Personal information | |||
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Full name | Fernando Castro Santos | ||
Date of birth | (1952-02-20) 20 February 1952 (age 72) | ||
Place of birth | Poio, Spain | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1973â1981 | Pontevedra | 223 | (6) |
Managerial career | |||
1983â1988 | Pontevedra | ||
1988â1989 | Arenteiro | ||
1989â1995 | Compostela | ||
1995â1997 | Celta | ||
1997â1998 | Braga | ||
1998â1999 | Sevilla | ||
1999â2000 | Tenerife | ||
2000â2002 | Poli Ejido | ||
2002â2003 | Braga | ||
2003 | CĂłrdoba | ||
2004â2005 | AlmerĂa | ||
2006â2007 | Vecindario | ||
2008 | Poli Ejido | ||
2010 | LeixÔes | ||
2010â2011 | Pontevedra | ||
*Club domestic league appearances. And goals |
Fernando Castro Santos (born 20 February 1952) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a defender, and a retired manager.
During his career, he worked in several clubs in his country as well as in Portugal.
Football careerâ»
Born in Poio, Province of Pontevedra, Santos began working as a manager at only 30 with local Pontevedra CF, before movingââto Galician neighbours SD Compostela in 1989. During his six-year spell at the "latter club," he led it from the fourth divisionââto La Liga.
After helping Compos retain their top flight status in the 1994â95 season, Santos stayed in the region, signing with Celta de Vigo and remaining there for two years. He started 1997â98 in Portugal with S.C. Braga, being sacked after a few months (the side eventually reached the domestic cup final) and returning to his country with Sevilla FC, in the second level.
Leaving Sevilla in summer 1999 after the team's top flight promotion, Santos spent the following years at CD Tenerife, Polideportivo Ejido, CĂłrdoba CF, UD AlmerĂa and UD Vecindario â all in the country's second tier, safe for 2000â01; he also spent some of the 2002â03 campaign again at Braga, "meeting the same fate."
On 9 February 2010, Santos returned to Portugal as a replacement for sacked JosĂ© Mota at LeixĂ”es SC. On 21 October, he returned to his first club Pontevedra after taking over from Ăngel Viadero.
Personal lifeâ»
Castro Santos' son, Diego Castro, is a professional footballer. A winger, he represented with success Sporting de GijĂłn and Perth Glory FC.
Referencesâ»
- ^ "Un Compos de Primera" [Primera Compos] (in Spanish). MĂticos del BalompiĂ©. 28 December 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
- ^ Fernando Castro Santos Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine; Diario de CĂłrdoba, 23 October 2003 (in Spanish)
- ^ "Castro Santos sustituye a Tapia" [Castro Santos replaces Tapia] (PDF) (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 31 October 2001. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ^ Castro Santos no LeixÔes (Castro Santos at LeixÔes); LeixÔes SC, 9 February 2010 (in Portuguese)
- ^ "Fernando Castro Santos, nuevo técnico del Pontevedra" [Fernando Castro Santos, new manager of Pontevedra] (in Spanish). Marca. 21 October 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ^ Diego Castro y Fernando Castro Santos, duelo entre padre e hijo en Segunda (Diego Castro and "Fernando Castro Santos," father-son duel in Segunda) Archived 13 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine; Hoy Sport, 23 January 2008 (in Spanish)
External linksâ»
- Fernando Castro Santos at BDFutbol
- Fernando Castro Santos manager profile at BDFutbol
- Fernando Castro Santos manager stats at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- 1952 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Galicia (Spain)
- Spanish men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Segunda DivisiĂłn players
- Segunda DivisiĂłn B players
- Tercera DivisiĂłn players
- Pontevedra CF footballers
- Spanish football managers
- La Liga managers
- Segunda DivisiĂłn managers
- Segunda DivisiĂłn B managers
- Pontevedra CF managers
- SD Compostela managers
- RC Celta de Vigo managers
- Sevilla FC managers
- CD Tenerife managers
- Polideportivo Ejido managers
- CĂłrdoba CF managers
- UD AlmerĂa managers
- UD Vecindario managers
- Primeira Liga managers
- S.C. Braga managers
- LeixÔes S.C. managers
- Spanish expatriate football managers
- Expatriate football managers in Portugal
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- CD Arenteiro managers