Víctor (footballer, born 1974)

Víctor

Víctor in 2007
Personal information
Full name	Víctor Manuel Fernández Gutiérrez
Date of birth	(1974-04-17) 17 April 1974
Place of birth	Mérida, Spain
Height
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Leganés
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993	Real Madrid C	12	(2)
1993–1994	Real Madrid B	20	(5)
1994–1996	Tenerife	16	(2)
1996	→ Toledo (loan)	20	(10)
1996–2000	Valladolid	133	(38)
2000–2004	Villarreal	131	(39)
2004–2009	Valladolid	169	(52)
2009–2011	Cartagena	72	(21)
2011–2012	Leganés	29	(9)
Total		602	(178)
International career
2000	Spain	1	(0)
Managerial career
2012	Leganés
2015–2016	Cartagena
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Víctor Manuel Fernández Gutiérrez (born 17 April 1974), known simply as Víctor, is a Spanish retired footballer. Usually a striker, he could also be put to use behind a sole attacker.

Over the course of 18 seasons he appeared in 561 games both major levels of Spanish football combined, scoring 167 goals (342/93 in La Liga). He played nine years with Valladolid (two spells), and four with Villarreal.

Club career

Víctor was born in Mérida, Extremadura. A product of CD Leganés' youth system, he made his senior debuts with Real Madrid Castilla, and first appeared in La Liga with CD Tenerife, having little success in a one 1/2 season stint. Towards the end of the second year he played with CD Toledo, in the second division.

In 1996–97 Víctor joined Real Valladolid, scoring 16 top flight goals in his debut campaign to help the club rank seventh, then spent another four years with Villarreal CF, where he was also a regular fixture (with 28 successful strikes in his first two seasons combined).

In July 2004 Víctor was deemed surplus to requirements at Villarreal and rejoined Valladolid, teaming up with centre forward Joseba Llorente for three years and netting nine goals to help the side retain its top division status in 2008.

In July 2009, after having once again helped the Castile and León team avoid relegation – 29 games, five goals, 1,956 minutes – Víctor, aged 35, was not offered a new contract and left. The following week he penned a deal with FC Cartagena, freshly promoted to the second level.

Víctor scored nine league goals for the Murcian club in his first season, improving to 12 in the following, with the team consecutively managing to retain its status. In July 2011, the 37-year-old returned to former team Leganés and signed a one-year contract with the division three side.

International career

Víctor played one match for Spain, subbing in for Luis Enrique in a 0–0 friendly draw with Croatia in Split, on 23 February 2000.

Honours

Villarreal

• UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2003, 2004

External links

• Víctor profile at BDFutbol
• Víctor manager profile at BDFutbol
• National team data
• Víctor at National-Football-Teams.com