Felipe Miñambres

Felipe Miñambres Fernández (born 29 April 1965) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Miñambres and the second or maternal family name is Fernández.
Felipe Miñambres
Personal information
Full name Felipe Miñambres Fernández
Date of birth (1965-04-29) 29 April 1965
Place of birth Astorga, Spain
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1980–1984 Atlético Astorga
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1986 Zamora 69 (24)
1986–1988 Sporting B
1988–1989 Sporting Gijón 38 (9)
1989–1999 Tenerife 310 (33)
Total 417 (66)
National team
1989–1994 Spain 6 (2)
Teams managed
1999 Tenerife
2002–2003 Hércules
2003–2005 Salamanca
2006 Alicante
2006–2007 Lleida
2010 Rayo Vallecano
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He played 12 seasons in La Liga, with Sporting de Gijón (two years) and Tenerife (ten), amassing totals of 348 games and 42 goals and going on to work with several teams as a manager since 2000, including the latter.

Miñambres represented Spain at the 1994 World Cup.

Club career

A product of Sporting de Gijón's famed youth system, Mareo, Miñambres was born in Astorga, Province of León, and made his debut with the first team during 1987–88, being an undisputed starter in the following season where he scored a career-best nine goals in La Liga.

For the 1989–90 campaign, Miñambres switched to CD Tenerife, going on to be active part of the club's top flight consolidation and consequent UEFA Cup participations.[1] As the Canary Islands side was relegated in 1999 he retired from football at the age of 34, and went into management.

Miñambres started coaching former team Tenerife (being one of four managers during 1999–2000 in Segunda División) then continued with Hércules CF, UD Salamanca, Alicante CF and UE Lleida.[2] In the 2007–08 season, he became Rayo Vallecano's director of football.

On 15 February 2010, with the Madrid club now in the second level but immerse in a sporting crisis, Miñambres replaced sacked Pepe Mel as coach.[3] In June, after helping the team retain their division status, he returned to the office.[4]

After leaving the Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas in 2016, Miñambres was employed in the same capacity at RC Celta de Vigo.[5]

International career

Over four and a half years, Miñambres won six caps for Spain and scored two goals. His debut came on 13 December 1989 in a 2–1 friendly win over Switzerland, and he netted the winner in the 59th minute of a match played in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.[6]

Miñambres was subsequently part of Spain's squad at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, appearing against South Korea and Bolivia.[7][8]

Managerial statistics
As of 14 January 2017
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Tenerife[9] 3 October 1999 10 October 1999 1 0 1 0 1 1 +0 000.00
Hércules[10] 25 March 2002 17 March 2003 46 16 18 12 53 41 +12 034.78
Salamanca[11] 1 July 2003 6 March 2005 72 19 26 27 86 90 −4 026.39
Alicante[12] 13 February 2006 30 June 2006 19 9 8 2 27 12 +15 047.37
Lleida[13] 1 July 2006 31 January 2007 23 8 10 5 25 17 +8 034.78
Rayo Vallecano[14] 15 February 2010 20 June 2010 18 6 4 8 31 26 +5 033.33
Total 179 58 67 54 223 187 +36 032.40

References
  1. "¿Qué fue del CD Tenerife semifinalista de la UEFA?" [What happened to UEFA semi-finalists CD Tenerife?] (in Spanish). Sphera Sports. 18 January 2017. Archived from the original on 21 September 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  2. "Felipe Miñambres serà el nou entrenador del Lleida la pròxima temporada" [Felipe Miñambres will be the new manager of Lleida next season] (in Catalan). Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals. 30 June 2006. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  3. Pepe Mel, destituido como entrenador del Rayo Vallecano (Pepe Mel, sacked as Rayo Vallecano coach); Globedia, 15 February 2010 (in Spanish)
  4. "Sandoval, nuevo entrenador del Rayo Vallecano" [Sandoval, new Rayo Vallecano coach]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 20 June 2010. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  5. "Felipe Miñambres, nuevo director deportivo del Celta" [Felipe Miñambres, new Celta sporting director]. Marca (in Spanish). 2 June 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  6. "La selección no pudo dar su mejor imagen" [National team could not show best side]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 14 December 1989. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  7. "World Cup '94; Bolivia scores, but will still go home". The New York Times. 28 June 1994. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  8. Felipe Miñambres – FIFA competition record
  9. "Felipe: Felipe Miñambres Fernández". BDFutbol. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
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    "Felipe: Felipe Miñambres Fernández". BDFutbol. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
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  13. "Felipe: Felipe Miñambres Fernández". BDFutbol. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  14. "Felipe: Felipe Miñambres Fernández". BDFutbol. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
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