicitano, a farm team, it is the reserve team of Elche CF, ...

, a position he retained for three years. On 13 August 2015, following a short spell as an

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after Óscar Cano's resignation, Parras was named manager of the reserves. On 29 April 2017, he was promoted to the first team in place of the fired

Alberto Toril José Alberto Toril Rodríguez (born 7 July 1973) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a central midfielder, who currently Manager for Liga F club Real Madrid Femenino. He was mainly associated to Real Madrid during his ...

. Parras' first professional match occurred on 6 May 2017, a 0–1

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away loss against

RCD Mallorca Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, S.A.D. (, ca, Reial Club Deportiu Mallorca , ''Royal Sporting Club Mallorca''), commonly known as Real Mallorca or just Mallorca is a Spanish professional football club based in Palma on the island of Majorca in ...

. Subsequently, he had two separate spells in

Segunda División B Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Foot ...

with neighbouring

Ontinyent CF Ontinyent Club de Fútbol was a Spanish football team based in Ontinyent, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1947 it held home games at ''Estadio El Clariano'', with a capacity of 5,000 seats. On 28 March 2019, due to economic pr ...

, leaving in March 2019 after the club's dissolution. In June 2019, Parras was hired by CD Alcoyano in the Tercera División. He won all ten of his first fixtures, equalling a record in the history of Group VI of the league.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Parras, Vicente 1971 births Living people People from Alicante Spanish footballers Footballers from the Valencian Community Men's association football defenders Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol players Spanish football managers Segunda División managers Primera Federación managers Segunda División B managers Tercera División managers Elche CF Ilicitano managers Elche CF managers CD Alcoyano managers