Fernando Maestro

Fernando Maestro
Personal information
Full name	Fernando Maestro Olalla
Date of birth	15 April 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	Sant Cugat, Spain
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Sant Cugat
1984–1992	Espanyol
Senior career*
Years	Team
1992–1993	Espanyol
1992–1993	→ Hospitalet (loan)
1993–1995	Barcelona B
1993	→ Hospitalet (loan)
1994–1995	→ Sant Andreu (loan)
1995–1996	Sant Andreu
1996–1997	Gimnàstic
1997–1998	Ontinyent
1998–1999	Espanyol B
1999	Hospitalet
1999–2000	Dénia
2000–2001	Gandía
2001–2004	Terrassa
2004–2012	Alcoyano
2012–2013	Corralejo
Total
International career
1989–1990	Spain U16
1990–1991	Spain U17
1990–1991	Spain U18
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fernando Maestro Olalla (born 15 April 1974) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Born in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Catalonia, Maestro spent the vast majority of his 21-year senior career in Segunda División B, representing a host of clubs including CE L'Hospitalet and UE Sant Andreu for which he had two different spells each. His Segunda División input consisted of 18 matches with Terrassa FC in two separate seasons – his first game in the competition occurring on 31 August 2002 in a 1–1 home draw against Albacete Balompié in which he was sent off^[1]– and 29 for CD Alcoyano in 2011–12 (team relegation).^[2]^[3]

Maestro retired in 2013 at the age of 39, after a spell with amateurs CD Corralejo. He subsequently became a goalkeepers' coach.^[4]^[5]

^ "El Terrassa puntúa 23 años después" [Terrassa get another point 23 years later]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 31 August 2002. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
^ "El Alcoyano anuncia once bajas tras su descenso a Segunda B" [Alcoyano announce 11 releases after relegation to Segunda B]. La Verdad (in Spanish). 7 June 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
^ "Maestro no se considera ´cabeza de turco´ por el descenso" [Maestro does not see himself as 'scapegoat' for relegation]. Diario Información (in Spanish). 8 June 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
^ Lorenzo González, José Agustín (22 March 2016). "Fernando Maestro, trotamundos del fútbol que no pierde el elixir de juventud" [Fernando Maestro, football globetrotter who does not lose the elixir of life]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 June 2019.
^ Álvarez, José Antonio (3 July 2017). "Fernando Maestro firma por el RCD Mallorca" [Fernando Maestro signs for RCD Mallorca] (in Spanish). Onda Fuerteventura. Retrieved 19 June 2019.