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Fernando Andrés Gamboa (born 28 October 1970 in Marcos Juárez, Córdoba) is an
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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 The 1991 Copa América association football, football tournament was hosted by Chile, from 6 to 21 July. It was organized by CONMEBOL and all ten member nations participated. 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 Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is best known for its men's professional Association football, football team which, since its promotion in 1913 ...
. Between 1996 and 1999 Gamboa played for
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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 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 ...
and
Argentinos Juniors Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its association football, football team, which currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, and was reco ...
in Argentina,
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in Chile and Grasshoppers Zurich of
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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
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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
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. However, they were sacked before the end of their contract. In May 2010 he signed for
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of the Mexican second division. In September 2010 Gamboa agreed to replace
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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 Club Agropecuario Argentino is an Argentine football club sited in Carlos Casares, a city of Buenos Aires Province. Founded in 2011, the club is one of the youngest institutions affiliated to the Argentine Football Association. The club currently ...
. He left the club one month later. On 6 November 2018, he was then appointed as the manager of Paraguayan club
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. 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 ...
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: 1990–91, Clausura 1992 ; River Plate *
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: Clausura 1993 ; Grasshoppers Zurich *
Swiss Super League The Super League (also known as the Credit Suisse Super League for sponsorship reasons) is a professional association football league in Switzerland and the highest level of the Swiss football league system. It has been played in its current fo ...
: 2002–03


International

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Copa América The CONMEBOL Copa América (; known until 1975 as the South American Football Championship), often simply called the Copa America, is the top men's quadrennial association football, football tournament contested among list of men's national ass ...
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1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gamboa, Fernando 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