Sergio Pelegrín López (born 18 April 1979) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a central defender. He was also a manager.
He played 260 Segunda División games during his career, totalling 15 goals for Salamanca, Rayo Vallecano, Elche (two spells) and Alavés. In La Liga, he appeared for the third club.
Playing career Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Pelegrín spent until the age of 28 playing in the Segunda División B, where he represented RCD Espanyol B, RCD Mallorca B, Deportivo Aragón, Girona FC and Alicante CF. For the first team of the first and second clubs, he appeared in two official games apiece, in both cases in the UEFA Intertoto Cup.El filial del Espanyol, reforzado, inicia la Intertoto ante el Montpellier (Espanyol's reserves, strengthened, start Intertoto against Montpellier); El País, 17 July 1999
Subsequently, Pelegrín moved to Segunda División, appearing for UD Salamanca,Sergio Pelegrín estará cinco semanas de baja (Sergio Pelegrín will miss five weeks); Marca, 11 January 2009 Rayo VallecanoSergio Pelegrín, un refuerzo de lujo para el centro de la defense (Sergio Pelegrín, deluxe signing for center of defense) ; Rayo Herald, 16 June 2009 and Elche CF.El Elche ficha a Sergio Pelegrín y Juan Quero, procedentes del Rayo Vallecano (Elche sign Sergio Pelegrín and Juan Quero, from Rayo Vallecano); Diario AS, 6 August 2010 He scored a career-best four goals in 28 games in the 2011–12 season,Un defensa con alma de pichichi (Defender with the soul of a pichichi); Marca, 5 October 2011 then started in all his 35 league appearances the following campaign as the Valencian Community side returned to La Liga after 24 years.El Elche vuelve a la elite 25 años después (Elche return to the elite 25 years later); Mundo Deportivo, 11 August 2013
Pelegrín became the oldest player to make his debut in the Spanish top flight on 4 November 2013 at age 34, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 0–1 home loss against Villarreal CF.Uche wins it for Villarreal ; ESPN FC, 4 November 2013Pelegrín, orgulloso de ser el jugador más veterano en debutar en Primera (Pelegrín, proud to be most veteran player to make Primera debut); Ideal, 6 August 2010 On 30 June 2015, he signed a one-year deal with Deportivo Alavés in the second tier.El Deportivo Alavés cierra el fichaje del defensa Sergio Pelegrín (Deportivo Alavés complete signing of defender Sergio Pelegrín) ; Deportivo Alavés, 30 June 2015
On 30 June 2016, after achieving another top-division promotion, Pelegrín left Alavés as his contract expiredSergio Pelegrín se desvincula del Deportivo Alavés (Sergio Pelegrín cuts ties with Deportivo Alavés); Deportivo Alavés, 30 June 2015 and returned to his former club Elche.Sergio Pelegrín vuelve a casa (Sergio Pelegrín returns home); Elche CF, 30 June 2016 He retired the following year aged 38, and joined Getafe CF's coaching staff under José Bordalás.Sergio Pelegrín anuncia su retirada y se unirá al cuerpo técnico de Bordalás en el Getafe (Sergio Pelegrín announces retirement and he will join Bordalás' coaching staff at Getafe)‚ Onda Cero, 17 July 2017
Coaching career In March 2019, Pelegrín took up the role of head coach at Elche CF Ilicitano. He was fired on 11 March 2020 after a poor run of results.
Pelegrín joined Sergio Mora's staff at Hércules CF on 15 July 2021.
Managerial statistics
+ Managerial record by team and tenureTeamNatFromToRecord Elche B11 March 2019Present Career total —
Honours Elche Segunda División: 2012–13
Alavés Segunda División: 2015–16
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