Felipe Miñambres

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Miñambres and the second or maternal family name is Fernández.

Felipe Miñambres Fernández (born 29 April 1965) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder, currently director of football of Levante UD.

Felipe Miñambres

Personal information
Full name	Felipe Miñambres Fernández
Date of birth	(1965-04-29) 29 April 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth	Astorga, Spain
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1980–1983	Atlético Astorga
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983–1984	Atlético Astorga
1984–1986	Zamora	69	(24)
1986–1988	Sporting Gijón B	57	(38)
1988–1989	Sporting Gijón	38	(9)
1989–1999	Tenerife	310	(33)
Total		474	(104)
International career
1989–1994	Spain	6	(2)
Managerial career
1999	Tenerife
2002–2003	Hércules
2003–2005	Salamanca
2006	Alicante
2006–2007	Lleida
2010	Rayo Vallecano
2022	Levante (interim)
2024	Levante
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He spent 12 seasons in La Liga, with Sporting de Gijón (two years) and Tenerife (ten), amassing totals of 348 games and 42 goals. He represented Spain at the 1994 World Cup.

Miñambres worked with several clubs as a manager since 1999, being in charge of Tenerife, Salamanca, Rayo Vallecano and Levante in the Segunda División.

Club career

A product of Sporting de Gijón's famed youth system, Mareo, Miñambres was born in Astorga, Province of León, and made his debut with the first team during 1987–88, being an undisputed starter the following season when he scored a career-best nine goals in La Liga.^[1]

For the 1989–90 campaign, Miñambres signed with CD Tenerife, going on to be active part of the club's top-flight consolidation and subsequent UEFA Cup participations.^[2][1] As the Canary Islands side were relegated in 1999,^[3] he retired from football at the age of 34 and went into management.

Miñambres started coaching former team Tenerife (being one of four managers during 1999–2000 in the Segunda División),^[4] then continued with Hércules CF, UD Salamanca, Alicante CF and UE Lleida.^[5] In the 2007–08 season, he became Rayo Vallecano's director of football.^[6]

On 15 February 2010, with the Madrid club now in the second tier but immerse in a sporting crisis, Miñambres replaced the dismissed Pepe Mel as coach.^[7] In June, after helping them to retain their league status, he returned to the office.^[8]

After leaving the Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas in 2016, Miñambres was employed in the same capacity at RC Celta de Vigo.^[9] On 11 February 2022, he moved to Levante UD also as a director of football,^[10] but was also in charge of the team for two matches in October after relieving Mehdi Nafti of his duties.^[11]

Miñambres returned to the bench at the Estadi Ciutat de València on 19 February 2024, now in place of the sacked Javier Calleja, for the remainder of the season.^[12]

International career

Over four and a half years, Miñambres won six caps for Spain and scored two goals.^[13] His debut came on 13 December 1989 in a 2–1 friendly victory over Switzerland, and he netted the last in the 59th minute of a match played in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.^[14]

Miñambres was subsequently part of Spain's squad at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, appearing against South Korea and Bolivia.^[15][16]

Managerial statistics

As of 2 June 2024

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record								Ref
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Tenerife		3 October 1999	10 October 1999	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00	[17]
Hércules		25 March 2002	17 March 2003	46	16	18	12	53	41	+12	034.78	[18]
Salamanca		1 July 2003	6 March 2005	72	19	26	27	86	90	−4	026.39	[19]
Alicante		13 February 2006	30 June 2006	19	9	8	2	27	12	+15	047.37	[20]
Lleida		1 July 2006	31 January 2007	23	8	10	5	25	17	+8	034.78	[21]
Rayo Vallecano		15 February 2010	20 June 2010	18	6	4	8	31	26	+5	033.33	[22]
Levante (interim)		10 October 2022	16 October 2022	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00	[23]
Levante		19 February 2024	2 June 2024	15	4	8	3	17	14	+3	026.67	[24]
Total				196	64	75	57	243	202	+41	032.65	—

