Fernando Bonifacio Zambrano Sánchez (born 23 October 1949) is a Spanish retired

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who played as a

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, and a current

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Career

Born in

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Seville Seville ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Spain, Spanish autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the Guadalquivir, River Guadalquivir, ...

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, Zambrano represented

Getafe Deportivo Club Getafe Deportivo was a Spanish football club based in Getafe, a city in the Madrid metropolitan area, Spain. Founded in 1923 and refounded in 1946, it played six seasons in Segunda División, dissolving in 1983 and being replaced by Getafe C ...

as a player, enjoying an eight-year spell at the club which included three full seasons in

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. After retiring, he started working as a manager, with

Rayo Vallecano Rayo Vallecano de Madrid, S.A.D. (), often abbreviated to Rayo (Spanish for "thunderbolt"), is a Spanish professional football club based in the Villa de Vallecas district of Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish foot ...

and

Atlético Madrid Club Atlético de Madrid, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), commonly referred to as Atlético Madrid or simply Atlético, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid that plays in La Liga. The club play their home game ...

's youth setups. After spells at

CD San Fernando Club Deportivo San Fernando was a Spanish football team based in San Fernando, Cádiz, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1940 it was dissolved on 16 June 2009, due a €2 million debt. The club's home ground was ''Estadio Ba ...

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and

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, Zambrano was named Rayo Vallecano manager in November 1993. Sacked in February 1994, he subsequently managed the club in two other occasions: in 1996 and 1997, with a role of

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in the process. In 1999 Zambrano was named

Atlético Madrid B Atlético de Madrid B is a Spanish football team based in Madrid. Founded on 17 September 1963, it is the reserve team of Atlético Madrid and currently plays in Primera Federación – Group 2. They play their home games at Cerro del Espin ...

manager, with the side in

. After finishing second in the 1998–99 campaign he was maintained in charge, and after the main squad's

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from

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, he was appointed first team manager on 5 June 2000. Zambrano was relieved from his duties in October 2000, after a poor start. He subsequently resumed his career in charge of teams in the second level (

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 ...

and

Ciudad de Murcia Club de Fútbol Ciudad de Murcia, usually abbreviated to Ciudad de Murcia, was a Spanish football club based in Murcia, in the namesake autonomous community. They played at the 16,000-seater ''Estadio de La Condomina''. Ciudad Murcia was reloc ...

) and a spell at Atlético Esquivias CF before it was declared bankrupt.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zambrano, Fernando 1949 births Living people People from Sierra Sur (Seville) Footballers from the Province of Seville Spanish men's footballers Segunda División players Tercera División players Getafe Deportivo players Spanish football managers La Liga managers Segunda División managers Rayo Vallecano managers Atlético Madrid B managers Atlético Madrid managers Córdoba CF managers Ciudad de Murcia managers Men's association football midfielders 20th-century Spanish sportsmen