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{{Short description|Spanish footballer}}
{{redirect|Fernando Muñoz|the volleyball coach|Fernando Muñoz (volleyball)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{family name hatnote|Muñoz|García|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Nando
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| fullname = Fernando Muñoz García
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|10|30|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Seville]], Spain
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height = 1.87 m
| position = [[Defender (association football)#Centre-back|Centre-back]]
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = [[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]]
| years1 = 1986–1988 | clubs1 = [[Sevilla Atlético|Sevilla B]] | caps1 = 21 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1987–1990 | clubs2 = [[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]] | caps2 = 70 | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1990–1992 | clubs3 = [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] | caps3 = 63 | goals3 = 0
| years4 = 1992–1996 | clubs4 = [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]] | caps4 = 49 | goals4 = 0
| years5 = 1996–2001 | clubs5 = [[RCD Espanyol|Espanyol]] | caps5 = 123 | goals5 = 2
| totalcaps = 326 | totalgoals = 2
| nationalyears1 = 1985 | nationalteam1 = [[Spain national under-18 football team|Spain U18]] | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 1989–1990 | nationalteam2 = [[Spain national under-21 football team|Spain U21]] | nationalcaps2 = 5 | nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 1990–1992 | nationalteam3 = [[Spain national football team|Spain]] | nationalcaps3 = 8 | nationalgoals3 = 0
}}
'''Fernando Muñoz García''' (born 30 October 1967), known as '''Nando''', is a Spanish retired [[Association football|footballer]] who played mostly as a [[Defender (association football)#Centre-back|central defender]] (right-footed, he was also utilised [[Defender (association football)#Full-back|on the flank]]).
He appeared in 305 [[La Liga]] games during a 15-year professional career, having represented four clubs, most notably [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]] and [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]].
==Club career==
Born in [[Seville]], Nando started his career with hometown club [[Sevilla FC]], his first game being on 22 February 1987 in a 1–0 away win against [[Athletic Bilbao]] where he played the full 90 minutes.<ref>[http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1987/02/23/pagina-14/1150461/pdf.html#&mode=fullScreen 0–1: Caótico Athletic (0–1: Chaotic Athletic)]; [[Mundo Deportivo]], 23 February 1987 (in Spanish)</ref> He left in summer 1990 to join [[FC Barcelona]] – with the [[Andalusia]]ns having an option to rebuy – where he won the [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] in [[1991–92 European Cup|1992]] and two [[La Liga]] titles in two seasons; at his new team, he reunited with his former Sevilla teammate [[Ricardo Serna]].<ref>[http://sevilla.eldesmarque.com/sevilla-futbol-club/71415-el-sevilla-una-fuente-de-jugadores-para-el-Barcelona El Sevilla, una fuente de jugadores para el Barcelona (Sevilla, source of players for Barcelona)]; El Desmarque, 10 April 2015 (in Spanish)</ref><ref name=MD>[https://www.mundodeportivo.com/futbol/fc-barcelona/20220517/1001807013/que-heroes-wembley-92.html ¿Qué fue de los héroes de Wembley 92? (What happened to the heroes of Wembley 92?)]; Mundo Deportivo, 20 May 2022 (in Spanish)</ref>
Subsequently, Nando returned to Sevilla, but was immediately bought by ''Barça'' archrivals [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]],<ref>[http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1992/07/10/pagina-25/1256400/pdf.html Nando ya es del Real Madrid (Nando already belongs to Real Madrid)]; Mundo Deportivo, 10 July 1992 (in Spanish)</ref><ref>[https://elpais.com/diario/1992/07/10/deportes/710719213_850215.html Nando: "Diría mucho en mi contra si ahora hablara mal del Barça" (Nando: "I would be left in a very poor place if I was to speak ill of Barça now")]; [[El País]], 10 July 1992 (in Spanish)</ref> where he would spend three and a half seasons with irregular playing time – 46 matches over his first two, three following the arrival of [[Jorge Valdano]] as manager<ref name=20M>[https://blogs.20minutos.es/quefuede/2019/01/03/que-fue-de-nando-uno-de-los-que-dio-el-dificil-paso-del-barca-al-madrid/ Qué fue de… Nando: uno de los que dio el difícil paso del Barça al Madrid (What happened to… Nando: one of those who made the difficult move from Barça to Madrid)]; [[20 minutos]], 3 January 2019 (in Spanish)</ref>– before moving to [[RCD Espanyol]] in January 1996.<ref>[http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1996/01/10/pagina-18/1332370/pdf.html El acuerdo es por dos años y medio (Deal is for two and a half years)]; Mundo Deportivo, 10 January 1996 (in Spanish)</ref> At the other [[Catalonia]] side, he would play until the end of the [[2000–01 La Liga|2000–01 campaign]], scoring his only goals as a professional in the process;<ref>[http://www.lanacion.com.ar/118048-espanol-encontro-una-senda-exitosa Español encontró una senda exitosa (Español found a winning path)]; [[La Nación]], 16 November 1998 (in Spanish)</ref><ref>[http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2000/04/16/deportes/955911049.html El Betis mira a segunda mientras el Espanyol pone sus ojos en la UEFA (Betis look to ''segunda'' while Espanyol set sights on UEFA)]; [[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]], 16 April 2000 (in Spanish)</ref><ref>[http://hallofameperico.com/category/hall-of-famers-del-rcde/nando/ NANDO Muñoz]; Hall of Fame Perico, 18 April 2009 (in Spanish)</ref> he also conquered the [[1999–2000 Copa del Rey|1999–2000 edition]] of the [[Copa del Rey]], being [[Fouls and misconduct (association football)|sent off]] in the 2–1 victory over [[Atlético Madrid]].<ref name=COPA>[https://elpais.com/diario/2000/05/28/deportes/959464801_850215.html El Espanyol se corona en Mestalla (Espanyol crowned at Mestalla)]; El País, 28 May 2000 (in Spanish)</ref><ref name=20M/>
Nando retired in 2001, aged 33. He later became a [[Businessperson|businessman]].<ref name=MD/><ref name=20M/>
==International career==
Nando earned eight [[Cap (sport)|caps]] for the [[Spain national football team|Spain national team]], all while at Barcelona.<ref name=20M/> His debut came on 12 September 1990 in a 3–0 [[Exhibition game#International football|friendly]] win over [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]], in [[Gijón]].<ref>[http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1990/09/13/pagina-3/1214055/pdf.html Entrenamiento con tres golazos (Training with three wonder goals)]; Mundo Deportivo, 13 September 1990 (in Spanish)</ref>
==Honours==
'''Barcelona'''
*[[La Liga]]: [[1990–91 La Liga|1990–91]], [[1991–92 La Liga|1991–92]]
*[[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]]: [[1991–92 European Cup|1991–92]]
*[[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]] runner-up: [[1990–91 European Cup Winners' Cup|1990–91]]
'''Real Madrid'''
*La Liga: [[1994–95 La Liga|1994–95]]
*[[Copa del Rey]]: [[1992–93 Copa del Rey|1992–93]]
*[[Supercopa de España]]: [[1993 Supercopa de España|1993]]
'''Español'''
*Copa del Rey: [[1999–2000 Copa del Rey|1999–2000]]<ref name=COPA/>
==References==
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==External links==
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