Felipe Miñambres

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Felipe Miñambres
Personal information
Full name Felipe Miñambres Fernández
Date of birth (1965-04-29) 29 April 1965 (age 56)
Place of birth Astorga, Spain
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8+12 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1980–1984 Atlético Astorga
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1986 Zamora 69 (24)
1986–1988 Sporting Gijón 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

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

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 subsequent 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.[3]

On 15 February 2010, with the Madrid club now in the second tier but immerse in a sporting crisis, Miñambres replaced the dismissed Pepe Mel as coach.[4] In June, after helping the team retain their league status, he returned to the office.[5]

After leaving the Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas in 2016, Miñambres was employed in the same capacity at RC Celta de Vigo.[6]

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 victory over Switzerland, and he netted the last in the 59th minute of a match played in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.[7]

Miñambres was subsequently part of Spain's squad at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, appearing against South Korea and Bolivia.[8][9]

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[10] Spain 3 October 1999 10 October 1999 1 0 1 0 1 1 +0 000.00
Hércules[11] Spain 25 March 2002 17 March 2003 46 16 18 12 53 41 +12 034.78
Salamanca[12] Spain 1 July 2003 6 March 2005 72 19 26 27 86 90 −4 026.39
Alicante[13] Spain 13 February 2006 30 June 2006 19 9 8 2 27 12 +15 047.37
Lleida[14] Spain 1 July 2006 31 January 2007 23 8 10 5 25 17 +8 034.78
Rayo Vallecano[15] Spain 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. ^ Perera, Juanma (18 January 2017). "¿Qué fue del CD Tenerife semifinalista de la UEFA?" [What happened to UEFA semi-finalists CD Tenerife?] (in Spanish). Sphera Sports. 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. ^ Ramiro, David (24 June 2015). "El olfato de Felipe Miñambres, clave en los éxitos del Rayo Vallecano" [Felipe Miñambres' flair, key in Rayo Vallecano's success]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Felipe Miñambres, nuevo técnico del Rayo" [Felipe Miñambres, new manager of Rayo]. La Opinión de Zamora (in Spanish). 16 February 2010. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Sandoval, nuevo entrenador del Rayo Vallecano" [Sandoval, new Rayo Vallecano coach]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 20 June 2010. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  6. ^ "Felipe Miñambres, nuevo director deportivo del Celta" [Felipe Miñambres, new Celta sporting director]. Marca (in Spanish). 2 June 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  7. ^ Archs, Jordi (14 December 1989). "La selección no pudo dar su mejor imagen" [National team could not show best side]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  8. ^ Howe Verhovek, Sam (18 June 1994). "World Cup '94; Up 2–0 with only 10 men, Spain must settle for a tie". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  9. ^ Clarey, Christopher (28 June 1994). "World Cup '94; Bolivia scores, but will still go home". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  10. ^ "Felipe: Felipe Miñambres Fernández". BDFutbol. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  11. ^ "Felipe: Felipe Miñambres Fernández". BDFutbol. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
    "Felipe: Felipe Miñambres Fernández". BDFutbol. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  12. ^ "Felipe: Felipe Miñambres Fernández". BDFutbol. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
    "Felipe: Felipe Miñambres Fernández". BDFutbol. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  13. ^ "Felipe: Felipe Miñambres Fernández". BDFutbol. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  14. ^ "Felipe: Felipe Miñambres Fernández". BDFutbol. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  15. ^ "Felipe: Felipe Miñambres Fernández". BDFutbol. Retrieved 5 March 2017.

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