Guillermo Fernández Romo (born 23 November 1978) is a Spanish football

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Career

Born in

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the Largest cities of the Europ ...

, Fernández Romo started his career working as a football teacher at EF Aluche in 1997. He then became a youth coach at SR Villaverde Boetticher CF in the following year, and subsequently worked at several youth sides before having his first senior experience at the helm of CD Racing Garvin in the regional leagues. In 2005, after working as a scout at

UD Vecindario Unión Deportiva Vecindario is a Spanish football team based in Vecindario, Santa Lucía de Tirajana, Gran Canaria, in the autonomous community of Canary Islands. Founded in 1962, it helds home games at '' Estadio Municipal de Vecindario'', wit ...

, Fernández Romo was named manager of

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the '' Segunda División'', and the semi-professional '' Segunda ...

side

CD Las Rozas Las Rozas Club de Fútbol is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club based in Las Rozas de Madrid, in the autonomous Community of Madrid. Founded in 1966 it plays in Tercera Federación – Group 7, holding home games at ''Polidep ...

. He later returned to youth sides, notably managing the ''Juvenil'' sides of Pontevedra CF (being also an assistant of the reserves for a brief period) and RC Celta de Vigo before being appointed in charge of

SD Noja Sociedad Deportiva Noja is a Spanish football team based in Noja, in the autonomous community of Cantabria. Founded in 1963, it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 3, holding home games at '' Estadio La Caseta'', with a capacity of 3,000 s ...

in 2010. In 2011, Fernández Romo joined

Óscar Cano Óscar Pedro Cano Moreno (born 6 November 1972) is a Spanish football manager, most recently with Deportivo de La Coruña. Manager career Born in Granada, Andalusia, Cano began his managerial career at lowly CD Imperio de Albolote and subsequentl ...

's staff at

UD Melilla Unión Deportiva Melilla is a Spanish football team based in the autonomous city of Melilla. Founded in 1976, it currently plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 5, holding home matches at '' Estadio Municipal Álvarez Claro'', with a 8,000 c ...

as his assistant. He left the side after Cano's departure in June 2012, being later named manager of

Villalonga FC Villalonga Fútbol Club is a football team based in Vilalonga in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded in 1947, the team plays in the Preferente Autonómica de Galicia. The club's home ground is '' San Pedro'', which has a capacity of ...

; in December 2012, he opted to leave the latter side to rejoin Cano's staff at

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, and was also with the manager at

CD Alcoyano Club Deportivo Alcoyano, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Alcoy, in the autonomous community of Valencia. Founded in 1928 it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games in '' Estadio El Collao'', with a 4,850-sea ...

. Fernández Romo returned to managerial duties in July 2015, at the helm of Segunda División B side

CD Olímpic de Xàtiva Club Deportivo Olímpic de Xàtiva is a Spanish football team based in Xàtiva, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 1932 it currently plays in Regional Preferente, holding home games at Campo de Futbol La Murta. History Football in Xàtiv ...

. Sacked on 7 February 2016, he became the technical secretary of

Real Murcia Real Murcia Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., commonly known as Real Murcia (, "Royal Murcia"), is a Spanish football club based in Murcia, in the Región de Murcia. Founded in 1919, it currently plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, playing ho ...

on 8 June. On 26 January 2017, Fernández Romo was presented as manager of

CE Sabadell FC Centre d'Esports Sabadell Futbol Club, S.A.D. () is a Spanish football team based in Sabadell, a city in the province of Barcelona in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1903, it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 2, holdin ...

also in the third division. He left in June, and joined FC Jumilla in July as a sporting director. He became the latter's manager in April 2018, and managed to avoid relegation by winning four of the five remaining matches of the season. On 22 May 2018, Fernández Romo was hired by

Racing de Santander Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. (), also known as Racing de Santander () or simply Racing, is a football club based in Santander, Cantabria, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league syst ...

to become the club's youth coordinator, but moved to

SD Ejea Sociedad Deportiva Ejea is a Spanish football team based in Ejea de los Caballeros, in the autonomous community of Aragon. Founded in 1927, it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 3, holding home games at '' Municipal de Ejea'', with a 2,2 ...

on 13 August after being named manager of the side. He opted to leave on 10 June 2019, after being named in charge of

UE Cornellà Unión Esportiva Cornellà, S. A. D. ( ca, Unió Esportiva Cornellà) is a Spanish football team based in Cornellà de Llobregat, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. Founded in 1951 it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding ...

. On 19 May 2021, Fernández Romo left Cornellà and immediately returned to Racing, now being named first team manager in the

Primera División RFEF Primera may refer to * Nissan Primera, a car * Primera Air, a former airline * Primera división (disambiguation), multiple top division football leagues * Primera, Texas, a town in Cameron County, Texas * Alí Primera, Venezuelan musician, compos ...

. He led the latter club to a Segunda División return after a two-year absence in his first season, with four matches to go. On 12 December 2022, following a run of five defeats in a row, Fernández Romo was sacked by Racing. The following 6 June, he was appointed in charge of

UD Ibiza Unión Deportiva Ibiza is a Spanish professional football club based in the town of Ibiza, in the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. Founded in 2015, it plays in Segunda División, holding home matches at '' Estadi Municipal de Can Mis ...

, freshly relegated to the third tier, but was also dismissed from the latter on 29 April 2024.

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