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Fernando Castro Santos (born 20 February 1952) is a Spanish former professional
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defender and
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. During his career, he worked in several clubs in his country as well as in Portugal.


Playing career

Born in
Poio Poio is a municipality in the province of Pontevedra, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Pontevedra. Poio is located in the north shore of the Ría de Pontevedra, between Sanxenxo and the provincial capit ...
,
Province of Pontevedra Pontevedra is a province of Spain, located in the southwestern part of the autonomous community of Galicia. It is bordered by the provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, and Ourense, the country of Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean. There is a public insti ...
. Santos spent his entire career with local club
Pontevedra CF Pontevedra Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team in Pontevedra, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded on 16 October 1941 it currently plays in , holding home matches at '' Estadio Municipal de Pasarón'', with a capacity o ...
. His professional input consisted of 24
Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commonly known as Segunda División or La Liga 2, and officially known as LaLiga HyperMotion for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spa ...
matches in the 1976–77 season, being relegated.


Coaching career

Santos began working as a manager at only 31 with Pontevedra, before moving to Galician neighbours
SD Compostela Sociedade Deportiva Compostela is a Spanish football team based in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia. They play home matches at San Lázaro, and compete in . History A team called Compostela Foot-ball Club was founded in 1928, ceasing to exist ...
in 1989. During his six-year spell at the latter club, he led it from
Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...
to
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. After helping ''Compos'' to retain their top-division status in the 1994–95 campaign, Santos stayed in the region, signing with
RC Celta de Vigo Real Club Celta de Vigo (; ), commonly known as Celta Vigo, is a Spanish professional football club based in Vigo, Galicia, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spanish football. Nicknamed ''Os Celestes'' (The Sky Blues), the club was fou ...
and remaining two years there. He started 1997–98 in Portugal with
S.C. Braga Sporting Clube de Braga (), commonly known as Sporting de Braga or just Braga, is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Braga. Best known for the men's professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese foo ...
, being fired in January 1998 (the side eventually reached the final of the
Taça de Portugal The Taça de Portugal (; ) is an annual association football competition and the premier knockout tournament in Portuguese football. For sponsorship reasons, it has been known as Taça de Portugal Generali Tranquilidade since the 2024–25 seaso ...
) and returning to his country with
Sevilla FC Sevilla Fútbol Club () is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Seville, Andalusia, that competes in La Liga, the Spanish football league system, top flight of Spanish football. The club was formed on 25 January ...
. Santos left Sevilla in January 1999, as the team eventually promoted to the top flight with his successor Marcos Alonso at the helm. He spent the following years at
CD Tenerife Club Deportivo Tenerife, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. Founded in 1922, the club plays in the Segunda División, holding home matches at the Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez L ...
,
Polideportivo Ejido Poli Ejido 2012 Sociedad Deportiva was a Spanish football team based in El Ejido, Province of Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1969 and dissolved in 2012, it held home matches at '' Estadio Municipal Santo Domingo'' ...
,
Córdoba CF Córdoba Club de Fútbol (), is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club based in Córdoba, Andalusia, Córdoba, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1954 after the dissolution of RCD Córdoba. Currently it plays ...
,
UD Almería Unión Deportiva Almería, S.A.D. () is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish professional football club based in Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 26 July 1989 and known as ''Almería Club de Fútbol'' until 2001 ...
and
UD Vecindario Unión Deportiva Vecindario is a Spanish football team based in Vecindario, Santa Lucía de Tirajana, Gran Canaria, in the autonomous community of Canary Islands. Founded in 1962 and refounded in 2021, they play in , holding home games at '' Esta ...
, all in the Spanish second tier. He again was in charge of Braga in the 2002–03 season, meeting the same fate and later taking the club to court for unfounded disimissal. Santos went back to Portugal on 9 February 2010, as a replacement for the sacked José Mota at
Leixões SC The Port of Leixões (, ) is one of Portugal's major seaports, located 4 km north of the mouth of the Douro River, in Matosinhos municipality, near the city of Porto. Leixões Sport Club, commonly known simply as ''Leixões'', is Matosinho ...
. On 21 October, he took over from
Ángel Viadero Ángel Eduardo Viadero Odriozola (born 3 January 1969) is a Spanish football coach. He spent the great majority of his career managing in Segunda División B, leading both Racing Santander and their reserves in the league. Career Viadero was b ...
in a return to Pontevedra, not being able to prevent
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from
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as third-bottom.


Personal life

Santos' son,
Diego Castro Diego Castro Giménez (; born 2 July 1982) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a left winger. He amassed La Liga totals of 226 games and 43 goals over eight seasons, mainly representing Getafe (four years) and Sporting de ...
, was also a professional footballer. A winger, he represented with success
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and
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.


See also

* List of one-club men


References


External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Castro Santos, Fernando 1952 births Living people People from Pontevedra (comarca) 20th-century Spanish sportsmen Spanish men's footballers Footballers from the Province of Pontevedra Men's association football defenders Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Pontevedra CF footballers Spanish football managers La Liga managers Segunda División managers Segunda División B managers Tercera División managers Pontevedra CF managers CD Arenteiro managers SD Compostela managers RC Celta de Vigo managers Sevilla FC managers CD Tenerife managers Polideportivo Ejido managers Córdoba CF managers UD Almería managers UD Vecindario managers Primeira Liga managers S.C. Braga managers Leixões S.C. managers Spanish expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Portugal Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Portugal