Óscar Rubén Fernández Romero (born 28 September 1974) is a Spanish

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Coaching career

Born in Torrefiel,

Valencia Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia (r ...

, Fernández graduated from the

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and started his career at Tavernes Blanques CF before moving to CF Torre Levante's youth categories. In 2005, he was appointed manager of Burjassot CF in

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. Fernández moved to

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in 2006, being named manager of the ''Juvenil'' squad. In July of the following year, he was appointed at the helm of the reserves in the fourth division, and on 29 October 2007, after Quique Sánchez Flores was sacked from the main squad, he was appointed interim. His first professional match occurred two days later, a 5–1 loss against

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. Fernández managed the ''Che'' for one further match, a 2–0 away defeat of

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, and subsequently returned to the B-team after the appointment of

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. He left the club in 2010, and spent a year without work before being appointed at newly formed side

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in June 2011. On 16 June 2011, Fernández announced his departure from Huracán, after having accepted an offer from

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side Asteras Tripoli FC. In September, however, after only three matches, he was sacked. On 24 October 2011, Fernández returned to Spain and was presented as manager of fourth division side CF Gandía. On 20 September of the following year, he moved to Qatar to work for

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, being manager of the national under-17 team. On 10 July 2015, Fernández was appointed manager of

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's ''Juvenil A'' squad. Roughly one year later he took over the B-team, achieving promotion to

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and reaching the third division play-offs in

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. On 15 June 2019, Fernández was named

UD Almería Unión Deportiva Almería, S.A.D. () is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish professional football club based in Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 26 July 1989 and known as ''Almería Club de Fútbol'' until 2001 ...

manager in

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, replacing departing

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. On 3 August, however, after the club's change of owner, he reached an agreement to terminate his contract. On 4 August 2020, Fernández returned Valencia and its reserve team, with the side now in the third division. He left the club the following 17 June, and returned to Almería four days later, now named manager of the B-team in Tercera División RFEF. On 4 July 2023, Fernández was named in charge of

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side

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, but was dismissed on 22 November.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fernandez, Oscar 1974 births Living people Sportspeople from Valencia Spanish football managers La Liga managers Primera Federación managers Segunda División B managers Tercera Federación managers Valencia CF Mestalla managers Valencia CF managers CF Gandía managers Huracán Valencia CF managers Atlético Madrid B managers UD Almería managers UD Almería B managers Linares Deportivo managers Super League Greece managers Asteras Tripolis F.C. managers Spanish expatriate football managers Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Greece Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Qatar Expatriate football managers in Greece Expatriate football managers in Qatar Valencia CF non-playing staff University of Valencia alumni