Nando Yosu

Spanish football player/manager/director (1939-2016)

Fernando Trío Zabala (8 July 1939 – 20 February 2016), known as Nando Yosu, was a Spanish football midfielder and manager. His long career, as both a player and coach, was mainly associated with Racing de Santander.[1] He played with Racing Santander from 1958 to 1962 and again from 1963 to 1964. He managed Racing Santander from 1977 to 1979, in 1996, 1998 to 1999, in 2005 and in 2006.

Nando Yosu
Personal information
Full name Fernando Trío Zabala
Date of birth (1939-07-08)8 July 1939
Place of birth Mungia, Spain
Date of death 20 February 2016(2016-02-20) (aged 76)
Place of death Santander, Spain
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Nueva Montaña
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1958–1962 Racing Santander 101 (23)
1959–1960Rayo Cantabria (loan)
1962–1964 Valencia 8 (1)
1963–1964Racing Santander (loan) 28 (1)
1964–1966 Athletic Bilbao 30 (0)
1966–1969 Pontevedra 28 (0)
1969–1971 Calvo Sotelo 48 (6)
1971–1972 Gimnástica
Total 243 (31)
Teams managed
1971–1972 Gimnástica
1973–1975 Gimnástica
1977–1979 Racing Santander
1979–1981 Oviedo
1982–1984 Linares
1984 Granada
1985–1986 Alavés
1988–1989 Alzira
1990 Orihuela Deportiva
1992 Ponferradina
1992–1994 Granada
1996 Racing Santander
1998–1999 Racing Santander
2005 Racing Santander
2006 Racing Santander
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Yosu was born in Mungia, Spain. He retired in 2006 because he had Alzheimer's disease. Yosu died from the disease on 20 February 2016 in Santander, Spain. He was aged 76.[2]

References

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  1. "Otro 'milagro Yosu' para el Racing" [Another 'Yosu miracle' for Racing] (PDF) (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 8 May 2006. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  2. "Fallece Nando Yosu, histórico entrenador del Racing" [Nando Yosu, Racing's historical manager, dies] (in Spanish). Marca. 20 February 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.