Cristóbal Parralo Aguilera (born 21 August 1967), known simply as Cristóbal as a player, is a Spanish retired professional footballer, currently manager of Racing de Ferrol.
Cristóbal was scarcely played in his second stint, and returned to Oviedo: in the subsequent nine campaigns (three plus six at Barça neighbours RCD Espanyol) he rarely missed a game, and left Spain in 2001 with 454 La Liga appearances to his credit.[2][3] Aged 34, he still moved to Paris Saint-Germain FC, having two respectable Ligue 1 seasons before retiring at the end of 2002–03.[1]
On 24 October 2017, after Deportivo de La Coruña first-team manager Pepe Mel was fired due to poor results, Parralo moved from the reserve side and was appointed caretaker until the following 30 June.[11] After only three months in charge, and after conceding 14 goals in the last three matches (which included 7–1 and 5–0 away drubbings against Real Madrid and Real Sociedad, respectively), he was relieved of his duties.[12]
On 19 June 2018, Parralo was named coach of second division side AD Alcorcón.[13] He extended his contract in October to last until the end of the 2019–20 campaign, but was ousted a year early when Fran Fernández was named in his place.[14]
Parralo returned to the same league on 11 November 2019, replacing Iván Ania at a Racing de Santander side that had won one of 15 matches all season.[15] He left by mutual consent the following 4 February, having won once in 11 games for the last-placed team.[16]
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^"Cristóbal Parralo será presentado hoy" [Cristóbal Parralo will be presented today]. Diario de Ibiza (in Spanish). 11 February 2009. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
^Masachs, Xavier (28 June 2009). "Missió impossible" [Impossible mission]. El Punt (in Catalan). Retrieved 26 October 2017.