Miguel Pallardó

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). 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, 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. He scored his first goal as a senior on 8 November, helping to a 2–1 home win against CD Tenerife. After a successful season a further loan was agreed, and Pallardó was an even more important first-team member – 35 games, 2,662 minutes– 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. On 17 June 2011, Pallardó finally cut ties with Getafe and signed a permanent three-year deal for €200.000. 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. On 31 January 2013, Pallardó was loaned to UD Almería of the second tier until…

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

Hearts

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