Nando Yosu

Nando Yosu

Personal information
Full name	Fernando Trío Zabala
Date of birth	(1939-07-08)8 July 1939
Place of birth	Mungia, Spain
Date of death
Place of death	Santander, Spain
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Nueva Montaña
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1958–1962	Racing Santander	101	(23)
1959–1960	→ Rayo Cantabria (loan)
1962–1964	Valencia	8	(1)
1963–1964	→ Racing Santander (loan)	28	(1)
1964–1966	Athletic Bilbao	30	(0)
1966–1969	Pontevedra	28	(0)
1969–1971	Calvo Sotelo	48	(6)
1971–1972	Gimnástica
Total		243	(31)
Managerial career
1971–1972	Gimnástica
1973–1975	Gimnástica
1977–1979	Racing Santander
1979–1981	Oviedo
1982–1984	Linares
1984	Granada
1985–1986	Alavés
1988–1989	Alzira
1990	Orihuela Deportiva
1992	Ponferradina
1992–1994	Granada
1996	Racing Santander
1998–1999	Racing Santander
2005	Racing Santander
2006	Racing Santander
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Fernando Trío Zabala (8 July 1939 – 20 February 2016), known as Nando Yosu, was a Spanish football midfielder and manager.

His extensive career, as both a player and coach, was mainly associated to Racing de Santander.

Playing career

Born in Mungia, Basque Country, Yosu played professionally during roughly one decade, appearing in 122 matches in La Liga where he represented Racing de Santander, Valencia CF, Athletic Bilbao and Pontevedra CF, retiring in 1972 at only 31 after spells with CF Calvo Sotelo in Segunda División and lowly Gimnástica de Torrelavega from Tercera División.

In his beginnings Yosu was also loaned by Racing to Deportivo Rayo Cantabria, at the time acting as a feeder team. Whilst with the Che he was used rarely in the league – also being loaned to Santander – but scored twice against FC Barcelona in the 1961–62 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final, a 6–2 home win (7–3 on aggregate).

Manager career

Immediately after retiring Yosu began coaching at his last team Gimnástica, even though he did not possess the obligatory licence. Afterwards he returned to main club Racing, starting with its youth teams.

From 1977 to 1979 Yosu served as head manager for Santander, but would work with the club in several other capacities, from match delegate to director of football. Additionally, in no fewer than five occasions, as an interim manager in the 90's/2000's, he successfully led the side away from relegation zone, always in the top level.

In March 2007, Yosu was honoured by the Government of Cantabria for his contribution to football in the area. He retired from the football world for good in January 2009, after leaving his post as Racing's director of football.

Death

Yosu died in Santander on 20 February 2016 at the age of 76, from the effects of Alzheimer's disease.

Honours

Player

• Inter-Cities Fairs Cup: 1961–62, 1962–63

External links

• Nando Yosu profile at BDFutbol
• Nando Yosu manager profile at BDFutbol
• Athletic Bilbao profile