Fernando Hierro
Fernando Hierro · Meghdad Madadi, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Person

Fernando Hierro

b. 1968

Spanish football player and manager

Born
23 Mar 1968 · Vélez-Málaga

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 67 years
  1. 23 Mar 1968BornBorn in Vélez-Málaga
  2. 1973 – 1978TeamVélez CF
  3. 1979TeamCD Málaga
  4. 1980 – 1986TeamVélez CF
  5. 1986 – 1987TeamReal Valladolid B
  6. 1987 – 1989TeamReal Valladolid
  7. 1989 – 2003TeamReal Madrid Club de Fútbol
  8. 1989 – 2002TeamSpain men's national football team
  9. 1989 – 1990TeamSpain national under-21 association football team
  10. 1990Took part1990 FIFA World Cup
  11. 1994Took part1994 FIFA World Cup
  12. 1998Took part1998 FIFA World Cup
  13. 2002Took part2002 FIFA World Cup
  14. 2003 – 2004TeamAl-Rayyan
  15. 2004 – 2005TeamBolton Wanderers F.C.

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1968 – today).

  1. 1968Prague Spring
  2. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  3. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  4. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  5. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  7. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  8. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  9. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  10. 1985Schengen Agreement
  11. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  12. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  13. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  14. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  15. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  16. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  17. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  18. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  19. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  20. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  21. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  22. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  23. 20112011 Norway attacks
  24. 2011Libyan civil war
  25. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  26. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  27. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  28. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  29. 2015Paris Agreement
  30. 20182018 FIFA World Cup
  31. 2020COVID-19 pandemic
  32. 20212020 Summer Olympics
  33. 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
  34. 2023Gaza war
  35. 20242024 Summer Olympics
  36. 20262026 Iran war

Biography

Fernando Ruiz Hierro (Spanish pronunciation: [feɾˈnando ˈʝero]; born 23 March 1968) is a Spanish football executive and former player who played as a centre-back, sweeper or defensive midfielder.

He won five La Liga and three Champions League trophies with Real Madrid in 14 years after signing from Valladolid, during which he appeared in 601 official matches. He also competed professionally in Qatar and England.

Hierro represented Spain on 89 occasions, appearing in four World Cups and two European Championships. He started working as a manager in 2016 with Oviedo, being appointed at the helm of the national team two years later.

Text from the Wikipedia article Fernando Hierro, CC BY-SA 4.0

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