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Miguel Muñoz

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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
Playing position	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
Honours Men's football Representing  Spain (as manager) UEFA European Championship Runner-up 1984
Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

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

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, 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.

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 1955–56 and 1956–57, and retired from football the following year at nearly 36.

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 1959–60 and 1965–66. 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.

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.

Death

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

Honours

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

Player

Real Madrid

• La Liga: 1953–54, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58
• Copa Latina: 1955, 1957
• European Cup: 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58

Manager

Real Madrid

• La Liga: 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1971–72
• Copa del Generalísimo: 1961–62, 1969–70
• European Cup: 1959–60, 1965–66
• Intercontinental Cup: 1960

Individual

• France Football 14th Greatest Manager of All Time: 2019

Managerial statistics

See also

In Spanish: Miguel Muñoz para niños