| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Fabriciano González Penelas | ||
| Date of birth | (1955-04-25)25 April 1955 (age 70) | ||
| Place of birth | San Pedro, Spain | ||
| Position | 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 Spanishfootballmanager.
After playing at a low level, he began a managerial career of over three decades. He had brief spells atLogroñés andGranada inLa Liga, as well as seven clubs in theSegunda División. Abroad, he led teams in Portugal, Greece, Bolivia and Ukraine.
Born in San Pedro de Santa Comba,Lugo, González played as aright winger, and his career was spent exclusively in the lower leagues of his country and his nativeGalicia. He represented SD Hostelería,CD Lugo,Viveiro CF,RC Villalbés and SCD Santa Comba, the latter already as aplayer-coach.[1]
González started coaching in the mid-80's, his beginnings also being in amateur football. From ages 37–39 he worked withCP Mérida inSegunda División and, in the1994–95 season, was one of five managers forCD Logroñés as the team sufferedLa Liga relegation with an all-time low 13 points: he was in charge of theLa Rioja club for only three games, and did not look back on the experience with pleasure later.[2]
In the following years, González worked inSegunda División B and lower, also returning to Lugo for a second spell as a manager. He also coached three teams in Portugal, all in theLiga de Honra.[3]
González only returned to his country's division two in the2004–05 campaign, working withUD 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, withDeportivo Alavés in2006–07.
In2008–09, González achieved promotion to the second division withFC Cartagena, even though he did not finish the season after being fired in February 2009.[5] On 22 March 2010 he was appointed atGranada CF also in the third tier,[6] helping theAndalusianswin 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 theregular season and eliminatingRC Celta de Vigo andElche CF inthe play-offs.[8] On 28 June 2011 he once again renewed his link to theNazarí, for one year.[9]
González was fired on 22 January 2012 following a 3–0 away loss atRCD Espanyol, even though Granada were still out of the relegation zone.[10] He started2012–13 at the helm ofRacing de Santander in division two, being dismissed after less than four months in charge after a 4–0 defeat toReal Madrid Castilla.[11]
On 8 January 2013, González was appointed atPanathinaikos 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 overSD Ponferradina in the Spanish second division.[14] He was sacked only two months later,[15] and his team alsosuffered relegation.
On 22 December 2017, after an unassuming spell at Bolivia'sClub Petrolero, González was appointed manager of second-tier newcomersLorca FC.[16] In January 2019, he signed forFC Karpaty Lviv of theUkrainian Premier League; the team was facingrelegation.[17] He resigned in May due to health problems.[18]
Apart from his football career, González worked as a teacher on several occasions, collaborating with theCastile-La Mancha School of Coaching in 1989 and teaching tactics and skills in its counterpart in theBalearic Islands the following year.
Additionally, he served as main teacher at the Galicia School of Coaching, in the field of tactics.
Gimnàstic
Cartagena
Granada