Óscar Pareja
Pareja while coaching FC Dallas.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Óscar Alexander Pareja Gómez | ||
| Date of birth | 10 August 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Medellin, Colombia | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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FC Dallas (head coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1995 | Independiente Medellín | 263 | (18) |
| 1995–1998 | Deportivo Cali | 122 | (11) |
| 1998 | New England Revolution | 13 | (0) |
| 1998–2005 | FC Dallas | 170 | (13) |
| Total | 568 | (42) | |
| National team | |||
| 1991–1996 | Colombia | 11 | (3) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2005–2007 | FC Dallas (assistant) | ||
| 2007–2008 | United States U-17 (assistant) | ||
| 2008–2011 | FC Dallas (assistant) | ||
| 2012–2014 | Colorado Rapids | ||
| 2014– | FC Dallas | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Óscar Alexander Pareja Gómez (born 10 August 1968) is a Colombian former football midfielder. He is currently the head coach of FC Dallas of Major League Soccer. Pareja is nicknamed El Generalito, the Little General, but is now called Papi.
Pareja came up through the youth system of Atlético Nacional; however, he began his professional career in 1987, debuting for renowned club Independiente Medellín. In his debut, he assisted on the winning goal in a 1-0 victory. He played eight years with the club, from 1987 to 1995, helping them to be Categoría Primera A runners-up in 1993, and leading them to a respectable performance in the 1994 Copa Libertadores. In 1995, Deportivo Cali purchased Pareja from Independiente Medellín; he paid immediate dividends, helping Cali to a championship in the 1995-1996 season, their first in 22 years. He would stay with them four years.
Pareja then signed with Major League Soccer (MLS) of the United States. After joining MLS, Pareja was allocated to the New England Revolution on 26 May 1998, but was soon traded to the Dallas Burn for Mexican forward Damian Alvarez. This decision was one of several poor trades that the Revolution made during this period, as Pareja would go on to become a fixture in Dallas' midfield for years to come, and Damian would only play two games with the Revs before leaving the league. Although Pareja played little for Dallas in 1998, he earned himself a place at the center of Dallas's midfield for the 1999 season, playing 27 games and scoring four goals and six assists, while coordinating the Burn attack. He remained in this position for six more years, playing in 189 regular season games for Dallas, while scoring 13 goals and 52 assists, and was named to the MLS Best XI in 2002. He announced he would retire following the 2005 MLS season and remained with the club, now renamed as FC Dallas, as an assistant coach.
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