César Ferrando

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Ferrando and the second or maternal family name is Jiménez.

César Ferrando

Personal information
Full name	César Ferrando Jiménez
Date of birth	(1959-07-25) 25 July 1959
Place of birth	Tavernes de la Valldigna, Spain
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Albacete (coach)
Youth career
	UD Tavernes
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1977–1981	Valencia B
1981–1984	Valencia	50	(2)
1984–1985	Salamanca	35	(4)
1985–1987	Sabadell	26	(2)
1987–1988	Olímpic Xàtiva
1988–1990	Alzira	33	(3)
1990–1991	Ontinyent
Managerial career
?–?	UD Tavernes
1997–2000	Gandía
2000–2002	Valencia B
2002–2004	Albacete
2004–2005	Atlético Madrid
2005–2007	Albacete
2008–2010	Gimnàstic
2012	Elche
2013–2014	Johor Darul Takzim
2016–	Albacete
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

César Ferrando Jiménez (born 25 July 1959) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder, and the current manager of Albacete Balompié.

Playing career

Born in Tavernes de la Valldigna, Valencia, Ferrando started his professional career with local giants Valencia CF, first spending nearly four years with the reserves. He made his first-team – and La Liga – debut on 26 April 1981, playing the dying minutes of the 3–1 home win against UD Las Palmas.

After a further three full seasons with the Che, Ferrando left in 1984 and went on to play professionally with UD Salamanca, CE Sabadell FC and UD Alzira, competing almost exclusively in Segunda División but playing seven top division games with the second club in the 1986–87 campaign. He closed out his career in 1991 at the age of 32, retiring at lowly Ontinyent CF in his native region.

Manager career

Ferrando started coaching at amateur level, with his local club UD Tavernes. In 1997 he moved to Segunda División B, where he spent three years in charge of CF Gandía; in 2001, he led Valencia B to a return to that category.

Ferrando was appointed at division two's Albacete Balompié in the 2002 summer, achieving promotion to the top flight in his first year and leading the team to safety the following season, which prompted his signing for Atlético Madrid.

After the Colchoneros could only rank in 11th place, Ferrando was relieved of his duties in late May 2005. He subsequently returned to his previous club, for a further two second division campaigns.

For the better part of the next years, Ferrando continued to work in the second tier of Spanish football, with Gimnàstic de Tarragona and Elche CF. He moved abroad for the first time in 2013, being appointed coach at Malaysian club Johor Darul Takzim F.C. and switching to director of football afterwards.

On 13 March 2016, Ferrando returned to Albacete, with the team seriously threatened with relegation.

Personal life

Ferrando's younger brothers, Francisco (1962) and Juan Carlos (1965), were also footballers and midfielders. The former also played for Valencia.

Managerial statistics

As of 14 May 2016

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Gandía	1 July 1997	30 June 2000	120	48	34	38	40.00
Valencia B	30 June 2000	1 July 2002	88	51	20	17	57.95
Albacete	1 July 2002	30 June 2004	82	30	28	24	36.59
Atlético Madrid	30 June 2004	31 May 2005	52	22	13	17	42.31
Albacete	15 June 2005	30 June 2007	88	32	24	32	36.36
Gimnàstic	9 January 2008	6 March 2010	94	31	32	31	32.98
Elche	10 April 2012	30 June 2012	10	3	1	6	30.00
Johor Darul Takzim	21 August 2013	10 April 2014	14	7	4	3	50.00
Albacete	13 March 2016	Present	9	3	1	5	33.33
Total			549	225	156	168	40.98

External links

• César Ferrando profile at BDFutbol
• César Ferrando manager profile at BDFutbol
• Stats and bio at CiberChe (Spanish)