Albert Carbó Benavent (born 8 August 1990) is a Spanish retired

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who played as either a defender or a

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. He is the current manager of

Real Unión Real Unión Club, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Irun, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country, in the province of Gipuzkoa, near the border with France. Founded on 15 May 1915 it currently plays in Primera División RF ...

Playing career

Born in

Peralada Peralada () is a village in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. It was the home of the Frankish Counts of Peralada who controlled this portion of the Marca Hispanica before becoming part of the lands held by the Count of Barcelona. Figuer ...

Girona Girona (; ) is the capital city of the Province of Girona in the autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain, at the confluence of the Ter, Onyar, Galligants, and Güell rivers. The city had an official population of 106,476 in 2024, but the p ...

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, Carbó was a youth product of

Girona FC Girona Futbol Club, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. ( ) is a Spanish professional Football team, football club based in Girona, Catalonia, Spain. Founded on 23 July 1930, the team plays in La Liga, to which they gained promotion in the 2022 ...

. In 2009, after finishing his formation, he returned to his hometown and joined

CF Peralada Club de Futbol Peralada is a Spanish football team based in Peralada, in Province of Girona of the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1915, it plays in , holding home matches at ''Municipal de Peralada'' with a capacity of 1,500 seats. ...

in the

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. In 2012, Carbó moved to , but retired shortly after in 2013.

Managerial career

After retiring and spending a period in Denmark with

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, Carbó returned to Peralada and started working as manager of the ''Cadete'' squad in 2015. In May 2018, he moved to

UE Figueres Unió Esportiva Figueres is a Spanish football team based in Figueres, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1919 and refounded in 2007 it plays in the , holding home matches at ''Estadi Municipal de Vilatenim'', with a seating cap ...

as a youth coordinator, before being later named manager of the ''Juvenil B'' side. On 3 June 2019, Carbó returned to Peralada after being appointed manager of the main squad in

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

. He renewed his contract until 2022 on 11 February of the following year, but opted to leave on 15 June 2021, after avoiding relegation. On 16 June 2021, Carbó was named at the helm of

UE Olot Unió Esportiva Olot, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Olot, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1921, it plays in , holding home games at ''Estadi Municipal d'Olot'', with a capacity of 3,000 seats. History The histo ...

in Tercera División RFEF. On 29 March of the following year, after a 2–1 loss to former club Peralada which took the club out of the first position, he was sacked. In January 2023, Carbó moved to England and joined

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's staff at

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, as a coach. On 4 December 2024, he returned to managerial duties after being named Mikel Llorente's replacement at

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side

. On 30 May 2025, after suffering relegation, Carbó left Real Unión.

Managerial statistics

References

External links

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Albert Carbó manager profile
at BDFutbol * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Carbo, Albert 1990 births Living people People from Alt Empordà Footballers from the Province of Girona Spanish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders Primera Catalana players CF Peralada players Spanish football managers Primera Federación managers Tercera División managers Tercera Federación managers UE Olot managers Real Unión managers Aston Villa F.C. non-playing staff Spanish expatriate football managers Spanish expatriate sportspeople in England 21st-century Spanish sportsmen