Fernando Currás Gallego
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Fernando Currás Gallego | ||
| Date of birth | 19 February 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Ourense, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Melilla (coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Ourense | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1994–1997 | Ourense B | ||
| 1996–1999 | Ourense | 77 | (8) |
| 1999–2000 | Getafe | 30 | (1) |
| 2000–2001 | Gandía | 15 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Alcorcón | 35 | (3) |
| 2002–2003 | Jaén | 35 | (2) |
| 2003–2007 | Ourense | 136 | (8) |
| 2007–2010 | Melilla | 82 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2011–2014 | Melilla (assistant) | ||
| 2014– | Melilla | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Fernando Currás Gallego (born 19 February 1977) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder, and the current manager of UD Melilla.
Club career
Born in Ourense, Galicia, Currás graduated with CD Ourense's youth setup. He made his senior debuts with the reserves, playing several seasons in the regional leagues.
On 21 December 1996 Currás played his first professional match, starting in a 0–2 away loss against SD Eibar for the Segunda División championship.[1] He was definitely promoted to the main squad in June of the following year, playing regularly afterwards.
In the 1999 summer Currás joined Getafe CF, also in the second level. He left the club in the following year and subsequently resumed his career in Segunda División B, representing CF Gandía, AD Alcorcón, Real Jaén, CD Ourense and UD Melilla; he retired with the latter in 2010, aged 32.
Manager career
On 9 February 2011 Currás was appointed Andrés García Tébar's assistant at his last professional club, Mellilla.[2] On 11 May 2014 he was appointed as manager, replacing Juan Moya.[3]
References
- ↑ El Eibar sigue en zona de ascenso (Eibar remains in the promotion zone); El Mundo Deportivo, 22 December 1996 (Spanish)
- ↑ Un técnico ourensano en Melilla (A Ourense-born manager in Melilla); La Voz de Galicia, 9 February 2011 (Spanish)
- ↑ Fernando Currás entrenará al Melilla (Fernando Currás will manage Melilla); Faro de Vigo, 11 May 2014 (Spanish)