Óscar Pareja
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Pareja with FC Dallas in 2008 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Óscar Alexander Pareja Gómez | ||
| Date of birth | 10 August 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Medellín, Colombia | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| 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) | |
| International career | |||
| 1991–1996 | Colombia | 11 | (3) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2005–2007 | FC Dallas (assistant) | ||
| 2007–2008 | United States U-17 (assistant) | ||
| 2008–2011 | FC Dallas (assistant) | ||
| 2012–2014 | Colorado Rapids | ||
| 2014–2018 | FC Dallas | ||
| 2018–2019 | Tijuana | ||
| 2019–2026 | Orlando City | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Óscar Alexander Pareja Gómez (born 10 August 1968) is a Colombian professional football manager and former player who most recently was the head coach of Major League Soccer club Orlando City. Pareja is nicknamed El Generalito, the Little General, but is now called Papi.
Pareja came up through the youth ranks of Independiente Medellín and spent eight years playing for the club, and with them, he broke into the Colombia national team, before transferring to fellow Colombian club Deportivo Cali. Pareja then moved to the United States, where he spent a single season with the New England Revolution before moving to FC Dallas, where he stayed seven years and then retired from playing.
After retiring from playing football, Pareja began his management career as an assistant at FC Dallas before spending a year as an assistant coach to the United States U17s. Pareja then returned for three years to FC Dallas before taking his first head coach job at the Colorado Rapids. Following two years at the helm of the Rapids, Pareja returned to FC Dallas as head coach for four years before moving for a year to Mexican club Tijuana. In 2019, Pareja took the head coaching job at Orlando City. On 11 March 2026, Pareja and Orlando City mutually agreed to part ways after losing its first three matches of the 2026 MLS season.