Fabri González
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Fabriciano González Penelas | ||
Date of birth | 25 April 1955 | ||
Place of birth | San Pedro, Spain | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Youth career | |||
Santa Comba | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
?–1976 | Hostelería | ||
1976–1977 | Lugo | ||
?–? | Viveiro | ||
?–1978 | Villalbés | ||
1978–1982 | Santa Comba | ||
Managerial career | |||
1978–1982 | Santa Comba (player-coach) | ||
?–? | Comercial | ||
?–? | Villalbés | ||
1987–1988 | Lugo (assistant) | ||
1988 | Lugo | ||
1988–1989 | Villarrobledo | ||
1989–1990 | Sporting Mahonés | ||
1990–1991 | Gandía | ||
1991–1992 | Manlleu | ||
1992 | Mérida | ||
1993–1994 | Mérida | ||
1994 | Logroñés | ||
1996 | Elche | ||
1997 | Gimnàstic | ||
1998 | Murcia | ||
1999–2000 | Lugo | ||
2000–2001 | Ovarense | ||
2001–2002 | Campomaiorense | ||
2003 | Marco | ||
2003 | Avilés | ||
2003 | Zamora | ||
2005 | Huesca | ||
2005 | Almería | ||
2005–2006 | Burgos | ||
2007 | Alavés | ||
2007–2008 | Mérida | ||
2008–2009 | Cartagena | ||
2010–2012 | Granada | ||
2012 | Huesca | ||
2012 | Racing Santander | ||
2013 | Panathinaikos | ||
2016 | Ponferradina | ||
2017 | Petrolero | ||
2017–2018 | Lorca | ||
2019 | Karpaty Lviv | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Fabriciano "Fabri" González Penelas (born 25 April 1955) is a Spanish football manager.
Playing career
Born in San Pedro de Santa Comba, Lugo, González played as a right winger, and his career was spent exclusively in the lower leagues of his country and his native Galicia. He represented SD Hostelería, CD Lugo, Viveiro CF, RC Villalbés and SCD Santa Comba, the latter already as a player-coach.[1]
Coaching career
González started coaching in the mid-80's, his beginnings also being in amateur football. From ages 37–39 he worked with CP Mérida in Segunda División and, in the 1994–95 season, was one of five managers for CD Logroñés as the team suffered La Liga relegation with an all-time low 13 points: he was in charge of the La Rioja club for only three games, and did not look back on the experience with pleasure later.[2]
In the following years, González worked in Segunda División B and lower, also returning to Lugo for a second spell as a manager. He also coached three teams in Portugal, all in the second level.
González only returned to his country's division two in the 2004–05 campaign, working with UD Almería which he helped lead to the 14th position after registering one win, two draws and four losses in his seven games in charge.[3] He met the same fate in his following experience in that tier, with Deportivo Alavés in 2006–07.
In 2008–09, González achieved promotion to the second division with FC Cartagena, even though he did not finish the season after being fired in February 2009.[4] On 22 March 2010 he was appointed at Granada CF also in the third level,[5] helping the Andalusians win their group and finish as overall champions, with the subsequent promotion.[6]
After renewing his contract with Granada, González led the club to a second consecutive promotion, finishing fifth in the regular season and eliminating Celta de Vigo and Elche CF in the play-offs. On 28 June 2011 he once again renewed his link to the Nazarí, for one year.[7]
González was fired on 22 January 2012 following a 0–3 away loss at RCD Espanyol, even though Granada were still out of the relegation zone.[8] He started 2012–13 at the helm of Racing de Santander in division two, being fired after less than four months in charge.
On 8 January 2013, González was appointed at Panathinaikos F.C. in Greece.[9] He was relieved of his duties on 31 March.[10]
On 16 February 2016, after nearly three years without a job, González took over SD Ponferradina in the Spanish second tier.[11] He was sacked only two months later,[12] and his team also suffered relegation.
On 22 December 2017, after an unassuming spell at Bolivia's Club Petrolero, González was appointed manager of second division newcomers Lorca FC.[13]
Other activities
Apart from his football career, González worked as a teacher on several occasions, collaborating with the Castile-La Mancha School of Coaching in 1989 and teaching tactics and skills in its counterpart in the Balearic Islands the following year.
Additionally, he served as main teacher at the Galicia School of Coaching, in the field of tactics.
Honours
Gimnàstic
- Segunda División B: 1996–97 (Group III)
Cartagena
- Segunda División B: 2008–09 (Group II)
Granada
References
- ^ "El ex entrenador del CD Lugo, Fabri, se marcha a Bolivia" [Former CD Lugo manager, Fabri, goes to Bolivia] (in Spanish). Fútbol de Lugo. 22 March 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ^ "El equipo se encontraba muerto, pero el presidente me dijo que estuviera tranquilo" [The team was dead, but the president told me to take it easy]. Ideal (in Spanish). 6 June 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
- ^ "Paco Flores es el nuevo técnico en lugar de Fabri" [Paco Flores is the new manager in the place of Fabri] (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 6 April 2005. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
- ^ "El Cartagena despide a Fabri y contrata a Paco Jémez" [Cartagena fire Fabri and hire Paco Jémez]. La Verdad (in Spanish). 3 February 2009. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
- ^ "Fabri: "Entrenar al Granada es una gran oportunidad"" [Fabri: "To coach Granada is a great opportunity"]. Ideal (in Spanish). 22 March 2010. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
- ^ "La afición se echó a la calle al grito de "¡Fabri, Fabri, Fabri!"" [Fans took the street shouting "Fabri, Fabri, Fabri!"]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 25 May 2010. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
- ^ "Fabri renueva por una temporada" [Fabri renews for one season] (in Spanish). Granada CF. 28 June 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
- ^ "Abel Resino se convierte en nuevo técnico del Granada" [Abel Resino becomes new Granada coach]. Marca (in Spanish). 22 January 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
- ^ "Panathinaikos appoint Fabri as new coach". Yahoo Sports. 8 January 2013. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
- ^ "Panathinaikos cut ties with coach Fabri". UEFA. 31 March 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- ^ "La Deportiva elige a Fabri" [Deportiva choose Fabri] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. 16 February 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ "Fabri González, destituido como entrenador de la Ponferradina" [Fabri González, sacked as manager of Ponferradina]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 26 April 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ "El Lorca ficha a Fabri González" [Lorca sign Fabri González]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 22 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
External links
- Fabri González manager profile at BDFutbol
- Fabri González manager stats at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Fabri González coach profile at Soccerway
- 1955 births
- Living people
- People from Lugo
- Spanish footballers
- Galician footballers
- Association football wingers
- Tercera División players
- CD Lugo players
- Spanish football managers
- La Liga managers
- Segunda División managers
- Segunda División B managers
- CD Lugo managers
- CP Mérida managers
- CD Logroñés managers
- Elche CF managers
- Gimnàstic de Tarragona managers
- Real Murcia managers
- Real Avilés managers
- Zamora CF managers
- SD Huesca managers
- UD Almería managers
- Burgos CF managers
- Deportivo Alavés managers
- Mérida UD managers
- FC Cartagena managers
- Granada CF managers
- Racing de Santander managers
- SD Ponferradina managers
- Lorca FC managers
- LigaPro managers
- S.C. Campomaiorense managers
- Super League Greece managers
- Panathinaikos F.C. managers
- Ukrainian Premier League managers
- FC Karpaty Lviv managers
- Spanish expatriate football managers
- Expatriate football managers in Portugal
- Expatriate football managers in Greece
- Expatriate football managers in Bolivia
- Expatriate football managers in Ukraine
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine