Sergio Fernández (footballer, born 1975)
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Sergio Fernández Álvarez | ||
Date of birth | 9 February 1975 | ||
Place of birth | León, Spain | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Youth career | |||
Atlético Pinilla | |||
Puente Castro | |||
1991–1993 | Logroñés | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1993–1996 | Logroñés B | 42 | (0) |
1996–1997 | Cultural Leonesa | 14 | (0) |
1997 | Aurrerá | 0 | (0) |
1998 | Numancia | 3 | (0) |
1998–1999 | Poli Almería | 36 | (0) |
1999–2000 | Cartagonova | 24 | (0) |
2000–2003 | Cultural Leonesa | 108 | (1) |
2003–2009 | Hércules | 210 | (7) |
2009–2010 | Murcia | 39 | (1) |
Total | 476 | (9) | |
Managerial career | |||
2013–2014 | Betis (assistant) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Template:Spanish name Sergio Fernández Álvarez (born 9 February 1975) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender.
Football career
Fernández was born in León, Castile and León. After playing most of his career in the third division (with a brief unassuming spell in the second with CD Numancia) he arrived at Hércules CF aged 28, and helped to a return to the second level in his second year.
Following the outstanding 2008–09 season, where his club narrowly missed on a La Liga return, negotiations broke down for renovation of Fernández's contract[1] so, in late June 2009, he agreed on a move to fellow league side Real Murcia.[2]
In the 2009–10 campaign, veteran Fernández was a defensive mainstay for Murcia, only missing three league games out of 42, but his team was eventually relegated. Aged 35 he decided to retire, being immediately appointed his last club's director of football; he moved to another former side, Hércules, in the following year, in the same capacity.[3]
On 2 December 2013, Álvarez joined newly appointed Juan Carlos Garrido's staff at Real Betis, following the dismissal of Pepe Mel.[4] On 16 June 2016 he was named sporting director at Deportivo Alavés, recently returned to the top flight.[5]
References
- ^ "Si alguien es culpable de mi marcha, ése no soy yo" (in Spanish). Diario Información. 15 June 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
{{cite news}}
: Unknown parameter|trans_title=
ignored (|trans-title=
suggested) (help) - ^ "Pedro Sánchez y Sergio Fernández, primeros fichajes del Murcia" (in Spanish). Marca. 22 June 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
{{cite news}}
: Unknown parameter|trans_title=
ignored (|trans-title=
suggested) (help) - ^ "Borge y Russo, a la cantera herculana" (in Spanish). Diario Información. 8 July 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2012.
{{cite news}}
: Unknown parameter|trans_title=
ignored (|trans-title=
suggested) (help) - ^ "Sergio Fernández será el ayudante de Garrido, sustituto de Pepe Mel en el Betis" (in Spanish). Diario Información. 3 December 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
{{cite news}}
: Unknown parameter|trans_title=
ignored (|trans-title=
suggested) (help) - ^ "Revolución total del Alavés en su regreso a la élite" (in Spanish). Marca. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
{{cite news}}
: Unknown parameter|trans_title=
ignored (|trans-title=
suggested) (help)
External links
- Sergio Fernández at BDFutbol
- 1975 births
- Living people
- People from León, Spain
- Spanish footballers
- Castilian-Leonese footballers
- Association football defenders
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- CD Logroñés footballers
- Cultural Leonesa footballers
- CD Numancia players
- FC Cartagena footballers
- Hércules CF players
- Real Murcia players