Roberto Fernández Bonillo

Roberto

Personal information
Full name	Roberto Fernández Bonillo
Date of birth	5 July 1962 (1962-07-05)
Place of birth	Betxí, Spain
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
1976–1978	Villarreal
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1978–1979	Villarreal
1979–1981	Castellón	63	(8)
1981–1986	Valencia	135	(36)
1986–1990	Barcelona	144	(35)
1990–1995	Valencia	124	(22)
1995–1999	Villarreal	142	(8)
1999–2001	Córdoba	67	(0)
National team
1979–1980	Spain U18	10	(1)
1981	Spain U19	3	(0)
1980–1988	Spain U21	21	(7)
1982	Spain U23	1	(0)
1983	Spain amateur	2	(0)
1982–1991	Spain	29	(2)
Teams managed
2004–2005	Valencia B
2005	Córdoba
2006–2007	Orihuela
2008–2009	Alzira
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Fernández and the second or maternal family name is Bonillo.

Roberto Fernández Bonillo (born 5 July 1962), simply Roberto, is a retired Spanish footballer.

He played mostly as a central midfielder, hard-working and with a powerful shot. From 1981 and during the next fourteen years, he played with Valencia CF and FC Barcelona, eventually appearing in more than 700 official games in his career (20 professional seasons, 15 in La Liga).

Roberto represented the Spanish national team for nearly one decade, appearing at one World Cup and one European Championship.

Club career

Born in Betxí, Castellón, Roberto started playing professionally with CD Castellón in 1979, after emerging through the ranks of neighbours Villarreal CF. After two seasons, he moved to another outfit in the community, Valencia CF, proceeding to score an impressive 33 La Liga goals during his first four seasons, but would be relegated in 1985–86.

Subsequently, Roberto moved to FC Barcelona, scoring 10 goals in 40 matches in his debut season, including a penalty in a 2–1 home win against Real Madrid (which won that year's league, ahead of the Catalans).

After 144 league matches and 35 goals with Barça, aiding the club to two vice-championships, two Spanish Cups and the 1989 Cup Winners' Cup, Roberto returned to Valencia in 1990, helping the Che to two consecutive fourth league places (1991–93), and spending almost the entire 1993–94 in the sidelines, due to injury.

In 1995–96, another return, now to Villarreal, which was then in the second level. Roberto helped it achieve promotion in his third year and saw it get immediately relegated afterwards. He retired in 2001 at almost 39, after two second-division seasons with Córdoba CF.

Subsequently, after more than 700 official games, Roberto moved into coaching, for instance with Valencia's B side and lowly Orihuela CF.

International career

Roberto earned 29 caps and scored one goal for Spain from 1982 to 1991, and was included in the squad for the UEFA Euro 1984 and the 1990 FIFA World Cup.

His debut came during the former's qualifying stage, in a 1–0 home win against Iceland.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	21 December 1988	Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville, Spain	Northern Ireland	4–0	4–0	1990 World Cup qualification
2.	14 November 1990	Strahov Stadium, Prague, Czechoslovakia	Czechoslovakia	1–1	3–2	Euro 1992 qualifying

Honours

Barcelona

• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1988–89
• Spanish Cup: 1987–88, 1989–90

Spain U21

• UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship: 1986

External links

• BDFutbol player profile
• BDFutbol coach profile
• National team data (Spanish)
• Roberto Fernández at National-Football-Teams.com
• Roberto Fernández – FIFA competition record
• International appearances; at RSSSF
• CiberChe biography and stats (Spanish)