Fernando Vázquez

Fernando Vázquez

Personal information
Full name	Fernando Vázquez Pena
Date of birth	24 October 1954
Place of birth	Castrofeito, Spain
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Mallorca (head coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Arzún
	Negreira
	Sporting Lampón
1978–1982	Loixo
1982–1986	Camporrapado
Teams managed
1978–1982	Loixo^1
1982–1986	Camporrapado^2
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
2016–	Mallorca
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Fernando Vázquez Pena (born 24 October 1954) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central midfielder,^[1] and the current manager of RCD Mallorca.

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.^[2] 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.^[3]

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,^[4] 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.^[5] However, in July, after some statements in which he criticized the club's signing policy, he was relieved of his duties.^[6]

On 19 January 2016, after nearly 18 months without a club, Vázquez was appointed RCD Mallorca manager.^[7] Seriously threatened with relegation, he managed to avoid the drop with the club in the very last matchday.

Notes

1.^ As player/manager

References

1. "Fernando Vázquez e o galego" [Fernando Vázquez and the Galician] (in Galician). Galicia Confidencial. 11 February 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
2. "Un Compos de Primera" [Primera Compos] (in Spanish). Míticos del Balompié. 28 December 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
3. Enrique Beotas (14 November 2008). "Arsenio Iglesias: "Nunca se acaba de ser profeta del todo en la tierra propia"" [Arsenio Iglesias: "One is never truly a prophet in one's hometown"] (in Spanish). El Correo Gallego. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
4. "Fernando Vázquez, nuevo técnico del Dépor" [Fernando Vázquez, new Dépor coach] (in Spanish). Marca. 11 February 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
5. "El ascenso del Deportivo amplía el contrato de Fernando Vázquez" [Deportivo's promotion extends Fernando Vázquez's contract] (in Spanish). Marca. 1 June 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
6. "El Deportivo despide a Fernando Vázquez por "falta de confianza"" [Deportivo fires Fernando Vázquez due to "lack of confidence"] (in Spanish). RTVE. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
7. "Vázquez: "estoy aquí para ganar partidos"" [Vázquez: "I am here to win matches"] (in Spanish). RCD Mallorca. 19 January 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2016.

External links

• Fernando Vázquez manager profile at BDFutbol