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Fernando Gamboa
Argentine footballer and coach
Fernando Andrés Gamboa (born 28 October 1970 in Marcos Juárez, Córdoba) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a defender.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Fernando Andrés Gamboa | ||
| Date of birth | (1970-10-28) 28 October 1970 (age 53) | ||
| Place of birth | Marcos Juárez, Argentina | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Newell's Old Boys | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1993 | Newell's Old Boys | 121 | (5) |
| 1993–1994 | River Plate | 12 | (0) |
| 1994–1996 | Boca Juniors | 54 | (0) |
| 1996–1999 | Oviedo | 69 | (2) |
| 1999–2000 | Newell's Old Boys | 23 | (2) |
| 2000–2001 | Chacarita Juniors | 13 | (0) |
| 2001 | Colo-Colo | 20 | (0) |
| 2002 | Chacarita Juniors | 17 | (1) |
| 2003–2004 | Grasshoppers | 36 | (1) |
| 2004 | Argentinos Juniors[1] | 2 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1989 | Argentina U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 1991 | Argentina | 15 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2008 | Newell's Old Boys | ||
| 2009–2010 | Chacarita Juniors | ||
| 2010 | Veracruz | ||
| 2010–2011 | Colón | ||
| 2012–2013 | Independiente Rivadavia | ||
| 2013–2014 | Rangers de Talca | ||
| 2015–2016 | Chacarita Juniors | ||
| 2016–2017 | Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy | ||
| 2018 | Agropecuario | ||
| 2018–2019 | Nacional Asunción | ||
| 2021 | Newell's Old Boys | ||
| 2023–2024 | Sport Boys | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Gamboa started his playing career in 1988 with Newell's Old Boys where he won two league championships.
In 1991, he was part of the Argentina squad that won the 1991 Copa América
He joined River Plate in 1993, and after 12 league games in the 1993–94 season he moved to Boca Juniors.
Between 1996 and 1999 Gamboa played for Oviedo in Spain, before returning for a second spell with Newell's Old Boys.
Towards the end of his career he played for Chacarita Juniors and Argentinos Juniors in Argentina, Colo-Colo in Chile and Grasshoppers Zurich of Switzerland.[2]
Gamboa started his managerial career coaching Newell's Old Boys.[3] In 2009 replaced Ricardo Zielinski in Chacarita Juniors signing until June 2010 and assisted Ricardo Lunari. However, they were sacked before the end of their contract. In May 2010 he signed for CD Veracruz of the Mexican second division.[4] In September 2010 Gamboa agreed to replace Antonio Mohamed as head coach of Colón.[5] 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.[6] He left the club one month later.[7] On 6 November 2018, he was then appointed as the manager of Paraguayan club Club Nacional. After the elimination in the first phase of the Copa Libertadores of 2019, he was fired on 31 January 2019.[8]
Club
International
- (in Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics
- Fernando Gamboa at National-Football-Teams.com
- Olé Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- "Te hace la Gamboa". Diario Olé. Archived from the original on 29 April 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
- Fernando Gamboa, nuevo DT de Agropecuario, lt10.com.ar, 18 April 2018
- Fernando Gamboa dejó de ser el DT de Agropecuario, portaleltoro.com, 22 May 2018
- Fernando Gamboa sale del Nacional paraguayo tras su eliminación de la Libertadores, efe.com, 31 January 2019
- Fernando Gamboa at BDFutbol
- Managerial statistics in the Argentine Primera (in Spanish)