Óscar Rubén Fernández Romero (born 28 September 1974) is a Spanish football manager. He is the current assistant manager of Qatari club Al Shahaniya SC.
Coaching career Born in Torrefiel, Valencia, Fernández graduated from the University of Valencia and started his career at Tavernes Blanques CF before moving to CF Torre Levante's youth categories. In 2005, he was appointed manager of Burjassot CF in Tercera División.
Fernández moved to Valencia CF in 2006, being named manager of the Juvenil squad. In July of the following year, he was appointed at the helm of the reserves in the fourth division, and on 29 October 2007, after Quique Sánchez Flores was sacked from the main squad, he was appointed interim. His first professional match occurred two days later, a 5–1 loss against Real Madrid.
Fernández managed the Che for one further match, a 2–0 away defeat of RCD Mallorca, and subsequently returned to the B-team after the appointment of Ronald Koeman. He left the club in 2010, and spent a year without work before being appointed at newly formed side Huracán Valencia CF in June 2011.
On 16 June 2011, Fernández announced his departure from Huracán, after having accepted an offer from Super League Greece side Asteras Tripolis. In September, however, after only three matches, he was sacked.
On 24 October 2011, Fernández returned to Spain and was presented as manager of fourth division side CF Gandía. On 20 September of the following year, he moved to Qatar to work for Aspire Academy, being manager of the national under-17 team.
On 10 July 2015, Fernández was appointed manager of Atlético Madrid's Juvenil A squad. Roughly one year later he took over the B-team, achieving promotion to Segunda División B in 2017 and reaching the third division play-offs in 2019.
On 15 June 2019, Fernández was named UD Almería manager in Segunda División, replacing departing Fran Fernández. On 3 August, however, after the club's change of owner, he reached an agreement to terminate his contract.
On 4 August 2020, Fernández returned Valencia and its reserve team, with the side now in the third division. He left the club the following 17 June, and returned to Almería four days later, now named manager of the B-team in Tercera División RFEF.
On 4 July 2023, Fernández was named in charge of Primera Federación side Linares Deportivo, but was dismissed on 22 November.
Managerial statistics
+ Managerial record by team and tenure TeamNatFromToRecord Burjassot1 July 200530 June 2006Valencia Mestalla1 July 200730 June 2010Valencia (interim)29 October 20074 November 2007Huracán Valencia2 June 201115 June 2011Asteras Tripolis15 June 201119 September 2011Gandía24 October 201123 September 2012Atlético Madrid B29 June 201614 June 2019Almería15 June 20193 August 2019Valencia Mestalla4 August 202017 June 2021Almería B21 June 20217 June 2023Linares4 July 202322 November 2023Total—
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