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Personal information
Date of birth (1984-03-01) 1 March 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Santander, Spain
Height 1.78 m
Playing position Centre-back
Club information
Current club Escobedo (manager)
Youth career
Rayo Cantabria
Racing Santander
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2006 Racing B 31 (4)
2005–2008 Racing Santander 8 (0)
2006–2007 Sporting Gijón (loan) 33 (0)
2008 Las Palmas (loan) 21 (0)
2008–2011 Las Palmas 68 (2)
2011–2014 Ponferradina 90 (1)
2014–2015 Racing Santander 22 (0)
2015–2016 Atlético San Luis 16 (0)
2016–2017 Llagostera 34 (1)
2017–2020 Formentera 89 (2)
2020–2023 Escobedo 67 (0)
Total 479 (10)
Teams managed
2023– Escobedo
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Samuel San José Fernández (born 1 March 1984), known simply as Samuel or Samu for short, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a central defender, and is currently the manager of UM Escobedo.

Club career

Born in Santander, Cantabria, Samu was a product of his hometown club Racing de Santander's youth system. He first appeared for its main squad on 11 September 2005, in a 0–1 home loss against Cádiz CF. He finished the season with seven appearances (all but one were complete matches) and four yellow cards, as the Cantabria side finished 17th in La Liga and narrowly avoided relegation.

After having served a season-long loan stint with Sporting de Gijón in the Segunda División, Samuel returned to Racing but, midway through the 2007–08 campaign, would be loaned again, alongside teammate Christian Fernández, to second-tier strugglers UD Las Palmas. Both would be instrumental in helping the Canarians to retain their league status.

Subsequently, Christian returned to Santander but Samu stayed, signing for three years with the option for a further one. He appeared in an average of 23 games the following three seasons, with his team always managing to stay afloat in division two.

Samuel then alternated between the second division and the Segunda División B, representing SD Ponferradina and Racing Santander and achieving promotion with the former in 2012. He spent 2015–16 in the Mexican Ascenso MX, with Atlético San Luis.

After returning to his home country, Samu saw out his career at age 39, playing lower-league and amateur football with UD Llagostera, SD Formentera and UM Escobedo.

Coaching career

On 16 June 2023, Samu announced his retirement as a player and was immediately named manager of his last club Escobedo. On 19 May 2024, after achieving promotion to Segunda Federación as group winners, he renewed his contract for a further year.

Managerial statistics

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Escobedo Spain 16 June 2023 Present &&&&&&&&&&&&&037.&&&&&037 &&&&&&&&&&&&&023.&&&&&023 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&05.&&&&&05 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&09.&&&&&09 &&&&&&&&&&&&&061.&&&&&061 &&&&&&&&&&&&&033.&&&&&033 +28 &&&&&&&&&&&&&062.16000062.16
Career total &&&&&&&&&&&&&037.&&&&&037 &&&&&&&&&&&&&023.&&&&&023 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&05.&&&&&05 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&09.&&&&&09 &&&&&&&&&&&&&061.&&&&&061 &&&&&&&&&&&&&033.&&&&&033 +28 &&&&&&&&&&&&&062.16000062.16

See also

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