Guillermo Fernández Romo (born 23 November 1978) is a Spanish football manager.
Career Born in Madrid, Fernández Romo started his career working as a football teacher at Aluche in 1997. He then became a youth coach at Villaverde Boetticher the following year, and subsequently worked with several youth sides. He had his first senior experience at the helm of Racing Garvin in the regional leagues.
In 2005, after working as a scout at Vecindario, Fernández Romo was named as manager of Tercera División side Las Rozas. He later returned to youth sides, notably managing the Juvenil sides of Pontevedra (being also an assistant of the reserves for a brief period) and Celta before being appointed as manager of Noja in 2010.
In 2011, Fernández Romo joined Óscar Cano's staff at Melilla as his assistant. He left the side after Cano's departure in June 2012, being later named as manager of Villalonga; in December 2012, he opted to leave the latter side to rejoin Cano's staff at Real Betis B, and was also with the manager at Alcoyano.
Fernández Romo returned to managerial duties in July 2015, at the helm of Segunda División B side Olímpic Xàtiva. He was sacked on 7 February 2016, he became the technical secretary of Real Murcia on 8 June.
On 26 January 2017, Fernández Romo was presented as the new manager of Sabadell also in the third division. He left in June, and joined Jumilla in July as a sporting director. He became the latter's manager in April 2018, and managed to avoid relegation by winning four of the five remaining matches of the season.
On 22 May 2018, Fernández Romo was hired by Racing Santander to become the club's youth coordinator, but moved to Ejea on 13 August after being named manager of the side. He opted to leave on 10 June 2019, after being named in charge of Cornellà.
On 19 May 2021, Fernández Romo left Cornellà and immediately returned to Racing, now being named first team manager in the Primera División RFEF. He led the latter club to a Segunda División return after a two-year absence in his first season, with four matches to go.
On 12 December 2022, following a run of five defeats in a row, Fernández Romo was sacked by Racing. The following 6 June, he was appointed as manager of Ibiza, freshly relegated to the third tier, but was also dismissed from the latter on 29 April 2024.
On 14 January 2025, Fernández Romo was named Cartagena's third manager of the season. He departed the club on 1 June, after suffering relegation.
On 12 January 2026, after more than seven months without a club, Fernández Romo was named as Racing Ferrol's second manager of the campaign on a deal until June. On 26 May, with the club only finishing in 12th place, he left.
Managerial statistics
+ Managerial record by team and tenureTeamNatFromToRecord Noja1 July 201022 June 2011 Villalonga1 July 201211 December 2012Olímpic Xàtiva10 July 20158 February 2016Sabadell24 January 201722 June 2017Jumilla10 April 201822 May 2018Ejea13 August 201810 June 2019Cornellà10 June 201919 May 2021Racing Santander26 May 202112 December 2022Ibiza6 June 202329 April 2024Cartagena14 January 20251 June 2025Racing Ferrol12 January 2026Present Career total —
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