| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luis Cembranos Martínez | ||
| Date of birth | (1972-06-06)6 June 1972 (age 53) | ||
| Place of birth | Lucerne, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Puente Castro[1] | |||
| 1990–1991 | Barcelona | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–1993 | Barcelona C | ||
| 1993 | →Figueres (loan) | 10 | (6) |
| 1993–1995 | Barcelona B | 39 | (10) |
| 1994–1995 | Barcelona | 3 | (0) |
| 1995–1998 | Espanyol | 70 | (5) |
| 1999–2004 | Rayo Vallecano | 124 | (24) |
| 2004–2005 | Promesas Ponferrada | 16 | (10) |
| Total | 262 | (55) | |
| International career | |||
| 2000 | Spain | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2007–2009 | Huracán Z | ||
| 2011–2014 | Cultural Leonesa | ||
| 2015–2016 | Lugo (assistant) | ||
| 2016–2017 | Zaragoza (assistant) | ||
| 2017–2019 | Rayo Vallecano B | ||
| 2019–2020 | Leganés B | ||
| 2019 | Leganés (caretaker) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Luis Cembranos Martínez (born 6 June 1972) is a Spanish retired professionalfootballer who played as aright midfielder, currently amanager.
He amassedLa Liga totals of 155 games and 22 goals over the course of nine seasons, mainly withEspanyol andRayo Vallecano. He also representedBarcelona in the competition.
Cembranos began working as a manager in 2007, withHuracán Z. He went on to be in charge of a host of clubs, as head coach as well as an assistant.
Born inLucerne, Switzerland, Cembranos was the son ofSpanish emigrants and returned to that country in his teens, moving toLeón.[1] Having signed forFC Barcelona as a teenager, his professional career began inCatalonia at age 20, on loan withUE Figueres in theSegunda División. After a good handful of games he returned to the parent club, being assigned to thereserve side and going on to be deployed in several positions.[1]
After having totalled 177 minutes inLa Liga withBarça (his debut came againstRacing de Santander on 10 September 1994, courtesy of managerJohan Cruyff) and having made his onlyUEFA Champions League appearance, away toManchester United the following month[2]– he also played with the B'sthat campaign – in early 1995 Cembranos moved to another team in the league and the region,RCD Espanyol. There, he first began to be regularly featured in the top division.
In another January transfer window move, Cembranos joinedMadrid'sRayo Vallecano in 1999, being an important member in his first months as they eventuallyreturned to the top flight, scoring six goals during the (half)season. Both player and club continued to consolidate,[3][4] and Rayo obtained their best-ever classification in1999–2000,qualifying for theUEFA Cup viafair play.[5]
Cembranos appeared very irregularly in his final three seasons, troubled by constant injuries that had already made him miss a good number of matches at Barcelona and Espanyol, mainly in the rightknee.[6][7] He was forced to retire in 2005 at age 33, and a couple of years after that had his first coaching experience with amateursCD Huracán Z inCastile and León.[8]
Courtesy of the best season of his career with Rayo (36 appearances, four goals), Cembranos earned his solecap forSpain on 26 January 2000, when he came on as asubstitute forJuan Carlos Valerón in the 76th minute of a 3–0friendly win overPoland inCartagena.[9]
In the summer of 2011, Cembranos was appointed manager ofCultural y Deportiva Leonesa, promoting toSegunda División B at the end of hissecond season.[10] On 19 June 2017, following two assistant spells, he returned to head coaching duties withRayo Vallecano B.[11]
Cembranos left forCD Leganés on 5 July 2019, taking overtheir reserves also in theTercera División.[12] On 21 October, after the departure ofMauricio Pellegrino, he was appointed at the first team in aninterim manner.[13] His first match in charge occurred five days later, a 1–0 home victory overRCD Mallorca which was their first ofthe campaign.[14]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Huracán Z |  | 18 July 2007 | 1 December 2009 | 91 | 37 | 29 | 25 | 127 | 97 | +30 | 040.66 | [15] |
| Cultural Leonesa | | 27 July 2011 | 20 May 2014 | 122 | 63 | 32 | 27 | 199 | 114 | +85 | 051.64 | [16] |
| Rayo Vallecano B | | 19 June 2017 | 21 May 2019 | 78 | 39 | 19 | 20 | 122 | 80 | +42 | 050.00 | [17] |
| Leganés B | | 5 July 2019 | 21 May 2020 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 46 | 39 | +7 | 038.46 | [18] |
| Leganés (caretaker) | | 21 October 2019 | 4 November 2019 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 033.33 | [19] |
| Total | 320 | 150 | 88 | 82 | 496 | 337 | +159 | 046.88 | — | |||