Francisco "Paco" Fernández Gómez (born 25 October 1967) is a Spanish retired

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who played as a

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, and the current

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Real Oviedo Real Oviedo ( Asturian: Real Uviéu) is a Spanish professional football club based in Oviedo, Asturias. Founded on 26 March 1926, the club plays in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system. The club plays at ...

's ''Juvenil A'' squad.

Playing career

Born in

Oviedo Oviedo () or Uviéu (Asturian language, Asturian: ) is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain and the administrative and commercial centre of the region. It is also the name of the municipality that contains th ...

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, Fernández made his professional debut with local

on 3 March 1985, playing the last ten minutes and scoring in an 8–0 home routing against

CF Lorca Deportiva Club de Fútbol Lorca Deportiva is a Spanish football club based in Lorca, in the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia. Founded in 2012, the club play in . Lorca holds it home games at '' Estadio Francisco Artés Carrasco,'' which has a ...

in the

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. He appeared with the club in

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in the following seasons, which included two matches in the

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. In the 1994 summer Fernández joined

CD Logroñés Club Deportivo Logroñés, S.A.D. was a Spanish football team based in Logroño, in the autonomous community of La Rioja. Founded in 1940, it last played in '' Regional Preferente de La Rioja''. Due to financial problems, since 2009 the club ha ...

, also in the first division. After two years with

CD Badajoz Club Deportivo Badajoz is a Spanish football team based in Badajoz, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. Founded in 1905, it currently plays in , and holds home games at '' Estadio Nuevo Vivero'', with a 15,198-seat capacity. History Fo ...

in the second level he competed in the lower leagues, representing

Pontevedra CF Pontevedra Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team in Pontevedra, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded on 16 October 1941 it currently plays in , holding home matches at '' Estadio Municipal de Pasarón'', with a capacity o ...

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Caudal Deportivo Caudal Deportivo is a Spanish football team based in Mieres, in the autonomous community of Asturias. Founded in 1918 it plays in , holding home matches at '' Estadio Hermanos Antuña'' (built in 1951), with a capacity of 2,940 spectators. Hist ...

and

CD Lealtad Club Deportivo Lealtad de Villaviciosa (English: Loyalty Sporting Club of Villaviciosa) is a Spanish football team based in Villaviciosa, in the autonomous community of Asturias. Founded in 1916, it plays in , holding home games at ''Les Caley ...

; he retired at the end of the 2000–01 campaign with the last side, aged 34.

Manager career

After retiring Fernández began working as a coach, his first stop being amateurs Berrón CF. Afterwards he managed Lealtad,

UP Langreo Unión Popular de Langreo is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Langreo, in the autonomous community of Asturias. Founded in 1961, it plays in , holding its home games at ''Estadio Ganzábal'' in La Felguera, with a ...

, and

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, always in his native region. In May 2009 Fernández signed with another club he had represented as a player, Caudal in division four. He achieved promotion to the third division in

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and 2012, and also appeared in the

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to the second tier in

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. On 12 July 2013 Fernández was appointed

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, Spain, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spani ...

manager. He led the third level club to the quarterfinals of the

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in his first year, in spite of a severe institutional and financial crisis. On 3 March 2015 Fernández was sacked, with the club in the relegation zone. On 1 July 2016, Fernández signed as

Burgos CF Burgos Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. The original Burgos CF (1936), Burgos CF was dissolved in 1983 after becoming Insolven ...

head coach. On 26 September, he was sacked after only earning one point in the first six league games. On 27 May 2017, Fernández agreed terms with

for taking again the helm of the team four years after leaving Mieres. However, he resigned on 19 November 2017, after only earning 10 points in 15 matches.

Managerial statistics

References

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