Fernando Andrés Gamboa (born 28 October 1970 in
Marcos Juárez,
Córdoba) is an
Argentine
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football
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manager
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and former player who played as a
defender.
Playing career
Gamboa started his playing career in 1988 with
Newell's Old Boys
Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys () is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario, Santa Fe. The club was founded on 3 November 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell of the English county of Kent, one of the pioneers of Argentine football.
A ...
where he won two league championships.
In 1991, he was part of the Argentina squad that won the
1991 Copa América
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Until the 2021 edition, this was the last time that the tournament con ...
He joined
River Plate in 1993, and after 12 league games in the 1993–94 season he moved to
Boca Juniors
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.
Between 1996 and 1999 Gamboa played for
Oviedo
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in Spain, before returning for a second spell with
Newell's Old Boys
Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys () is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario, Santa Fe. The club was founded on 3 November 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell of the English county of Kent, one of the pioneers of Argentine football.
A ...
.
Towards the end of his career he played for
Chacarita Juniors
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and
Argentinos Juniors
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in Argentina,
Colo-Colo
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in Chile and
Grasshoppers Zurich of
Switzerland
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.
Coaching career
Gamboa started his managerial career coaching
Newell's Old Boys
Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys () is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario, Santa Fe. The club was founded on 3 November 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell of the English county of Kent, one of the pioneers of Argentine football.
A ...
. In 2009 replaced
Ricardo Zielinski
Ricardo Alberto Zielinski (born 14 October 1959) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current manager of Belgrano.
Career
"El Ruso" started his playing career at San Telmo in 1979. Zielinski al ...
in
Chacarita Juniors
Club Atlético Chacarita Juniors (usually known simply as Chacarita) is an Argentine association football, football club headquartered in Villa Crespo, Buenos Aires, while the stadium is located in Villa Maipú, General San Martín Partido of Gre ...
signing until June 2010 and assisted
Ricardo Lunari
Ricardo Gabriel Lunari Del Federico (born 6 February 1970) is an Argentine football manager and former player.
Playing career
Lunari started his career in 1991 with Newell's Old Boys in Argentina, he was a young member of two championship winni ...
. However, they were sacked before the end of their contract. In May 2010 he signed for
CD Veracruz
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In December 2019 ...
of the
Mexican second division. In September 2010 Gamboa agreed to replace
Antonio Mohamed
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Mohamed played as a striker, making his senior debut with Huracán in 1988 and b ...
as head coach of
Colón. The board of directors of Colon sacked him soon after the club lost 2–0 against
Olimpo in a league match on 9 April 2011.
On 18 April 2018, Gamboa was appointed as the manager of
Club Agropecuario Argentino
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The club currently ...
. He left the club one month later. On 6 November 2018, he was then appointed as the manager of Paraguayan club
Club Nacional
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Int ...
. After the elimination in the first phase of the Copa Libertadores of 2019, he was fired on 31 January 2019.
Fernando Gamboa sale del Nacional paraguayo tras su eliminación de la Libertadores
efe.com, 31 January 2019
Honours
Club
; Newell's Old Boys
Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys () is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario, Santa Fe. The club was founded on 3 November 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell of the English county of Kent, one of the pioneers of Argentine football.
A ...
*Primera División Argentina
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: 1990–91, Clausura 1992
; River Plate
*Primera División Argentina
Primera may refer to
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: Clausura 1993
; Grasshoppers Zurich
*Swiss Super League
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: 2002–03
International
; Argentina
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*Copa América
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: 1991
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1970 births
Living people
Footballers from Córdoba Province, Argentina
Argentine men's footballers
Argentine expatriate men's footballers
Argentina men's international footballers
1991 Copa América players
Copa América–winning players
Argentina men's under-20 international footballers
Argentina men's youth international footballers
Men's association football defenders
Argentine Primera División players
Newell's Old Boys footballers
Club Atlético River Plate footballers
Boca Juniors footballers
Chacarita Juniors footballers
Argentinos Juniors footballers
La Liga players
Real Oviedo players
Chilean Primera División players
Colo-Colo footballers
Swiss Super League players
Grasshopper Club Zurich players
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
Expatriate men's footballers in Chile
Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
Argentine football managers
Argentine expatriate football managers
Newell's Old Boys managers
Chacarita Juniors managers
C.D. Veracruz managers
Club Atlético Colón managers
Independiente Rivadavia managers
Rangers de Talca managers
Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy managers
Club Agropecuario Argentino managers
Club Nacional managers
Sport Boys managers
Argentine Primera División managers
Primera B Nacional managers
Chilean Primera División managers
Paraguayan Primera División managers
Peruvian Primera División managers
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Paraguay
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Peru
Expatriate football managers in Mexico
Expatriate football managers in Chile
Expatriate football managers in Paraguay
Expatriate football managers in Peru