Ginés Meléndez Sotos (born 22 March 1950) is a retired Spanish

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and

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Football career

Ginés, stopped playing football with 21. He then studied as a coach, and began training the ranks at

Albacete Balompié Albacete Balompié is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Albacete, in the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. Founded on 5 July 1939, it currently plays in Segunda División, the second tier of Spanish foo ...

. He was for many years coordinator of Albacete in the youth system, as he combined with that of municipal

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Albacete Albacete ( , , ) is a city and municipality in the Spanish autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha, and capital of the province of Albacete. Lying in the south-east of the Iberian Peninsula, the area around the city is known as Los Llan ...

. He was also a physical education teacher at a school in Albacete. In 1992 and 1994 coached a game in

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. After years as coach and trainer of Albacete Balompié, in the 1997–98 season led the first team the last 5 round, getting the salvation of category. After many years in

got the call from

Iñaki Sáez José Ignacio "Iñaki" Sáez Ruiz (born 23 April 1943) is a Spanish former football player and manager. A defender, he spent the vast majority of his professional career with Athletic Bilbao, which he later also coached in various levels, app ...

to join the technical staff of the youth ranks of the Spanish team. He has won numerous international competitions with the U17 and U19.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Melendez, Gines 1950 births Living people Footballers from Albacete Spanish Socialist Workers' Party politicians Spanish men's footballers Albacete Balompié players Spanish football managers La Liga managers Albacete Balompié managers Men's association football players not categorized by position 20th-century Spanish sportsmen