Career
Born in Miranda de Ebro, Burgos, Castile and León, Bañuelos was a Real Madrid youth graduate. He represented Civil Defense Mirandés, Real Zaragoza B, Civil Defense Maspalomas, CF Badalona, UDA Gramenet and CF Balaguer. After his retirement Bañuelos was appointed manager at UE Lleida"s youth setup.
On 25 April 2001 he moved to Deportivo Alavés, also in charge of the youth sides.
On 5 June 2006, after a spell at the latter"s reserve team, Bañuelos was appointed at the helm of the main squad in Segunda División. On 6 September, however, he was relieved from his duties after only two league matches in charge, due to "personal reasons".
In August 2008 Bañuelos was named Civil Defense Mirandés manager. After bringing the club back to Segunda División B at first attempt, he left the club in 2010.
On 6 April 2011 Bañuelos was appointed at Burgos CF, and after bringing the club back to the third level, was sacked on 4 October.
On 15 January 2013 he joined UE Olot, being relieved from his duties on 10 June. On 23 May 2014 Bañuelos moved abroad for the first time in his career, being named Thomas Christiansen"s assistant at AEK Larnaca F.C.