Luis Fernández
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luis Miguel Fernández Toledo | ||
| Date of birth | 2 October 1959 | ||
| Place of birth | Tarifa, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1969–1970 | HAVE Minguettes | ||
| 1970–1978 | St-Priest | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1978–1986 | Paris Saint-Germain | 225 | (30) |
| 1986–1989 | RC Paris | 59 | (3) |
| 1989–1993 | Cannes | 93 | (5) |
| Total | 377 | (38) | |
| National team | |||
| 1982–1992 | France | 60 | (6) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1992–1994 | Cannes | ||
| 1994–1996 | Paris Saint-Germain | ||
| 1996–2000 | Athletic Bilbao | ||
| 2000–2003 | Paris Saint-Germain | ||
| 2003–2004 | Espanyol | ||
| 2005 | Al-Rayyan | ||
| 2005–2006 | Beitar Jerusalem | ||
| 2006–2007 | Betis | ||
| 2008–2009 | Reims | ||
| 2010–2011 | Israel | ||
| 2015–2016 | Guinea | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Luis Miguel Fernández Toledo known as Luis Fernández (French pronunciation: [lwis fɛʁ.nɑ̃.dɛz]; Spanish pronunciation: [lwis feɾˈnandeθ] born on 2 October 1959) is a French former footballer who played as a defender/midfielder. He retired as a player in 1993 to become a manager.
Fernández has managed AS Cannes and Paris Saint-Germain among other clubs, and is the individual credited with bringing Ronaldinho to Europe.
As an active player, Fernández got 60 international caps and 6 goals for the French national team, between 1982 and 1992. He served as the Stade de Reims manager from December 2008 to June 2009.
Fernández was born in Tarifa (Spain) and moved to France with his parents at the age of 9. He began playing football at the AS Minguettes. He was naturalized as a French citizen in 1981.
He is currently a sport radio talk host with RMC, his daily show is called "Luis Attaque".
It was at Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) that Spanish-born Luis Fernández signed his first professional contract, at 19 years of age.
After the elimination from the 1986 World Cup, and just after he had won the French Ligue 1 championship with PSG, Fernández made the decision to join Jean-Luc Lagardere's team Racing Club de Paris. But in spite of a team that was strong on paper, the club and Fernandez did not succeed, and he left Racing after three seasons. Following the 1986 World Cup, the French national team did not manage to qualify for Euro 1988 and the 1990 World Cup.
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