Fernando Estévez (football manager)

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

Fernando Estévez Martín (born 1 June 1979) is a Spanish football manager, currently in charge of SD Ponferradina.

Fernando Estévez

Personal information
Full name	Fernando Estévez Martín
Date of birth	(1979-06-01) 1 June 1979 (age 46)
Place of birth	Capileira, Spain
Team information
Current team	Ponferradina (manager)
Managerial career
Years	Team
2004–2006	Vélez Rubio
2007–2009	Granada B
2009–2013	Loja
2014–2015	Guijuelo
2015–2016	Almería B
2017–2018	Marbella
2018–2019	Burgos
2020–2021	Badajoz
2022–2024	Eldense
2025–	Ponferradina

Career

Born in Capileira, Granada, Andalusia,^[1] Estévez began his managerial career with Vélez Rubio CF in 2004, in the Regional Preferente. After achieving promotion to Primera Andaluza in his first season, he left the club in 2006 to work as a doctor in Guadix.^[2]

Estévez returned to managerial duties in 2007, with Granada CF's reserves. He also led the side to Primera Andaluza in his first year,^[3] and took over Tercera División side Loja CD in July 2009.^[4]

Estévez achieved a first-ever promotion to Segunda División B with Loja in 2012, but departed the club on 31 May 2013, after their immediate relegation.^[5] On 30 June 2014, after a year without coaching, he was named in charge of CD Guijuelo in the third tier.^[6]

Estévez left Guijuelo at the end of the 2014–15 season, and was appointed UD Almería B manager on 23 December 2015, replacing Miguel Rivera.^[7] After suffering relegation, he left.

On 7 June 2017, Estévez was named at the helm of Marbella FC, still in division three.^[8] He left on 21 June 2018,^[9] and was appointed manager of fellow league team Burgos CF on 26 October.^[10]

Estévez was sacked by Burgos on 7 October 2019,^[11] and was named CD Badajoz manager roughly one year later.^[12] Despite finishing the 2020–21 campaign as the best team of the division, his side was unable to achieve promotion after losing the last round of the play-offs; on 2 July 2021, he left the club on a mutual agreement.^[13]

On 11 July 2022, after another year without a club, Estévez was appointed manager of CD Eldense in Primera Federación.^[14] He led the side to a promotion to Segunda División after 59 years of absence, after defeating Raúl's Real Madrid Castilla in the finals of the play-offs.^[15]

Estévez's first professional match as manager occurred on 13 August 2023, a 1–0 away win over FC Cartagena.^[16] On 22 June of the following year, after avoiding relegation, he left the club.^[17]

On 28 June 2025, after more than a year without a club, Estévez was named manager of SD Ponferradina in the third division.^[18]

Personal life

Estévez is also an emergency doctor, and worked in that profession during the COVID-19 pandemic.^[19][20] His brother Miguel was a footballer; a midfielder, he never played in any higher than Tercera División, and both were together at Vélez Rubio.^[2]

Managerial statistics

As of 2 June 2024^[21]

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record								Ref
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Vélez Rubio		1 July 2004	30 June 2006	60	28	15	17	86	65	+21	046.67
Granada B		1 July 2007	30 June 2009	66	29	18	19	102	77	+25	043.94
Loja		28 July 2009	31 May 2013	158	72	41	45	227	169	+58	045.57	[22]
Guijuelo		30 June 2014	11 May 2015	39	17	10	12	58	49	+9	043.59	[23]
Almería B		23 December 2015	20 May 2016	20	3	6	11	15	31	−16	015.00	[24]
Marbella		7 June 2017	21 June 2018	42	22	10	10	54	32	+22	052.38	[25]
Burgos		26 October 2018	7 October 2019	35	11	13	11	31	34	−3	031.43	[26]
Badajoz		18 October 2020	2 July 2021	26	17	5	4	44	14	+30	065.38	[27]
Eldense		11 July 2022	22 June 2024	89	34	29	26	111	102	+9	038.20	[28]
Career total				535	233	147	155	728	573	+155	043.55	—