Pedro Pareja Duque (born 28 April 1989), commonly known as Pedrito, is a Spanish

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who plays for

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as a

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Football career

Born in

Canet de Mar Canet de Mar () is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality in the Comarques of Catalonia, ''comarca'' of the Maresme in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the coast between Arenys de Mar and Sant Pol de Mar. and el Montnegre ranges. It is a tour ...

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, Pedrito joined

Málaga CF Málaga Club de Fútbol (, ''Málaga Football Club''), or simply Málaga, is a club based in Málaga, Andalusia, Spain, who compete in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system, Spanish league system, following the ...

in the summer of 2007 from amateurs UE Vilassar de Mar. He spent the vast majority of his spell with the

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ns with the reserves in

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, scoring 14 goals in his second year as the team eventually failed to promote in the playoffs. Pedrito made his first-team debut on 13 December 2009, coming on as a substitute for

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in the last minutes of a 1–1 away draw against

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.Draw does little to help Malaga

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, 13 December 2009 He made a further two

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appearances during that season, totalling 61 minutes. In June 2010, Pedrito's contract expired and was not renewed by Málaga. Subsequently, he returned to his native region and joined fourth level club

UE Llagostera C.F. Badalona Futur Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Badalona, Province of Barcelona, Barcelona, in the Autonomous Community of Catalonia. Founded in 1947, it currently plays ...

. From

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, Pedrito competed in the

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pedrito 1989 births Living people People from Canet de Mar Footballers from the Province of Barcelona Spanish men's footballers Men's association football forwards La Liga players Segunda División B players Tercera División players UE Vilassar de Mar players Atlético Malagueño players Málaga CF players Som Maresme FC players CF Reus Deportiu players CE Mataró players Cypriot First Division players Doxa Katokopias FC players Nea Salamis Famagusta FC players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus 21st-century Spanish sportsmen