Fede Castaños

Spanish footballer and manager

Fede Castaños
Personal information
Full name	Federico Castaños Martínez
Date of birth	(1959-01-12) 12 January 1959 (age 65)
Place of birth	Bilbao, Spain
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Burgos
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1977–1979	Real Burgos
1979–1981	Burgos	28	(0)
1981–1984	Racing Santander	80	(2)
1984–1985	Lorca	19	(0)
1985–1989	Real Burgos
1989–1990	Numancia
Managerial career
1999–2001	Burgos (assistant)
2001–2003	Burgos (youth)
2003–2004	Mirandés (assistant)
2004–2005	Burgos
2006–2011	Racing Santander (assistant)
2012	Racing Santander (caretaker)
2013–2014	Racing Santander (assistant)
2014	Arandina
2014–2015	Burgos
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Federico 'Fede' Castaños Martínez (born 12 January 1959) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a defender, and a current manager.

Club career

Born in Bilbao, Biscay, Basque Country, Castaños graduated from Burgos CF's youth setup, and made his senior debuts with the reserves, playing several seasons in Tercera División. On 18 May 1980 he made his first-team – and La Liga – debut, starting in a 0–1 loss at RCD Espanyol.^[1]

In 1981 Castaños moved to Racing de Santander also in the top division, and appeared in Segunda División in the following campaigns, representing Lorca Deportiva CF and Real Burgos (the latter also being in Segunda División B). He eventually retired with CD Numancia in the 1989–90 campaign, in the third level.

Manager career

Castaños began his managerial career at newly formed Burgos CF, as an assistant manager. He was later assigned to the youth setup before being appointed assistant at CD Mirandés.

In the 2004 summer Castaños returned to Burgos, being appointed first-team manager. He finished third during the season, but failed to promote in the play-offs.

In 2006 Castaños was appointed Miguel Ángel Portugal's assistant at Racing de Santander. On 29 November 2011 he was appointed caretaker, along with Juanjo González and Pablo Pinillos.^[2] On 7 March of the following year, after González's sacking, he was appointed manager along Pinillos,^[3] but his reign only lasted two days, being replaced by Álvaro Cervera.

On 1 April 2014 Castaños was appointed at the helm of Arandina CF,^[4] missing out promotion in the play-offs and resigning on 10 June.^[5] Three days later he was appointed Burgos manager.^[6]

References

^ 1–0: No desentonó el Burgos que fué un digno rival (1–0: Burgos was not out of place and was a worthy rival); El Mundo Deportivo, 19 May 1980 (in Spanish)
^ Juanjo González, Fede Castaños y Pablo Pinillos se hacen cargo del primer equipo (Juanjo González, Fede Castaños and Pablo Pinillos take charge of the first team); Racing's official website, 29 November 2011 (in Spanish)
^ Juan José González deja de ser entrenador del Racing (Juan José González ceases to be Racing manager); Racing's official website, 7 March 2012 (in Spanish)
^ La Arandina ya tiene entrenador: el bilbaíno Fede Castaños (Arandina already has a manager: Bilbao-born Fede Castaños) Archived 2014-11-07 at the Wayback Machine; Diario de La Ribera, 1 April 2014 (in Spanish)
^ La Arandina desea "los mayores éxitos" a Fede Castaños (Arandina wishes "the best of luck" to Fede Castaños); Diario de Burgos, 10 June 2014 (in Spanish)
^ Fede Castaños, nuevo entrenador del BCF (Fede Castaños, new manager of BCF) Archived 2014-11-07 at the Wayback Machine; Burgos' official website, 13 June 2014 (in Spanish)