Migueli
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Miguel Bernardo Bianquetti (born 19 December 1951 in Ceuta
), aka Migueli, is a retired Spanish
footballer who played as a central defender.
A player with immense physical power – he was nicknamed Tarzan
– he is best known for his FC Barcelona
spell, which lasted almost 20 professional years.
Migueli appeared with Spain
at the 1978 World Cup
and Euro 1980.
from 1971–73, Migueli transferred to La Liga
giants FC Barcelona
, where he became an undisputed starter after just one league appearance in his first year, going on to amass 391 games in the competition (549 overall, club's all-time best until 5 January 2011, when midfielder
Xavi
surpassed him in a Copa del Rey
match against Athletic Bilbao
).
In the 1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup final against Fortuna Düsseldorf
, Migueli played parts of the match – which went to extra time – with a broken collarbone
, in an eventual 4–3 success.
In 1986–87, already well into his 30's, he still managed to appear in 41 matches (38 complete), and retired at the end of the next season, in which he added another domestic cup. He then worked with the club's coaching staffs, in the Joan Gaspart
presidency.
, his debut coming on 20 November 1974, a 2–1 win in Scotland
for the UEFA Euro 1976 qualifiers.
He represented the nation at the 1978 FIFA World Cup
and Euro 1980 – four matches in total.
Ceuta
Ceuta is an autonomous city of Spain and an exclave located on the north coast of North Africa surrounded by Morocco. Separated from the Iberian peninsula by the Strait of Gibraltar, Ceuta lies on the border of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. Ceuta along with the other Spanish...
), aka Migueli, is a retired Spanish
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
footballer who played as a central defender.
A player with immense physical power – he was nicknamed Tarzan
Tarzan
Tarzan is a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungles by the Mangani "great apes"; he later experiences civilization only to largely reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer...
– he is best known for his FC Barcelona
FC Barcelona
Futbol Club Barcelona , also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain....
spell, which lasted almost 20 professional years.
Migueli appeared with Spain
Spain national football team
The Spain national football team represents Spain in international association football and is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Spain. The current head coach is Vicente del Bosque...
at the 1978 World Cup
1978 FIFA World Cup
The 1978 FIFA World Cup, the 11th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in Argentina between 1 June and 25 June. The 1978 World Cup was won by Argentina who beat the Netherlands 3–1 after extra time in the final. This win was the first World Cup title for Argentina, who became the fifth...
and Euro 1980.
Club career
After playing with Cádiz CFCádiz CF
Cádiz Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Cádiz, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1910, it currently plays in Segunda División B - Group 4, holding home games at Estadio Ramón de Carranza, with a 22,000-seat capacity.Salvadoran legend Mágico González, who...
from 1971–73, Migueli transferred to La Liga
La Liga
The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...
giants FC Barcelona
FC Barcelona
Futbol Club Barcelona , also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain....
, where he became an undisputed starter after just one league appearance in his first year, going on to amass 391 games in the competition (549 overall, club's all-time best until 5 January 2011, when midfielder
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...
Xavi
Xavi
Xavier Hernández i Creus , commonly known as Xavi Hernández or simply Xavi , is a Spanish footballer who plays as a central midfielder for La Liga club FC Barcelona, where he has spent his entire 14-year career....
surpassed him in a Copa del Rey
Copa del Rey
The Copa del Rey is an annual football cup competition for Spanish football teams. Its full name is Campeonato de España – Copa de Su Majestad el Rey de Fútbol ....
match against Athletic Bilbao
Athletic Bilbao
Athletic Club, also known as Athletic Bilbao, is an association football club from Bilbao in Biscay, Spain. The club has played in the Primera División of La Liga since its start in 1928. They have won La Liga on eight occasions...
).
In the 1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup final against Fortuna Düsseldorf
Fortuna Düsseldorf
' is a German association football club based in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, currently playing in the second tier of German league football, the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga...
, Migueli played parts of the match – which went to extra time – with a broken collarbone
Clavicle
In human anatomy, the clavicle or collar bone is a long bone of short length that serves as a strut between the scapula and the sternum. It is the only long bone in body that lies horizontally...
, in an eventual 4–3 success.
In 1986–87, already well into his 30's, he still managed to appear in 41 matches (38 complete), and retired at the end of the next season, in which he added another domestic cup. He then worked with the club's coaching staffs, in the Joan Gaspart
Joan Gaspart
Joan Gaspart i Solves is a Spanish businessman and a former FC Barcelona president between July 2000 and February 2003. He was born in Barcelona. He is known as one of the best vice presidents of the club but one of the worst presidents...
presidency.
