Fernando Redondo

Fernando Redondo is one of those players who makes you question everything you thought you knew about what a defensive midfielder could be. Standing 6'1" but built more like a dancer than a destroyer, this Argentine from Buenos Aires Province somehow made winning the ball look effortless — all poise and economy of movement, no brutish slide tackles or lung-busting sprints needed. His Real Madrid years in the late 1990s were just something else: two Champions League titles, and that backheel nutmeg against Manchester United's defender in 2000 is still the kind of clip that stops me cold every time I stumble across it. Then a serious knee injury swallowed what should have been the peak of his AC Milan chapter. Genuinely tragic that he retired young, because watching him control tempo from deep with that serene intelligence felt like watching chess played at full speed.

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Name (English)

Fernando Redondo

Name (Japanese)

フェルナンド・レドンド

Reading

ふぇるなんど・れどんど

Born

June 6, 1969 (age 57)

Origin

Adrogué, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

Height

186 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Rooster

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando%20Redondo
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8A%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%83%89%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q295456

Tags

• Buenos Aires Province
• association football player

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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