Fernando Gamboa

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Fernando Gamboa
Personal information
Full name Fernando Andrés Gamboa
Date of birth (1970-10-28) 28 October 1970 (age 53)
Place of birth Marcos Juárez, Argentina
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Newell's Old Boys
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1993 Newell's Old Boys 121 (5)
1993–1994 River Plate 12 (0)
1994–1996 Boca Juniors 54 (0)
1996–1999 Oviedo 69 (2)
1999–2000 Newell's Old Boys 23 (2)
2000–2001 Chacarita Juniors 13 (0)
2001 Colo-Colo 20 (0)
2002 Chacarita Juniors 17 (1)
2003–2004 Grasshoppers 36 (1)
2004 Argentinos Juniors[1] 2 (0)
International career
1989 Argentina U20 2 (0)
1991 Argentina 15 (0)
Managerial career
2008 Newell's Old Boys
2009–2010 Chacarita Juniors
2010 Veracruz
2010–2011 Colón
2012–2013 Independiente Rivadavia
2013–2014 Rangers de Talca
2015–2016 Chacarita Juniors
2016–2017 Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy
2018 Agropecuario
2018–2019 Nacional Asunción
2021 Newell's Old Boys
2023–2024 Sport Boys
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fernando Andrés Gamboa (born 28 October 1970 in Marcos Juárez, Córdoba) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a defender.

Playing career[edit]

Gamboa started his playing career in 1988 with Newell's Old Boys where he won two league championships.

In 1991, he was part of the Argentina squad that won the 1991 Copa América

He joined River Plate in 1993, and after 12 league games in the 1993–94 season he moved to Boca Juniors.

Between 1996 and 1999 Gamboa played for Oviedo in Spain, before returning for a second spell with Newell's Old Boys.

Towards the end of his career he played for Chacarita Juniors and Argentinos Juniors in Argentina, Colo-Colo in Chile and Grasshoppers Zurich of Switzerland.[2]

Coaching career[edit]

Gamboa started his managerial career coaching Newell's Old Boys.[3] In 2009 replaced Ricardo Zielinski in Chacarita Juniors signing until June 2010 and assisted Ricardo Lunari. However, they were sacked before the end of their contract. In May 2010 he signed for CD Veracruz of the Mexican second division.[4] In September 2010 Gamboa agreed to replace Antonio Mohamed as head coach of Colón.[5] The board of directors of Colon sacked him soon after the club lost 2–0 against Olimpo in a league match on 9 April 2011.

On 18 April 2018, Gamboa was appointed as the manager of Club Agropecuario Argentino.[6] He left the club one month later.[7] On 6 November 2018, he was then appointed as the manager of Paraguayan club Club Nacional. After the elimination in the first phase of the Copa Libertadores of 2019, he was fired on 31 January 2019.[8]

Honours[edit]

Club[edit]

Newell's Old Boys
River Plate
Grasshoppers Zurich

International[edit]

Argentina

References[edit]

  1. ^ (in Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics
  2. ^ Fernando Gamboa at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ^ Fernando Gamboa es el nuevo DT de Chacarita[permanent dead link] (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Olé Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  5. ^ "Te hace la Gamboa". Diario Olé. Archived from the original on 29 April 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
  6. ^ Fernando Gamboa, nuevo DT de Agropecuario, lt10.com.ar, 18 April 2018
  7. ^ Fernando Gamboa dejó de ser el DT de Agropecuario, portaleltoro.com, 22 May 2018
  8. ^ Fernando Gamboa sale del Nacional paraguayo tras su eliminación de la Libertadores, efe.com, 31 January 2019

External links[edit]

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