Dan wasan tsakiya mai tsaron baya, Fernando Redondo ya buga wasa a kungiyoyi da dama da suka hada da Real Madrid (1994-2000), inda ya lashe kofunan La Liga biyu da na UCL biyu da AC Milan (2000-2004), inda ya lashe gasar Seria A, UCL da Coppa Italia.
A matakin kasa da kasa, ya lashe gasar cin kofin duniya na FIFA da Copa America tare da Argentina amma ya gudanar da wasanni 29 kawai ga tawagar kasar – kuma ya bayyana a gasar cin kofin duniya daya kacal (1994).
Redondo ya ki amincewa da kiran da aka yi masa na buga wasa karkashin Carlos Salvador Bilardo a tawagar kasar kafin gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA ta 1990, saboda yana son ya ci gaba da karatun digirinsa na Law kuma ya yi karatu a lokacin bazara.
An cire shi daga cikin tawagar da Daniel Passarella ya yi a gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA a 1998, saboda ya ki aski, kamar yadda kocin ya umarta.
Redondo ya buga wasansa na karshe na kasa da kasa karkashin Marcelo Bielsa a shekara ta 1999, bayan haka ya ki amincewa da kiran da aka yi masa na gaba kuma ya yanke shawarar mayar da hankali kan kwallon kafa na kulob din.