References

1. "El CD Tenerife otorga a Felipe Miñambres el distintivo de 'Leyenda Blanquiazul'" [CD Tenerife award 'White-and-blue Legend' badge to Felipe Miñambres] (in Spanish). CD Tenerife. 26 April 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
2. Perera, Juanma (18 January 2017). "¿Qué fue del CD Tenerife semifinalista de la UEFA?" [What happened to UEFA semi-finalists CD Tenerife?] (in Spanish). Sphera Sports. Archived from the original on 21 September 2017. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
3. "El día que Juanele salió 'por patas' del Heliodoro" [The day Juanele ran 'like hell' from the Heliodoro]. El Diario (in Spanish). 13 June 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
4. "El 'caso Jordi', 20 años después" [The 'Jordi affair', 20 years later]. El Diario (in Spanish). 12 December 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
5. "Felipe Miñambres serà el nou entrenador del Lleida la pròxima temporada" [Felipe Miñambres will be the new manager of Lleida next season] (in Catalan). Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals. 30 June 2006. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
6. Ramiro, David (24 June 2015). "El olfato de Felipe Miñambres, clave en los éxitos del Rayo Vallecano" [Felipe Miñambres' flair, key in Rayo Vallecano's success]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 April 2021.
7. "Felipe Miñambres, nuevo técnico del Rayo" [Felipe Miñambres, new manager of Rayo]. La Opinión de Zamora (in Spanish). 16 February 2010. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
8. "Sandoval, nuevo entrenador del Rayo Vallecano" [Sandoval, new Rayo Vallecano coach]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 20 June 2010. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
9. "Felipe Miñambres, nuevo director deportivo del Celta" [Felipe Miñambres, new Celta sporting director]. Marca (in Spanish). 2 June 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
10. "Miñambres deja el Celta con 17,6 millones de superávit en ventas" [Miñambres leaves Celta with a 17.6 million surplus on sales]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 11 February 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
11. Teruel, Javi (10 October 2022). "Felipe Miñambres coge al Levante tras destituir a Nafti" [Felipe Miñambres takes reins of Levante after dismissing Nafti]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 November 2022.
12. Rodilla, Noel (19 February 2024). "El Levante despide a Javi Calleja y Miñambres se hace cargo del equipo" [Levante sack Javi Calleja and Miñambres takes over the team]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 February 2024.
13. D. Braña, Mario (16 January 2013). "Felipe las pilla al vuelo" [Felipe takes them as they come]. La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 November 2022.
14. Archs, Jordi (14 December 1989). "La selección no pudo dar su mejor imagen" [National team could not show best side]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 January 2014.
15. Howe Verhovek, Sam (18 June 1994). "World Cup '94; Up 2–0 with only 10 men, Spain must settle for a tie". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
16. Clarey, Christopher (28 June 1994). "World Cup '94; Bolivia scores, but will still go home". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
17. "Felipe: Felipe Miñambres Fernández". BDFutbol. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
18. "Felipe: Felipe Miñambres Fernández". BDFutbol. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
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19. "Felipe: Felipe Miñambres Fernández". BDFutbol. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
    "Felipe: Felipe Miñambres Fernández". BDFutbol. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
20. "Felipe: Felipe Miñambres Fernández". BDFutbol. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
21. "Felipe: Felipe Miñambres Fernández". BDFutbol. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
22. "Felipe: Felipe Miñambres Fernández". BDFutbol. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
23. "Felipe: Felipe Miñambres Fernández". BDFutbol. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
24. "Felipe: Felipe Miñambres Fernández". BDFutbol. Retrieved 20 February 2024.

External links

• Felipe Miñambres at BDFutbol
• Felipe Miñambres manager profile at BDFutbol
• Felipe Miñambres at National-Football-Teams.com
• Felipe Miñambres – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Felipe Miñambres at EU-Football.info