Nando (footballer, born 1967)

Nando
Personal information
Full name Fernando Muñoz García
Date of birth (1967-10-30) 30 October 1967
Place of birth Seville, Spain
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Centre back
Youth career
Sevilla
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1990 Sevilla 70 (0)
1990–1992 Barcelona 64 (0)
1992–1996 Real Madrid 49 (0)
1996–2001 Espanyol 123 (2)
Total 306 (2)
National team
1985 Spain U18 2 (0)
1989–1990 Spain U21 5 (0)
1990–1992 Spain 8 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


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

Fernando Muñoz García (born 30 October 1967), known as Nando, is a Spanish retired footballer who played mostly as a central defender (right-footed, he was also utilized on the flank).

During a 15-year professional career he appeared in 306 La Liga games, having represented four clubs, most notably FC Barcelona and Real Madrid.

Football career

Born in Seville, Nando started his career with hometown's Sevilla FC, his first game being on 22 February 1987 in a 1–0 home win against Athletic Bilbao (90 minutes played). He left in the 1990 summer to join FC Barcelona – with the Andalusians having an option to rebuy – where he won the European Cup in 1992 and two La Liga titles in two seasons; at his new team, he reunited with former Sevilla defensive mate Ricardo Serna.

Subsequently, Nando returned to Sevilla, but was immediately bought by Barça archrivals Real Madrid,[1] where he would spend three 1/2 seasons with irregular playing time – 46 matches in his first two years combined, three in the following – before moving to RCD Espanyol in January 1996.[2] In the other Catalonia side he would play until the end of the 2000–01 campaign, scoring his only goals as a professional in the process.

Nando retired aged almost 34 and earned eight caps for the Spanish national team, all while at Barcelona. His debut came on 12 September 1990 in a 3–0 friendly win over Brazil, in Gijón.[3]

Honours

Barcelona
Real Madrid
Español

References

  1. ↑ Nando ya es del Real Madrid (Nando a Real Madrid player); Mundo Deportivo, 10 July 1992 (Spanish)
  2. ↑ El acuerdo es por dos años y medio (Two 1/2-years deal); Mundo Deportivo, 10 January 1996 (Spanish)
  3. ↑ Entrenamiento con tres golazos (Training with three wonder goals); Mundo Deportivo, 13 September 1990 (Spanish)
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