Fernando Vázquez

Fernando Vázquez

Personal information
Full name	Fernando Vázquez Pena
Date of birth	(1954-10-24) 24 October 1954
Place of birth	Castrofeito, Spain
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Arzún
	Negreira
	Sporting Lampón
1978–1982	Loixo
1982–1986	Campo Rapado
Managerial career
1978–1982	Loixo
1982–1986	Campo Rapado
1986–1991	Lalín
1991–1994	Racing Ferrol
1994–1995	Lugo
1995–1998	Compostela
1998–1999	Oviedo
1999–2000	Mallorca
2000–2001	Betis
2001–2002	Las Palmas
2002–2003	Rayo Vallecano
2003–2004	Valladolid
2004–2007	Celta
2005–2013	Galicia
2013–2014	Deportivo La Coruña
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Vázquez and the second or maternal family name is Pena.

Fernando Vázquez Pena (born 24 October 1954) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central midfielder, and a current manager.

Football career

Born in the village of Castrofeito, O Pino, Galicia, Vázquez was an English teacher in Lalín where he began to get involved with the school's athletics, especially football. He started his senior coaching career with modest CD Lalín in 1986, but left for higher-profile Racing de Ferrol in 1991.

Vázquez took over for various teams from 1994 to 2004, most of them in La Liga. With Celta de Vigo he achieved promotion followed by straight qualification into the UEFA Cup, after a sixth place in the 2005–06 season.

Vázquez was relieved of his duties as manager of Celta on 9 April 2007, on the eve of the Galician derby against Deportivo de La Coruña, with his team embroiled deep in a relegation fight which it eventually lost on the last matchday.

Aside from coaching, Vázquez also worked as a pundit for Canal+ in their UEFA Champions League coverage. While still at Celta, he took charge of the Galician national football team together with Arsenio Iglesias, longtime Depor manager.

On 11 February 2013, after nearly six years away from club duty, Vázquez was appointed at Deportivo, taking Domingos Paciência's place as the third manager of the campaign as the team ranked in 20th and last position, eventually finishing one place up but still dropping down to Segunda División.

Vázquez coached the club to an immediate promotion back after finishing as runner-up and, on 1 June 2014, he renewed his contract until 2016. However, in July, after some statements in which he criticized the club's signing policy, he was relieved of his duties.

Notes

1.^ As player/manager

External links

• Fernando Vázquez manager profile at BDFutbol