Alexandre "Alex" Pallarés Piquer (born 26 May 1979) is a Spanish

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Career

Born in

Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

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, Pallarés moved to

Valencia Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia (r ...

at an early age. After suffering an injury at the age of 19 while playing for

CD Onda Club Deportivo Onda is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Onda, Castellón, in the autonomous community of Valencia (autonomous community), Valencia. Founded in 1921 it plays in , holding home games at ''Estadio La ...

, the club offered him to coach the under-17 squad while recovering. He subsequently retired and started a managerial career. Pallarés continued to work in the youth categories, having spells at

Villarreal CF Villarreal Club de Fútbol, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D., usually abbreviated to Villarreal CF, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Villarreal, in the Province of Castellón, Castellón province of easte ...

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and

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. On 23 May 2016, he was named manager of Venezuelan side

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for the remainder of the season. On 24 November 2016, after finishing second in the Clausura and helping his side qualify to the

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, Pallarés resigned for personal reasons. He returned to the club the following 30 May, but left on a mutual agreement on 21 March 2018. On 23 May 2018, Pallarés was appointed as

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's manager, but resigned on 20 November, again for personal reasons. On 3 July of the following year, he took over

UD Los Barrios Unión Deportiva Los Barrios is a Spanish football team based in Los Barrios, Province of Cádiz, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1993, it plays in . The team holds home games at ''Estadio San Rafael'', with a 2,500-seat capa ...

in his country's

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 ...

, but resigned on 9 January 2020. On 6 October 2020, Pallarés was appointed at the helm of

CF Gandía Club de Fútbol Gandía is a Spanish football team based in Gandia, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1947 it plays in , holding home matches at '' Estadio Guillermo Olagüe'', with a capacity of 6,000 seats. Season to season ...

in the regional leagues. He was sacked on 25 November, after only one win in six matches, and returned to South America the following 5 January to take over

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; on 8 February, however, he had to step down due to health issues. Pallarés returned to Táchira on 24 December 2021, in the place of Juan Domingo Tolisano. He left on a mutual agreement the following 19 August. On 22 November 2022, Pallarés returned to his home country after being named manager of

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in the

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. He left the following 22 May, after their

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. On 21 November 2023, Pallarés returned to South America after taking over

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, newly-promoted to the

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. He left the club by mutual consent on 14 April 2025.

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