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Fernando Hierro is a Spanish football player and manager who has had a significant career in both roles within professional soccer. He matters as a notable figure in Spanish football history, having contributed to the sport both as a player and in leadership positions as a manager.
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Authority record · VIAF
- Lifespan
- b. 1968
- Nationality
- ES
- Language
- spa
- Gender
- Male
Recorded by 2 libraries
via VIAF · OCLC
Key facts
- 1979
- Málaga
- 2018
- Spain
- Full name
- Fernando Ruiz Hierro
- Date of birth
- ( 1968-03-23 ) 23 March 1968 (age 58)
- Place of birth
- Vélez-Málaga , Spain
- Height
- 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
- Positions
- Defender defensive midfielder
- 1973 1978
- Vélez
- 1980 1986
- Vélez
- Years
- Team
- 1986 1987
- Valladolid B
- 1987 1989
- Valladolid
- 1989 2003
- Real Madrid
- 2003 2004
- Al-Rayyan
- 2004 2005
- Bolton Wanderers
- 1989 1990
- Spain U21
- 1989 2002
- Spain
- 2014 2015
- Real Madrid (assistant)
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Centre-Back
- Nationality
- Spain
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Fernando
- Family name
- Ruiz
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Place of birth
- Vélez-Málaga
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Participant in
- UEFA Euro 2000
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Spain men's national football team
- Position played
- defender
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- Spain
- Mass
- 84
- Image
- Fernando Hierro in Spain-Iran press conference 2018-06-19.jpg
- Height
- 190
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- Commons category
- Fernando Hierro
- date of birth
- 1968-03-23
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 3
- total goals in career
- 0
- coach of sports team
- Spain men's national football team
- name in native language
- Fernando Hierro
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Encyclopedic overview
Fernando Ruiz Hierro ( Spanish pronunciation: [feɾˈnando ˈʝero]; born 23 March 1968) is a Spanish football executive and former player who played as a centre-back, sweeper or defensive midfielder.
He won five La Liga and three Champions League trophies with Real Madrid in 14 years after signing from Valladolid, during which he appeared in 601 official matches. He also competed professionally in Qatar and England.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fernando Hierro” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.