Fernando Muñoz

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Personal information
Full nameFernando Muñoz García
Date of birth (1967-10-30) 30 October 1967
Place of birthSeville, Spain
Height1.87 m (6 ft 1 12 in)
Playing positionCentre back
Youth career
Sevilla
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1987–1990Sevilla70(0)
1990–1992Barcelona64(0)
1992–1996Real Madrid49(0)
1996–2001Espanyol123(2)
Total306(2)
National team
1985Spain U182(0)
1989–1990Spain U215(0)
1990–1992Spain8(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Fernando Muñoz García (born 30 October 1967), aka Nando, is a Spanish retired footballer who played mostly as a central defender (right-footed, he was also utilized on the flank).

During a 15-year professional career he appeared in 306 La Liga games, having represented four clubs, most notably FC Barcelona and Real Madrid.

Football career

Born in Seville, Andalusia, Nando started his career with hometown Sevilla FC, his first game being on 22 February 1987 in a 1–0 home win against Athletic de Bilbao (90 minutes played). He left in the 1990 summer to join FC Barcelona – with the Andalusians having an option to rebuy – where he won the European Cup in 1992 and two La Liga titles in two seasons; at his new team, he reunited with former Sevilla defensive mate Ricardo Serna.

Subsequently Nando returned to Sevilla, but was immediately bought by Barça archrivals Real Madrid,[1] where he would spend three 1/2 seasons with irregular playing time – 46 matches in his first two years, three in the following – before moving to RCD Espanyol in January 1996.[2] In the other Catalonia outfit he would play until the end of the 2000–01 campaign, scoring his only goals as a professional in the process.

Nando retired aged almost 34 and earned eight caps for the Spanish national team, all while at FC Barcelona. His debut came on 12 September 1990 in a 3–0 friendly win over Brazil, in Gijón.

Honours

Barcelona
Real Madrid
Español

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