Fabri González

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is González and the second or maternal family name is Penelas.
Fabri González
Personal information
Full name Fabriciano González Penelas
Date of birth (1955-04-25) 25 April 1955 (age 69)
Place of birth San Pedro, Spain
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
Santa Comba
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
?–1976 Hostelería
1976–1977 Lugo
?–? Viveiro
?–1978 Villalbés
1978–1982 Santa Comba
Managerial career
1978–1982 Santa Comba (player-coach)
?–? Comercial
?–? Villalbés
1987–1988 Lugo (assistant)
1988 Lugo
1988–1989 Villarrobledo
1989–1990 Sporting Mahonés
1990–1991 Gandía
1991–1992 Manlleu
1992 Mérida
1993–1994 Mérida
1994 Logroñés
1996 Elche
1997 Gimnàstic
1998 Murcia
1999–2000 Lugo
2001 Ovarense
2002 Campomaiorense
2003 Marco
2003 Avilés
2003 Zamora
2005 Huesca
2005 Almería
2005–2006 Burgos
2007 Alavés
2007–2008 Mérida
2008–2009 Cartagena
2010–2012 Granada
2012 Huesca
2012 Racing Santander
2013 Panathinaikos
2016 Ponferradina
2017 Petrolero
2017–2018 Lorca
2019 Karpaty Lviv
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fabriciano "Fabri" González Penelas (born 25 April 1955) is a Spanish football manager.

After playing at a low level, he began a managerial career of over three decades. He had brief spells at Logroñés and Granada in La Liga, as well as seven clubs in the Segunda División. Abroad, he led teams in Portugal, Greece, Bolivia and Ukraine.

Playing career

Born in San Pedro de Santa Comba, Lugo, González played as a right winger, and his career was spent exclusively in the lower leagues of his country and his native Galicia. He represented SD Hostelería, CD Lugo, Viveiro CF, RC Villalbés and SCD Santa Comba, the latter already as a player-coach.[1]

Coaching career

González started coaching in the mid-80's, his beginnings also being in amateur football. From ages 37–39 he worked with CP Mérida in Segunda División and, in the 1994–95 season, was one of five managers for CD Logroñés as the team suffered La Liga relegation with an all-time low 13 points: he was in charge of the La Rioja club for only three games, and did not look back on the experience with pleasure later.[2]

In the following years, González worked in Segunda División B and lower, also returning to Lugo for a second spell as a manager. He also coached three teams in Portugal, all in the Liga de Honra.[3]

González only returned to his country's division two in the 2004–05 campaign, working with UD Almería which he helped lead to the 14th position after registering one win, two draws and four losses in his seven games in charge.[4] He met the same fate in his following experience in that tier, with Deportivo Alavés in 2006–07.

In 2008–09, González achieved promotion to the second division with FC Cartagena, even though he did not finish the season after being fired in February 2009.[5] On 22 March 2010 he was appointed at Granada CF also in the third tier,[6] helping the Andalusians win their group and finish as overall champions, with the subsequent promotion.[7]

After renewing his contract with Granada, González led the club to a second consecutive promotion, finishing fifth in the regular season and eliminating RC Celta de Vigo and Elche CF in the play-offs.[8] On 28 June 2011 he once again renewed his link to the Nazarí, for one year.[9]

González was fired on 22 January 2012 following a 3–0 away loss at RCD Espanyol, even though Granada were still out of the relegation zone.[10] He started 2012–13 at the helm of Racing de Santander in division two, being dismissed after less than four months in charge after a 4–0 defeat to Real Madrid Castilla.[11]

On 8 January 2013, González was appointed at Panathinaikos F.C. in Greece.[12] He was relieved of his duties on 31 March.[13]

On 16 February 2016, after nearly three years without a job, González took over SD Ponferradina in the Spanish second division.[14] He was sacked only two months later,[15] and his team also suffered relegation.

On 22 December 2017, after an unassuming spell at Bolivia's Club Petrolero, González was appointed manager of second-tier newcomers Lorca FC.[16] In January 2019, he signed for FC Karpaty Lviv of the Ukrainian Premier League; the team was facing relegation.[17] He resigned in May due to health problems.[18]

Other activities

Apart from his football career, González worked as a teacher on several occasions, collaborating with the Castile-La Mancha School of Coaching in 1989 and teaching tactics and skills in its counterpart in the Balearic Islands the following year.

Additionally, he served as main teacher at the Galicia School of Coaching, in the field of tactics.

Honours

Gimnàstic

Cartagena

Granada

References

  1. ^ "El ex entrenador del CD Lugo, Fabri, se marcha a Bolivia" [Former CD Lugo manager, Fabri, goes to Bolivia] (in Spanish). Fútbol de Lugo. 22 March 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  2. ^ Yepes, Sergio (6 June 2010). "Fabri: "Trabajaré un modelo equilibrado en el que haya posesión de balón"" [Fabri: "I'll work with a balanced model that prefers ball possession"]. Ideal (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  3. ^ "II Liga: Fabri Gonzalez é o novo treinador do Marco" [II League: Fabri Gonzalez is the new manager of Marco] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 26 December 2002. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  4. ^ Rodríguez, Salva (6 April 2005). "Paco Flores es el nuevo técnico en lugar de Fabri" [Paco Flores is the new manager in the place of Fabri] (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  5. ^ Moya, Francisco J. (3 February 2009). "El Cartagena despide a Fabri y contrata a Paco Jémez" [Cartagena fire Fabri and hire Paco Jémez]. La Verdad (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  6. ^ Lamelas, Rafael (22 March 2010). "Fabri: "Entrenar al Granada es una gran oportunidad"" [Fabri: "To coach Granada is a great opportunity"]. Ideal (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  7. ^ a b Rodríguez, A. (25 May 2010). "La afición se echó a la calle al grito de "¡Fabri, Fabri, Fabri!"" [Fans took the street shouting "Fabri, Fabri, Fabri!"]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  8. ^ Martínez, Manolo (4 June 2019). "Seis ascensos a Primera en 88 años de historia" [Six promotions to Primera in 88-year history]. Granada Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Fabri renueva por una temporada" [Fabri renews for one season] (in Spanish). Granada CF. 28 June 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  10. ^ Gómez, Iván (22 January 2012). "Abel Resino se convierte en nuevo técnico del Granada" [Abel Resino becomes new Granada coach]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 January 2012.
  11. ^ Fernández, Pedro (11 December 2012). "Fabri es destituido" [Fabri is dismissed]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  12. ^ Wood, Graham (8 January 2013). "Panathinaikos appoint Fabri as new coach". Yahoo Sports. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  13. ^ "Panathinaikos cut ties with coach Fabri". UEFA. 31 March 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  14. ^ Jiménez, Paco (16 February 2016). "La Deportiva elige a Fabri" [Deportiva choose Fabri] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  15. ^ "Fabri González, destituido como entrenador de la Ponferradina" [Fabri González, dismissed as manager of Ponferradina]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 26 April 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  16. ^ "El Lorca ficha a Fabri González" [Lorca sign Fabri González]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 22 December 2017. Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  17. ^ Penoucos, X. R. (14 January 2019). "Fabri ficha por el equipo ucraniano Karpaty Lviv" [Fabri signs for Ukrainian team Karpaty Lviv]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  18. ^ Menor, S. (18 December 2019). "Pablo Villar afronta su tercera aventura en China como segundo técnico del Qingdao" [Pablo Villar takes on his third adventure in China as assistant manager of Qingdao]. El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 December 2020.