Luis Cembranos
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luis Cembranos Martínez | ||
| Date of birth | 6 June 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Lucerne, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Barcelona | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1991–1993 | Barcelona C | ||
| 1993–1995 | Barcelona B | 39 | (10) |
| 1993 | → Figueres (loan) | 10 | (6) |
| 1994–1995 | Barcelona | 3 | (0) |
| 1995–1998 | Espanyol | 70 | (5) |
| 1999–2004 | Rayo Vallecano | 124 | (24) |
| 2004–2005 | Promesas Ponferrada | ||
| Total | 246 | (45) | |
| National team | |||
| 2000 | Spain | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2007–2009 | Huracán Z | ||
| 2011–2014 | Cultural Leonesa | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Luis Cembranos Martínez (born 6 June 1972) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a right midfielder, and a current coach.
He amassed La Liga totals of 155 games and 22 goals over the course of nine seasons, mainly with Espanyol and Rayo Vallecano. He also represented Barcelona in the competition.
Club career
Born in Lucerne, Cembranos was the son of Spanish immigrants in Switzerland, and returned to his country in his teens, moving to Catalonia. His professional career began at age 20, with second division's UE Figueres; after a good handful of games he was bought by powerhouse FC Barcelona, being assigned to its B-side.
After having appeared in three first team matches in La Liga with Barça (his debut came against Racing de Santander on 10 September 1994, and he added his first and only UEFA Champions League appearance, against Manchester United the following month[1]), courtesy of manager Johan Cruyff – he also played with the B's during that campaign – Cembranos moved in early 1995 to another side in the league and the region, RCD Espanyol, where he first began to appear regularly in the top level.
In another January transfer window move (January 1999) Cembranos joined Madrid's Rayo Vallecano, being an essential member in his first months at the club as it eventually returned to the top flight, scoring six goals during the (half)season. Both player and team continued to consolidate, and Rayo obtained its best-ever classification in 1999–2000, qualifying to the UEFA Cup via fair play – where the club eventually reached the last-eight.
In his final three seasons Cembranos appeared very irregularly, troubled with constant injuries that had already made him miss a good number of contests at Barcelona and Espanyol, mainly in the right knee. He was forced to retire in 2005 at age of 33 and, a couple of years after, he had his first coaching spell, with amateurs CD Huracán Z in Castile and León.[2]
International career
Courtesy of the best season of his career, with Rayo (36 matches, four goals), Cembranos earned his sole cap with Spain: on 26 January 2000, in Cartagena, he came on as a substitute for Juan Carlos Valerón in the 76th minute of a 3–0 friendly win with Poland.[3]
Honours
- Barcelona
References
- ↑ De Old Trafford a Vallecas (From Old Trafford to Vallecas); El Mundo, 2 November 1999 (Spanish)
- ↑ Luis Cembranos se convierte en el nuevo técnico del Huracán Z (Luis Cembranos becomes new Huracán Z coach); Correo Digital, 18 July 2007 (Spanish)
- ↑ "España dota de argumentos a Camacho con otra goleada" [España gives reasons to Camacho with another routing] (in Spanish). El Mundo. 26 January 2000. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
External links
- Luis Cembranos profile at BDFutbol
- Luis Cembranos manager profile at BDFutbol
- National team data
- Luis Cembranos at National-Football-Teams.com
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