Miguel Pallardó

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pallardó and the second or maternal family name is González.

Miguel Pallardó
Personal information
Full name Miguel Pallardó González[1]
Date of birth (1986-09-05) 5 September 1986 (age 38)[1]
Place of birth Alaquàs, Spain[1]
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Valencia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2007 Valencia B 42 (0)
2005–2008 Valencia 11 (0)
2007–2008 → Getafe (loan) 17 (0)
2008–2011 Getafe 0 (0)
2008–2011 → Levante (loan) 86 (2)
2011–2014 Levante 16 (0)
2013 → Almería (loan) 10 (0)
2014–2016 Hearts 39 (1)
2017 V-Varen Nagasaki 4 (0)
2018 Murcia 5 (0)
Total 230 (3)
International career
2002–2003 Spain U17 5 (0)
2004 Spain U19 2 (0)
2007 Spain U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Miguel Pallardó González (born 5 September 1986) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

He played 68 La Liga matches in seven seasons, representing in the competition Valencia, Getafe and Levante. In 2014, he signed with Hearts.

Club career

Valencia

Born in Alaquàs, Valencian Community, Pallardó played a similar role to David Albelda as a holding midfielder. He was promoted from Valencia CF's youth academy for 2006–07, and appeared in ten La Liga games during the season after having featured once in 2004–05 (which was his debut in the competition, playing ten minutes in a 2–2 draw at RCD Espanyol on 15 May 2005).[2]

Pallardó spent the entire 2005–06 campaign with the reserves in the Tercera División.

Getafe and Levante

Pallardó was loaned to Getafe CF in July 2007,[3][4] playing 14 top-division matches in his first year. In August 2008, already owned by the Madrid-based club, he was loaned to Segunda División side Levante UD for the 2008–09 campaign, thus returning to his native region.[5] He scored his first goal as a senior on 8 November, helping to a 2–1 home win against CD Tenerife.[6]

After a successful season a further loan was agreed,[7] and Pallardó was an even more important first-team member – 35 games, 2,662 minutes[8]– as the team returned to the top flight after a two-year absence. He was again regularly used in 2010–11, and Levante finally retained their league status.[9]

On 17 June 2011, Pallardó finally cut ties with Getafe and signed a permanent three-year deal for €200.000.[10] During his second spell at the Estadi Ciutat de València, he failed to make his breakthrough in the starting XI, also dealing with injury problems.[11][9]

On 31 January 2013, Pallardó was loaned to UD Almería of the second tier until June.[12][13]

Hearts

In August 2014, Pallardó underwent a trial with FC Sochaux-Montbéliard of France, but ultimately no permanent deal was reached between both parties. On 11 September, he signed a one-year contract with Scotland's Heart of Midlothian.[14] He made the squad for the first time two days later, remaining an unused substitute in a goalless draw away to Dumbarton.[15]

Pallardó made his competitive debut for his new club on 4 October 2014, replacing Prince Buaben for the last 12 minutes of a 3–0 win at Queen of the South.[16] He scored his first goal on 31 January of the following year, opening a 4–1 away victory over Alloa Athletic after five minutes.[17]

On 29 May 2015, after contributing to his team's promotion with 23 appearances, Pallardó extended his stay at Hearts for a further season.[18] Roughly one year later, it was announced he would be released.[19]

International career

Pallardó was first called into the Spain under-21 team in 2007, playing twice during that year.[20] He also represented the nation at two other youth levels.

Honours

Hearts

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Miguel PALLARDÓ González". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  2. ^ Gómez Montes, Jorge (15 May 2005). "Velamazán engancha al Espanyol a la lucha por entrar en la Champions" [Velamazán brings Espanyol into Champions qualification fight]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  3. ^ Giménez, J.; Furió, L. (22 March 2007). "Alexis jugará en el Valencia hasta 2013" [Alexis will play in Valencia until 2013]. Las Provincias (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Los ex valencianistas Pallardó y Pablo Hernández ya lucen en Getafe" [Former Valencia men Pallardó and Pablo Hernández already shining in Getafe]. Marca (in Spanish). 11 July 2007. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Parri y Pallardó, presentados como nuevos jugadores del Levante UD" [Parri and Pallardó, presented as new Levante UD players] (in Spanish). Levante UD. 13 August 2008. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
  6. ^ "El Levante se reencuentra con la victoria" [Levante rediscover winning ways]. Marca (in Spanish). 8 November 2008. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  7. ^ "Pallardó jugará cedido en el Levante UD la próxima temporada" [Pallardó will play for Levante UD on loan the next season] (in Spanish). Levante UD. 17 June 2009. Archived from the original on 21 June 2009. Retrieved 5 July 2009.
  8. ^ "Levante: sigue Pallardó" [Levante: Pallardó continues.] (in Spanish). esFutbol. 16 July 2010. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  9. ^ a b Martí, Lourdes (23 May 2014). "Adiós a uno de los artífices del ascenso" [Farewell to one of the promotion stalwarts]. Las Provincias (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  10. ^ "Pallardó crecerá en el Levante" [Pallardó will grow in Levante]. Levante-EMV (in Spanish). 18 June 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  11. ^ "Pallardó, tres semanas de baja" [Pallardó, three weeks out]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 22 September 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  12. ^ "Pallardó, un centrocampista de corte defensivo para el Almería" [Pallardó, defensive-minded midfielder for Almería] (in Spanish). UD Almería. 31 January 2013. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  13. ^ Laynez, Pablo (1 February 2013). "Pallardó llega cedido" [Pallardó arrives on loan]. Diario de Almería (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  14. ^ "Spanish 'Aye' for Jambos". Heart of Midlothian F.C. 11 September 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  15. ^ "Dumbarton 0–0 Heart of Midlothian". BBC Sport. 13 September 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  16. ^ Crawford, Kenny (4 October 2014). "Queen of the South 0–3 Heart of Midlothian". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  17. ^ "Alloa Athletic 1–4 Heart of Midlothian". BBC Sport. 31 January 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  18. ^ a b "New deal for Miguel". Heart of Midlothian F.C. 29 May 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  19. ^ "Blazej Augustyn & Miguel Pallardo to leave Hearts". BBC Sport. 10 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  20. ^ "La selección sub-21 prepara en Oliva la fase de clasificación para la Eurocopa'09" [Under-21 national team prepare Eurocup'09 qualifying phase in La Oliva]. Marca (in Spanish). 29 May 2007. Retrieved 14 July 2015.