International career
Migueli earned 32 caps and scored one goal for SpainSpain national football team
The Spain national football team represents Spain in international association football and is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Spain. The current head coach is Vicente del Bosque...
, his debut coming on 20 November 1974, a 2–1 win in Scotland
Scotland national football team
The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. Scotland are the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside England, whom they played in the world's first international football match in 1872...
for the UEFA Euro 1976 qualifiers.
He represented the nation at the 1978 FIFA World Cup
1978 FIFA World Cup
The 1978 FIFA World Cup, the 11th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in Argentina between 1 June and 25 June. The 1978 World Cup was won by Argentina who beat the Netherlands 3–1 after extra time in the final. This win was the first World Cup title for Argentina, who became the fifth...
and Euro 1980 – four matches in total.
International goals
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 16 April 1980 | El Molinón El Molinón Estadio El Molinón is an association football stadium in Gijón, Asturias-Spain. The stadium is the home ground of Sporting de Gijón.The stadium's address is Parque de Isabel la Católica, 33390 Gijón.-History:... , Gijón Gijón Gijón , officially Gijón / Xixón, is a coastal industrial city and a municipality in the autonomous community of Asturias in Spain. Early mediaeval texts mention it as "Gigia". It was an important regional Roman city, although the area has been settled since earliest history... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... |
1–1 | 2–2 | Friendly Exhibition game An exhibition game is a sporting event in which there is no competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor regardless of the outcome of the competition... |
Team
Barcelona- UEFA Cup Winners' CupUEFA Cup Winners' CupThe UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a football club competition contested annually by the most recent winners of all European domestic cup competitions. The cup is one of the many inter-European club competitions that have been organised by UEFA. The first competition was held in the 1960–61 season—but...
: 1978–79, 1981–82 - Spanish LeagueLa LigaThe Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...
: 1973–74, 1984–85 - Spanish CupCopa del ReyThe Copa del Rey is an annual football cup competition for Spanish football teams. Its full name is Campeonato de España – Copa de Su Majestad el Rey de Fútbol ....
: 1977–78, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1987–88 - Spanish SupercupSupercopa de EspañaThe Supercopa de España is a Spanish football championship contested by the winners of La Liga and the Copa del Rey...
: 19831983 Supercopa de EspañaThe 1983 Supercopa de España was two-leg Spanish football matches played on 26 October and 30 November 1983. It contested by FC Barcelona, who were Spanish Cup winners in 1982–83, and Athletic Bilbao, who won the 1982–83 Spanish League.-First leg:... - Spanish League CupCopa de la LigaThe Copa de la Liga was a Spanish football tournament created in 1982.Due to time constraints, saturation and club pressure, the competition only lasted four years, being cancelled in 1986...
: 1982–83, 1985–86
Individual
- Best Spanish PlayerDon Balón AwardFrom 1976 until 2010, the Spanish magazine Don Balón confered the Don Balón Award to the best Spanish player, the best foreign player, the best referee, and the breakthrough player in La Liga...
: 1977–78, 1984–85
Club statistics
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe UEFA The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer.... |
Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Cádiz Cádiz CF Cádiz Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Cádiz, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1910, it currently plays in Segunda División B - Group 4, holding home games at Estadio Ramón de Carranza, with a 22,000-seat capacity.Salvadoran legend Mágico González, who... |
1971–72 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| 32 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 1972–73 | 37 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
| 40 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Total | 67 | 4 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 72 | 5 | |
| Barcelona FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona , also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.... |
1973–74 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1974–75 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||||
| 39 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 1975–76 | 34 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |||||
| 48 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1976–77 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||||
| 33 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 1977–78 | 33 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 1 | |||||
| 49 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 1978–79 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |||||
| 39 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 1979–80 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | |||||
| 40 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 1980–81 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 28 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 1981–82 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |2 | 0 | |||||
| 6 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1982–83 | 31 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 49 | 1 | |
| 1983–84 | 30 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |2 | 0 | 42 | 1 | |
| 1984–85 | 32 | 4 | 7 | 0 | |1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 44 | 4 | |
| 1985–86 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 0 | |
| 1986–87 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |8 | 0 | |||||
| 49 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1987–88 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |6 | 0 | |||||
| 37 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Total | 391 | 20 | 59 | 3 | 85 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 548 | 27 | |
| Career totals | 458 | 24 | 64 | 4 | 85 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 620 | 32 | |
External links
- BDFutbol profile
- National team data
- International appearances, at RSSSFRec.Sport.Soccer Statistics FoundationThe Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation is an international amateur organization dedicated to collecting statistics about association football...
- FC Barcelona archives