Pablo Gil Sarrión (born 8 October 1988) is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a central defender, and current manager of Spanish club Colmenar Viejo.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pablo Gil Sarrión | ||
| Date of birth | 8 October 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Murcia, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Colmenar Viejo (Manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1995–2007 | Albacete | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2010 | Albacete | 37 | (1) |
| 2010–2012 | Real Madrid B | 22 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | Sparta Prague | 2 | (0) |
| 2013 | → Albacete (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | → Caudal (loan) | 18 | (1) |
| 2015 | Alcobendas Sport | 7 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Mérida | 11 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Internacional Madrid | 26 | (3) |
| 2017–2018 | FC 08 Villingen | 24 | (3) |
| 2018–2020 | TSG Balingen | 22 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Colmenar Viejo | ||
| International career | |||
| 2007 | Spain U19 | 5 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2023– | Colmenar Viejo | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He played 37 Segunda División matches for Albacete at the start of his career, followed by 87 in Segunda División B for four teams, and also had a brief spell with Sparta Prague in the Czech Republic.
Club career
editBorn in Murcia, Gil joined Albacete Balompié at the age of six, going on to represent all of its youth leagues. In 2007, he was promoted to the first team, eventually appearing in three full Segunda División seasons with the club;[1][2] his debut in the competition was on 26 August 2007, playing 28 minutes in a 0–1 home loss against Elche CF.[3]
Even though he initially denied it in March 2010,[4] Gil signed for two years with Real Madrid Castilla and, in the ensuing off-season, played two Segunda División B campaigns with Real Madrid's reserves. He was featured in just 15 games in his second one (14 in the regular season plus one in playoffs, as he returned to the second level after five years.
Gil agreed to a three-year contract with AC Sparta Prague in the summer of 2012,[5] becoming the first Spaniard to ever play for the team.[6] He returned to his country and Albacete in the following transfer window, however, only on loan;[7] in 2017, Czech news site iSport named him as second worst foreign player to appear in the Czech First League.[8]
In September 2013 Gil was again loaned to his country's third tier, this time to Caudal Deportivo,[9] and played four matches (one start) as they were relegated. He left halfway through their Tercera División campaign for Fútbol Alcobendas Sport in January 2015, before stepping up a level to Mérida AD that August.[10]
After a year back in the fourth tier with CF Internacional de Madrid, Gil went abroad again in June 2017 to join FC 08 Villingen of the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg (fifth German level) alongside compatriot Cristián Sánchez.[11] A year later, he was signed by TSG Balingen in the Regionalliga, one step higher.[12]
International career
editGil's only international caps for Spain were all five matches for the under-19 team at the 2007 UEFA European Championship in Austria. The team won the title with a single goal in the final against Greece at the Linzer Stadion on 27 July.[13]
Coaching career
editIn August 2020, alongside playing a bit for Spanish club Colmenar Viejo, Gil worked as head coach for Getafe CF's U-19 varsity team and later also at the Escuela de Fútbol AFE.[14]
In October 2022 it was confirmed, that Gil, from January 2023, would take charge of German club FC Bad Dürrheim.[15] However, it emerged in early January 2023 that Gil would not be the club's new coach after all, as he had received a professional coaching job offer in Spain.[16] In March 2023, he was hired as manager of Colmenar Viejo.[17]
Honours
editClub
editReal Madrid Castilla
International
editSpain U19
References
edit- ^ Royo, José Luis (8 February 2008). "Quique Hernández podría repetir el once que derrotó al Xerez" [Quique Hernández might repeat XI that beat Xerez]. La Verdad (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
- ^ Martínez, M. (13 March 2009). "Pablo Gil: "El fútbol es como la vida"" [Pablo Gil: "Football is like life"]. La Verdad (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 22 June 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
- ^ "Los hombres de David Vidal marcan de penalti y se encierran a cal y canto" [David Vidal's men score from a penalty and close ranks with all their might]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 27 August 2007. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- ^ "Pablo Gil niega que haya firmado con el Real Madrid" [Pablo Gil denies having signed with Real Madrid]. La Verdad (in Spanish). 11 March 2010. Archived from the original on 14 August 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
- ^ Ordóñez, Daniel (16 July 2012). "La liga checa se españoliza" [Czech League goes Spanish] (in Spanish). Czech Radio. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
- ^ "Pablo Gil, el primer español en el Sparta" [Pablo Gil, first Spaniard in Sparta]. Marca (in Spanish). Spain. 13 July 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
- ^ "Pablo Gil: "Le dije a Sparta de Praga que si salía era para venire a Albacete"" [Pablo Gil: "I told Sparta Prague that if i left i was coming to Albacete"]. Diario Sur (in Spanish). 31 January 2013. Archived from the original on 13 October 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
- ^ "VIDEO: 10 nejhorších cizinců v české lize. Spálila se Sparta i Slavia" [VIDEO: The 10 worst foreigners in the Czech league. Sparta and Slavia were burned] (in Czech). iSport. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
- ^ Del Camino, Mieres; Núñez, H. (3 September 2013). "El Caudal cierra su plantilla con el lateral Pablo Gil". La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ^ Anillo, Beatriz (13 August 2015). "Pablo Gil se hace romano" [Pablo Gil makes himself a Roman] (in Spanish). La Segunda B. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ^ "FC 08 Villingen verpflichtet zwei Spanier" [FC 08 Villingen signed two Spaniards]. Südkurier (in German). 21 June 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ^ Mußler, Ulrich (3 July 2018). "TSG Balingen holt Spanier Pablo Gil" [TSG Balingen bring in Spaniard Pablo Gil]. Schwarzwälder Bote (in German). Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ^ "España revalida su título gracias a un regalo griego" [Spain renew their title thanks to a Greek gift]. Faro de Vigo (in Spanish). 28 July 2007. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ^ Coaching Staff - Getafe International Madrid Football Academy, getafeinternational.com
- ^ Pablo Gil wird neuer Trainer des FC 1919 Bad Dürrheim, fupa.net, 18 October 2022
- ^ Trainerwechsel beim FC Bad Dürrheim geplatzt: Gil erhält Profivertrag, fupa.net, 15 January 2023
- ^ Presentamos al nuevo Cuerpo Técnico del Primer Equipo del Colmenar, ddcolmenarviejo.es, 16 March 2023