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Fernando Castro Santos
Personal information
Full name	Fernando Castro Santos
Date of birth	20 February 1952 (age 72)
Place of birth	Poio, Spain
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1973–1981	Pontevedra
Managerial career
1983–1988	Pontevedra
1988–1989	Arenteiro
1989–1995	Compostela
1995–1997	Celta
1997–1998	Braga
1998–1999	Sevilla
1999–2000	Tenerife
2000–2002	Poli Ejido
2002–2003	Braga
2003	Córdoba
2004–2005	Almería
2006–2007	Vecindario
2008	Poli Ejido
2010	Leixões
2010–2011	Pontevedra
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fernando Castro Santos (born 20 February 1952) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a defender, and a retired manager.

During his career, he worked in several clubs in his country as well as in Portugal.

Football career edit

Born in Poio, Province of Pontevedra, Santos began working as a manager at only 30 with local Pontevedra CF, before moving to Galician neighbours SD Compostela in 1989. During his six-year spell at the latter club, he led it from the fourth division to La Liga.

After helping Compos retain their top flight status in the 1994–95 season,^[1] Santos stayed in the region, signing with Celta de Vigo and remaining there for two years.^[2] He started 1997–98 in Portugal with S.C. Braga, being sacked after a few months (the side eventually reached the domestic cup final) and returning to his country with Sevilla FC, in the second level.

Leaving Sevilla in summer 1999 after the team's top flight promotion, Santos spent the following years at CD Tenerife, Polideportivo Ejido,^[3] Córdoba CF, UD Almería and UD Vecindario – all in the country's second tier, safe for 2000–01; he also spent some of the 2002–03 campaign again at Braga, meeting the same fate.

On 9 February 2010, Santos returned to Portugal as a replacement for sacked José Mota at Leixões SC.^[4] On 21 October, he returned to his first club Pontevedra after taking over from Ángel Viadero.^[5]

Personal life edit

Castro Santos' son, Diego Castro, is a professional footballer. A winger, he represented with success Sporting de Gijón and Perth Glory FC.^[6]

References edit

^ "Un Compos de Primera" [Primera Compos] (in Spanish). Míticos del Balompié. 28 December 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
^ Fernando Castro Santos Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine; Diario de Córdoba, 23 October 2003 (in Spanish)
^ "Castro Santos sustituye a Tapia" [Castro Santos replaces Tapia] (PDF) (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 31 October 2001. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
^ Castro Santos no Leixões (Castro Santos at Leixões); Leixões SC, 9 February 2010 (in Portuguese)
^ "Fernando Castro Santos, nuevo técnico del Pontevedra" [Fernando Castro Santos, new manager of Pontevedra] (in Spanish). Marca. 21 October 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
^ Diego Castro y Fernando Castro Santos, duelo entre padre e hijo en Segunda (Diego Castro and Fernando Castro Santos, father-son duel in Segunda) Archived 13 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine; Hoy Sport, 23 January 2008 (in Spanish)