Fernando Andrés Gamboa (born 28 October 1970 in Marcos Juárez, Córdoba) is an Argentine football

manager Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includes the activities ...

and former player who played as a defender.

Playing career

Gamboa started his playing career in 1988 with

Newell's Old Boys Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys () is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario, Santa Fe. The club was founded on 3 November 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell of the English county of Kent, one of the pioneers of Argentine football. A ...

where he won two league championships. In 1991, he was part of the Argentina squad that won the Copa América 1991 He joined River Plate in 1993, and after 12 league games in the 1993–94 season he moved to Boca Juniors. Between 1996 and 1999 Gamboa played for Oviedo in Spain, before returning for a second spell with

. Towards the end of his career he played for

Chacarita Juniors Club Atlético Chacarita Juniors (usually known simply as Chacarita) is an Argentine football club headquartered in Villa Crespo, Buenos Aires, while the stadium is located in Villa Maipú, General San Martín Partido of Greater Buenos Aires. T ...

and

Argentinos Juniors Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, and was recognized as one of the ...

in Argentina,

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in Chile and Grasshoppers Zurich of Switzerland.

Coaching career

Gamboa started his managerial career coaching

. In 2009 replaced

Ricardo Zielinski Ricardo Alberto Zielinski (born 14 October 1959) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current manager of Uruguayan club Nacional. Career "El Ruso" started his playing career at San Telmo in 197 ...

signing until June 2010 and assisted

Ricardo Lunari Ricardo Gabriel Lunari Del Federico (born 6 February 1970) is an Argentine football manager and former player. Playing career Lunari started his career in 1991 with Newell's Old Boys in Argentina, he was a young member of two championship winn ...

. However, they were sacked before the end of their contract. In May 2010 he signed for

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of the Mexican second division. In September 2010 Gamboa agreed to replace

Antonio Mohamed Ricardo Antonio Mohamed Matijević (born 2 April 1970) is an Argentine football manager and former player. Mohamed played as a striker, making his senior debut with Huracán in 1988 and being sold to Italian club Fiorentina in 1991. He ne ...

as head coach of Colón. The board of directors of Colon sacked him soon after the club lost 2–0 against Olimpo in a league match on 9 April 2011. On 18 April 2018, Gamboa was appointed as the manager of Club Agropecuario Argentino. He left the club one month later. On 6 November 2018, he was then appointed as the manager of Paraguayan club

Club Nacional Club Nacional is a Paraguayan professional football club based in the neighbourhood of Obrero in Asunción. Founded in 1904, the club currently plays in the Paraguayan Primera División, and holds its home games at Estadio Arsenio Erico. In ...

. After the elimination in the first phase of the Copa Libertadores of 2019, he was fired on 31 January 2019.Fernando Gamboa sale del Nacional paraguayo tras su eliminación de la Libertadores
efe.com, 31 January 2019

Honours

Club

;

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, Clausura 1992 ; River Plate *

: Clausura 1993 ; Grasshoppers Zurich * Swiss Super League: 2002–03

International

;

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

* Copa América:

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References

External links

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Managerial statistics in the Argentine Primera
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gamboa, Fernando 1970 births Living people Sportspeople from Córdoba Province, Argentina Argentine footballers Argentine expatriate footballers Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain Argentina international footballers Argentina under-20 international footballers Argentina youth international footballers Association football defenders Newell's Old Boys footballers Club Atlético River Plate footballers Boca Juniors footballers Chacarita Juniors footballers Argentinos Juniors footballers Grasshopper Club Zürich players Real Oviedo players Colo-Colo footballers Expatriate footballers in Chile Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in Switzerland Expatriate football managers in Chile Chilean Primera División players Argentine Primera División players La Liga players Swiss Super League players 1991 Copa América players Argentine football managers Newell's Old Boys managers Chacarita Juniors managers Club Agropecuario Argentino managers Club Atlético Colón managers Copa América-winning players Club Nacional managers