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Óscar Téllez Gómez (born 2 April 1975) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a central defender. He was mostly known for his Alavés spell, and he made 144 La Liga appearances over six seasons and scored three goals (276 in all competitions).


Club career

Téllez was born in
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. After four years with modest clubs as well as the 1997–98 season in the
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with Deportivo Alavés (helping to a return to La Liga after a 42-year absence),¿Qué fue de Óscar Téllez, un central de leyenda en el Alavés? (What happened to Óscar Téllez, legendary stopper at Alavés?)
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, 21 December 2019 (in Spanish)
he joined Valencia CF for 1998–99 but, having made just one appearance, finished the campaign with neighbours Villarreal CF also in the first division. Although he played all the matches except two during his short spell, he could not prevent the team's eventual relegation. Subsequently, Téllez returned to Alavés whom had in turn retained top-flight status, contributing 33 appearances in 1999–2000 to help the
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overachieve for a final sixth place. On 5 March 2000, he scored his first goal in the competition, the game's only in an away win against Rayo Vallecano. The following season, Téllez was instrumental in both the domestic and European fronts, forming a solid defensive partnership with Antonio Karmona as Alavés reached the 2001 UEFA Cup final, lost to
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in extra time. He continued to feature prominently for the side the next four years, returning to the top tier at the end of 2004–05 and totalling 53 yellow cards and seven red during this timeframe. In early 2006, having quarrelled with the board of directors (amongst accusations he was grossly overweight, a condition which had bothered him on previous occasions), which featured the eccentric Dmitry Piterman, Téllez was fired, retiring from professional football shortly after.


International career

Téllez was capped four times by
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. He made his debut on 25 April 2001 in a friendly against
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, in Córdoba.


Post-retirement

After retiring, Téllez acted as manager to several amateur and youth clubs. At the same time, he worked in the Madrid–Barajas Airport as baggage handler.


Honours

Alavés *
Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commonly known as Segunda División or La Liga 2, and officially known as LaLiga HyperMotion for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spa ...
: 1997–98 Valencia *
UEFA Intertoto Cup The UEFA Intertoto Cup (from , "between" and , " betting pool"),Most precisely, from ( football pool); cf. originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition between European clubs. The competition was dis ...
: 1998El mejor Valencia de la historia nació hace 20 años con la Intertoto (The best Valencia in history was born 20 years ago with the Intertoto)
El Desmarque, 25 August 2018 (in Spanish)


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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tellez, Oscar 1975 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Madrid Men's association football central defenders La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Pontevedra CF footballers Deportivo Alavés players Valencia CF players Villarreal CF players Spain men's international footballers Spanish football managers Tercera División managers