José Urbano (football)

José F Urbano Martos

Personal information
Nationality	Spanish
Born	(1972-12-09) December 9, 1972 Malaga
Sport
Country	Spain
Sport	5-a-side football

José F Urbano Martos

Personal

He was born on 9 December 1972 in Malaga.

He is from Malaga.

At the 2012 Gala of Sports Journalists of Andalusia, he earned a Sports Effort award.

In 2013, he was awarded the bronze Real Orden al Mérito Deportivo.

5-a-side football

He is the coach of the Spain national 5-a-side football team.

In 1999, he started coaching the Once Málaga para ciegos team, a position he would hold until he left in 2008. In that period, he won six league championships, 5 Spanish championships and one Supercopa.

In 2009, he published a book titled "Fundamentos Del Futbol Sala Para Ciegos", a Spanish language book about the fundamentals of blind football.

He coached the national team at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, who won a bronze medal after defeating Argentia in a penalty shootout in the bronze medal match.

In July 2012, he and other local Olympians and Paralympians were received by Mayor of Málaga, Francisco de la Torre, at the town hall as part of a reception in their honour.

In late 2012, the government of Malaga announced they would build the first purpose built blind football pitch in the country, because the national team had a number of players based there and Urbano lives in Malaga.

In November 2012, a program aired where Urbano and other players from Malaga taught Spanish national football team and Valencia FC player Roberto Soldado how to play the game.

External links

• José Urbano on Twitter