| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Ginés Meléndez Sotos | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1950-03-22)22 March 1950 (age 75) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Los Chospes,Robledo, Spain | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Albacete | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1967–1969 | Albacete | ||||||||||||||||
| 1969–1970 | Almansa | ||||||||||||||||
| 1970–1971 | Quintanar del Rey | ||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 19??–19?? | Albacete (youth) | ||||||||||||||||
| 19??–19?? | La Gineta | ||||||||||||||||
| 19??–19?? | Albacete (youth) | ||||||||||||||||
| 19??–19?? | Atlético Albacete | ||||||||||||||||
| 1992 | Albacete (caretaker) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1993–1998 | Albacete (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1994 | Albacete (caretaker) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1998 | Albacete | ||||||||||||||||
| 200?–200? | Castile-La Mancha | ||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Spain U20 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Spain U20 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2012 | Spain U19 | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Ginés Meléndez Sotos (born 22 March 1950) is a retired Spanishfootballer andfootball manager.
Ginés, stopped playing football with 21. He then studied as a coach, and began training the ranks atAlbacete Balompié. He was for many years coordinator of Albacete in the youth system, as he combined with that of municipalcouncilor inAlbacete.[1] He was also a physical education teacher at a school in Albacete. In 1992[2] and 1994 coached a game inLa Liga ascaretaker manager. After years as coach and trainer of Albacete Balompié, in the1997–98 season led the first team the last 5 round, getting the salvation of category.[3]
After many years inAlbacete Balompié got the call fromIñaki Sáez to join the technical staff of theyouth ranks of the Spanish team. He has won numerous international competitions with theU17 andU19.[4]
