Personal information | |||
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Full name | Narcís Pèlach Nadal [1] | ||
Date of birth | 5 September 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Girona, Spain | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Norwich City (assistant) | ||
Youth career | |||
1994–2007 | Girona | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
2007–2010 | Cassà | ||
2010–2011 | Manlleu | ||
2011–2014 | Palamós | ||
2014–2016 | Figueres | 59 | (2) |
Managerial career | |||
2014–2016 | Figueres (youth) | ||
2016–2018 | Figueres | ||
2018–2019 | Peralada | ||
2019–2020 | Girona (assistant) | ||
2020–2023 | Huddersfield Town (assistant) | ||
2022 | Huddersfield Town (interim) | ||
2023 | Huddersfield Town (interim) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Narcís Pèlach Nadal (born 5 September 1988), sometimes known as Chicho, is a Spanish football coach and former player who is a first-team coach of EFL Championship club Norwich City.
Pèlach was born in Girona, Catalonia, and joined the youth categories of hometown club Girona at the age of five. [2] He left the side in August 2007, and signed for Tercera División newcomers UD Cassà. [3] [4]
On 24 June 2010, after Cassá's relegation, Pèlach moved to fellow fourth tier side AEC Manlleu. [5] He joined Palamós in the Primera Catalana in July of the following year, [6] and helped in their promotion back to the fourth division in his first season.
On 29 May 2014, Pèlach and teammate Ritxi signed for Figueres still in the fourth level. [7] He retired in May 2016, aged just 25. [8]
Immediately after joining Figueres, Pèlach started working as a coach of their Juvenil B team, being named in charge of the Juvenil A side on 28 July 2015. [9] On 17 May 2016, after retiring, he was presented as manager of the first team. [8]
On 4 January 2018, Pèlach was presented as Peralada-Girona B manager, with the farm team of Girona, playing in Segunda División B. [10] On 6 June 2018, after leading the side to a 9th place finish, he renewed his contract until 2020. [11]
In June 2019, after Peralada's relegation and their affiliation with Girona ended, Pèlach was named Juan Carlos Unzué's assistant at Girona's first team. [12] In October, after Unzué was sacked and José Luis Martí was named the new manager, he and fellow assistant Juan Carlos Moreno were fired from the club. [13]
On 24 July 2020, Pèlach moved abroad for the first time in his career and joined Carlos Corberán's staff at English club Huddersfield Town. [14] He was appointed interim head coach in September 2022, [15] winning his only game in charge, before Mark Fotheringham took over. [16] Pèlach was again named interim manager of Huddersfield in February 2023, replacing Fotheringham. [17] [18] His spell lasted six days, as the club appointed Neil Warnock.[ citation needed]
In May 2023, Pèlach joined Norwich City as a first-team coach. [19]