Félix Carnero

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Carnero and the second or maternal family name is Correa.
Félix Carnero
Personal information
Full name Félix Javier Carnero Correa
Date of birth (1948-06-01) 1 June 1948 (age 76)
Place of birth Vigo, Spain
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Apache
Amanecer
Celta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1966–1967 Rápido Bouzas
1967–1968 Celta 3 (0)
1968–1974 Castellón 161 (14)
1974–1979 Celta 127 (20)
Total 291 (34)
Managerial career
1981–1983 Celta (assistant)
1983–1984 Gran Peña
1984–1985 Celta
1988–1989 Arosa
1989–1990 Lugo
1990–1994 Arosa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Félix Javier Carnero Correa (born 1 June 1948) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder, and is a former manager.

Playing career

Born in Bouzas, Vigo, Pontevedra, Galicia, Carnero started his career with Rápido de Bouzas before returning to RC Celta de Vigo, a club he represented as a youth, in 1967.[1] He made his professional debut on 3 March 1968, starting in a 1–2 Segunda División home loss against Real Valladolid.[2]

In July 1968, after appearing rarely, Carnero moved to Tercera División side CD Castellón, where he helped the side to achieve promotion to the second division in his first season. He was subsequently a regular starter for the side, winning promotion to La Liga in 1972.

Carnero made his debut in the top tier on 3 September 1972, playing the full 90 minutes of a 2–3 home loss against Real Madrid.[3] He scored his first goals in the category the following 4 March, as he scored a brace in a 5–1 home routing of former side Celta.[4]

In 1974, after suffering relegation, Carnero returned to Celta, where he spent his subsequent five campaigns alternating between the first and second levels. In 1979, he retired at the age of 31.[5]

Post-playing career

Immediately after retiring Carnero joined Celta's backroom staff, becoming an assistant manager of Milorad Pavić in 1981. He started the 1983–84 campaign as a manager of Gran Peña FC (the farm team) in the fourth division before being appointed manager of the main squad in March 1984, in the place of sacked Carriega.[6]

Carnero led the Celestes back to the first division in the 1984–85, but was sacked on 26 November 1985 after a poor start of the campaign.[7] He later worked as a manager for Arosa SC, where he was in charge of the club for the biggest amount of matches (155),[8] and CD Lugo in Segunda División B.

After ending his managerial career, Carnero worked as a technical secretary at his main club Celta, being released from the club in 2007 after also working as a sporting director.[9] He subsequently joined Cádiz CF, but left in October after the club was close to changing their board.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Félix: "Vencer al Español será pero que muy difícil"" [Félix: "It will be very hard to defeat Español"] (PDF) (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 26 January 1975. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Celta 1 Valladolid 2" (PDF) (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 4 March 1968. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  3. ^ "2–3: El Castellón no pudo con el Madrid" [2–3: Castellón could not handle Madrid] (PDF) (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 4 September 1972. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  4. ^ "5–1: El Castellón goleó a placer" [5–1: Castellón thrashed with joy] (PDF) (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 5 March 1973. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Félix Carnero" (in Spanish). Yo Jugué en el Celta. 6 January 2010. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Félix Carnero se estrenaba en el baquillo del Celta" [Félix Carnero debuted on the bench of Celta] (in Spanish). La Voz de Galicia. 25 March 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  7. ^ Estevez, Antonio (26 November 1985). "Félix, destituido como entrenador del Celta" [Félix, sacked as manager of Celta]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Piscis deixa de ser o adestrador do Arosa" [Piscis leaves as Arosa manager] (in Galician). Pontevedra Viva. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  9. ^ "El Celta comunica a Félix Carnero que prescinde de sus servicios" [Celta announce to Félix Carnero that they no longer need his services] (in Spanish). Faro de Vigo. 16 June 2007. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  10. ^ "Félix Carnero abandona la dirección técnica del Cádiz" [Félix Carnero leaves the technical staff of Cádiz] (in Spanish). La Voz de Galicia. 31 October 2007. Retrieved 28 December 2020.