Miguel Muñoz

Miguel Muñoz Mozún (19 January 1922 – 16 July 1990) was a Spanish football player and manager.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Muñoz and the second or maternal family name is Mozún.

Miguel Muñoz
Muñoz in 1973
Personal information
Full name Miguel Muñoz Mozún
Date of birth (1922-01-19)19 January 1922
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
Date of death 16 July 1990(1990-07-16) (aged 68)
Place of death Madrid, Spain
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1940–1941 Ferroviaria
1941–1942 Girod
1942–1943 Imperio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1943–1944 Logroñés
1944–1946 Racing Santander 42 (19)
1946–1948 Celta 36 (1)
1948–1958 Real Madrid 223 (23)
Total 301 (43)
National team
1949 Spain B 1 (0)
1948–1955 Spain 7 (0)
Teams managed
1959 Real Madrid
1959–1960 Plus Ultra
1960–1974 Real Madrid
1969 Spain
1975–1976 Granada
1977–1979 Las Palmas
1979–1982 Sevilla
1982–1988 Spain
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

A midfielder, he spent the majority of his career at Real Madrid before going on to coach the club, where he is widely considered one of the most successful and greatest managers in football history,[1] leading the team to two European Cup victories and nine La Liga titles (winning seven major titles in both major competitions combined as a player).

Muñoz later had a six-year coaching spell with the Spain national team, and led them to the final of Euro 1984.

Playing career

Born in Madrid, Muñoz played for various junior teams in the area, but initially failed to attract the attention of Real Madrid, going on to subsequently represent CD Logroñés, Racing de Santander and Celta de Vigo. In 1948 he, together with the likes of Pahiño, helped the latter finish fourth in La Liga and reach the Copa del Generalísimo final, where he scored in the 1–4 defeat to Sevilla CF.[2]

The following season, both players signed for Real Madrid, and Muñoz went on to appear in 347 official matches with the club from the capital. Additionally, he won seven caps for Spain, but never appeared in any major tournament.

Muñoz scored Real's first ever goal in the European Cup, helping to a 2–0 away win against Servette FC on 8 September 1955. Subsequently, he captained the team in two consecutive competition wins in 1956 and 1957, and retired from football the following year at nearly 36.[3]

Coaching career

Muñoz served a brief apprenticeship as coach of Real's reserve team, then named Plus Ultra CF, before being appointed coach of the main squad in 1959. His time in charge was one of the club's most successful eras as, under his guidance, it won the league nine times; this included a five-in-a-row sequence (1961–65) and another three consecutive.

On the European front, Muñoz led Real Madrid to two more wins in the European Cup, in 1960 and 1966. As a result, he became the first person to win the competition both as a player and a coach, which was later matched by Giovanni Trapattoni, Johan Cruyff, Carlo Ancelotti, Frank Rijkaard, Pep Guardiola and Zinedine Zidane; he left in 1974 after 16 seasons, as the side's longest-serving and most successful coach.[3]

After seven more club seasons (Granada CF, UD Las Palmas and Sevilla FC), Muñoz took the reins of the Spain national team after their group stage exit in the 1982 FIFA World Cup, on home soil. Previously, he had had a four-game interim spell in the late 60s, and eventually led the country to the UEFA Euro 1984 runner-up place, as well as the quarter-finals of the 1986 World Cup.[4]

Death

Muñoz died in Madrid aged 68, from bleeding due to esophageal varices.[5]

Honours
Muñoz (center) with Amancio Amaro (left) and Francisco Gento, 1971

Player

Real Madrid

Manager

Real Madrid

Individual

Managerial statistics

[7]

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Real Madrid 21 February 1959 13 April 1959 9 5 2 2 31 9 +22 055.56
Plus Ultra 20 April 1959 10 April 1960 31 13 11 7 61 44 +17 041.94
Real Madrid 13 April 1960 15 January 1974 595 352 126 117 1,194 533 +661 059.16
Spain 15 May 1960 10 December 1961 14 9 2 3 28 16 +12 064.29
Granada 1 July 1975 20 May 1976 38 9 12 17 36 58 −22 023.68
Las Palmas 1 July 1977 1 June 1979 72 27 21 24 103 92 +11 037.50
Sevilla 5 July 1979 6 December 1981 82 32 18 32 100 111 −11 039.02
Spain 27 October 1982 17 June 1988 59 30 15 14 101 57 +44 050.85
Career totals 900 477 207 216 1,654 920 +734 053.00

References
  1. "Club day: Real Madrid – The best managers". Goal.com. 8 October 2008. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  2. "Miguel Muñoz" (in Spanish). Yo Jugué en el Celta. 9 April 2008. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
  3. Biography at Real Madrid Fans (in Spanish)
  4. "Del utillero falangista al positivo de Calderé: nuestro Mundial 86 en diez episodios" [From the falangista kit man to Calderé's positive: our 86 World Cup in ten episodes] (in Spanish). El Confidencial. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  5. Miguel Muñoz muere a los 68 años de edad (Miguel Muñoz dies at the age of 68); El País, 17 July 1990 (in Spanish)
  6. "Top 50 des coaches de l'histoire". France Football. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  7. "Miguel Muñoz: Miguel Muñoz Mozún". BDFutbol. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
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