Fernando Gómez Herrera (born 26 February 1984), commonly known as Nando, is a Spanish

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who plays as a

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Club career

Born in

Mancha Real Mancha Real is a city located in the province of Jaén, Spain. According to the 2020 census ( INE), the city has a population of 11,328 inhabitants. Notable people * Cristóbal Martínez-Bordiú y Ortega - The son in law of Francisco Franco. Se ...

, Province of Jaén, Nando made his senior debuts with local

Atlético Mancha Real Atlético Mancha Real is a Spanish football team based in Mancha Real in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1984, the club competes in , holding home games at Estadio Polideportivo Municipal de La Juventud, with a capacity of 1,50 ...

in the 2003–04 season. In 2006, he first arrived in the

Segunda División B Segunda División B (English: second division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish ...

, signing for

CD Alcalá Club Deportivo Alcalá is a Spanish football team based in Alcalá de Guadaira, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1945 it plays in , and plays home games at ''Nuevo Estadio Ciudad de Alcalá'', with a capacity of 2,261 seaters ...

. Nando alternated between the third level and the

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

in the following years, with UD Marbella,

(playing one season in the fifth level) and

Real Jaén Real Jaén Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Jaén, Spain, Jaén, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1929 it plays in , holding home matches at ''Nuevo Estadio de La Vict ...

. He achieved promotion at the end of the 2012–13 campaign with the latter, appearing in 28 matches. On 25 August 2013 Nando made his debut as a professional, being

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in a 2–4 away defeat against

CD Numancia Club Deportivo Numancia de Soria, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club in Soria, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 April 1945, it plays in , holding home games at '' Nuevo Estadio Los Pajaritos''. Besides football it ...

in the

Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commonly known as Segunda División or La Liga 2, and officially known as LaLiga HyperMotion for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spa ...

.El Numancia le pone cabeza a la Liga (Numancia "heads" league)
Marca, 25 August 2013

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nando Gomez 1984 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from the Province of Jaén (Spain) Men's association football defenders Segunda División players Segunda División B players Segunda Federación players Tercera División players Tercera Federación players CD Alcalá players Marbella FC players Real Jaén footballers 21st-century Spanish sportsmen