Background
Urbano was born on 9 December 1972 in Málaga.
Urbano was born on 9 December 1972 in Málaga.
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. Urbano has served as the coach of the Spain national team
In 1999, Urbano started coaching the ONCE Málaga para ciegos team, a position he would hold until he left in 2008.
In 2009, he published a book titled "Fundamentos Delegate Futbol Sala Para Ciegos", a Spanish language book about the fundamentals of blind football. 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 Football Club player Roberto Soldado how to play the game.
Urbano was the coach of the ONCE Málaga in 2012 and 2013, with Marcelo Rosado Carrasco being the captain of the club
Foreign the 2013 season, Málaga CF provided the kit for his ONCE team that matched Civil Defense Málaga"s own.