Miguel Muñoz
Miguel Muñoz (1973 )
Miguel Muñoz Mozun ( born January 19, 1922 in Madrid, † July 16, 1990 ) was a Spanish footballer and coach. He spent most of his career at Real Madrid, where he is to this day the most successful and longest- serving coach of the club's history.
- 2.1 Achievements
Playing career
Miguel Muñoz started his footballer career with various smaller clubs like Madrid Escolapios, Buena Vista, Pavon, Imperio FC or Girod. He then transferred to teams like CD Logroñés, Racing Santander and Celta de Vigo, before moving to Real Madrid in the summer of 1948. In the ranks of the people of Madrid, he won four times, the Spanish Cup, twice Coupe Latine, and three times European Champions' Cup, in which he was even in 1956, after the final match at the Parc des Princes stadium as team captain of Real Madrid, the first footballer, the highest the was allowed to take European trophy in reception. For the Spanish national team, he played seven matches. In 1958 he ended his active career.
Achievements
- Spanish Championship: 4 1953/54, 1954/55, 1956/57, 1957/58
Coaching career
After hanging up his boots on a nail, he started as a coach at the Agrupación Deportiva Plus Ultra, the second team of Real Madrid before moving in the same function to Real Madrid's first team a year later. Under his leadership, the club dominated the Spanish and international football over long distances. Among other things he was nine times the Spanish Cup and two more times the European Champion Clubs' Cup win ( which he was the first to have managed as a player and coach ). One of his toughest decisions was certainly the retirement of Real legend Alfredo Di Stéfano in 1964. Managed Muñoz in succession, however, from a young squad of Spanish footballers, including names such as Pirri, Amancio, Manuel Sanchis ( Sr. ), zoco or Velázquez, as well as the only remaining over from Paco Gento Star glorious times to form a competitive team in 1966 under the nickname " El Madrid ye- yé ", " could again raise the European Cup of Champions. In 1974 he left the club after 14 years as coach of the first team. As a result, he coached the Spanish clubs Granada CF, Hércules CF, UD Las Palmas and Sevilla FC, before moving in 1982 to the Spanish national team. With this he reached the final of the European Football Championship in 1984, where they lost against Platini's French 2-0. In 1988 after the European Championships in Germany, he finished his career as a coach.
Achievements
- European Champion Clubs' Cup: 2 1960, 1966