José Miguel González Martín
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José Miguel González Martín del Campo, aka Míchel (born 23 March 1963 in Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...

), is a retired Spanish
Spain
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 footballer who played as a right midfielder
Midfielder
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.

He was most noted for his stellar crossing ability, also contributing with a fair share of goals. During his career, he mainly represented Real Madrid
Real Madrid C.F.
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...

 - over a decade - achieving great team and individual success, and subsequently becoming a coach.

Míchel gained nearly 70 caps
Cap (sport)
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 for Spain
Spain national football team
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 during the 80's/90's, and represented the nation in two World Cups
FIFA World Cup
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 (scoring four goals in the 1990 edition
1990 FIFA World Cup
The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event twice. Teams representing 116 national football associations from all six populated...

) and one European Championship
UEFA European Football Championship
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.

Club career

The son of a footballer who had to retire from the game at 27 after a road accident, Míchel joined Real Madrid
Real Madrid C.F.
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...

 at the age of thirteen, his technique and physicality on the pitch quickly standing out, and he moved quickly through the ranks to the first team, appearing - and scoring - once in 1981–82 (at CD Castellón
CD Castellón
Club Deportivo Castellón, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Castellón de la Plana, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 1922, it currently plays in Tercera División – Group 6, holding home games at Nou Estadi Castalia, which has a capacity of 16,000.-History:Football first appeared in...

, on 11 April 1982).

A member of the renowned Quinta del Buitre
Quinta del Buitre
La Quinta del Buitre is the moniker given by Spanish sport journalist Julio César Iglesias to the five homegrown Real Madrid players who were at the core of the team that dominated Spanish football in the 1980s. The name was derived from Emilio Butragueño's nickname El Buitre, the most charismatic...

, which also featured Emilio Butragueño
Emilio Butragueño
Emilio Butragueño Santos is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a striker.He was best known for his spell with Real Madrid...

, Miguel Pardeza, Rafael Martín Vázquez
Rafael Martín Vázquez
Rafael Martín Vázquez is a retired Spanish footballer who played mostly as an attacking midfielder, with above-average skills....

 and Manuel Sanchís, Míchel never played less than 31 first division
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...

 contest from 1985–94. After helping Castilla CF
Real Madrid Castilla
Real Madrid Castilla is a Spanish football team that plays in the Segunda División B. It is the reserve team of Real Madrid. They play their home games at Alfredo di Stéfano Stadium....

 to the second division title, he was instrumental in the capital
Madrid
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 side's conquests, which included six leagues and two consecutive UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
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s (he opened the score in the 1985 edition
1985 UEFA Cup Final
The 1985 UEFA Cup Final was a football tie played on 8 May and 22 May 1985 between Real Madrid C.F. of Spain and Videoton FC of Hungary. Madrid won 3–1 on aggregate. Real would later make this a cup-double, by winning the Copa de la Liga on 15th June after another two-legged final.-First...

, against Videoton FC).

In 1989, Míchel announced he would leave Real Madrid after having signed with an Italian
Italy
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 side. This never came to pass and he ended up staying until 1996. In his penultimate season, he suffered a severe knee
Knee
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 injury which rendered him unavailable for most of the successful 1994–95 league campaign, but still bounced back for a final solid season, after which he left for Atlético Celaya
Atlético Celaya
The Club Atlético Celaya was a Mexican football club from Celaya, Guanajuato. The club was formed in 1994 when the two second-division clubs Atletico Cuernavaca and Escuadra Celeste de Celaya merged...

 in Mexico
Mexico
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, where Butragueño was also playing, shortly after the arrival at Madrid of president Lorenzo Sanz
Lorenzo Sanz
Lorenzo Sanz Mancebo is a Spanish businessman, former president of Real Madrid Club de Fútbol and former owner of Málaga Club de Fútbol, where his son Fernando served as club's president.- Early life :In his youth, Sanz played as a goalkeeper for several minor league Madrilenian teams, including...

. He retired from football in 1997.

His career was not without incident. In 1988 he was hit by a bottle while on the pitch and, three years later, he was sanctioned by UEFA
UEFA
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 for using an unorthodox method of disrupting the concentration of Colombia
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n Carlos Valderrama, in a game against Real Valladolid
Real Valladolid
Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Valladolid, in the autonomous community of Castile and León, from where the nickname Pucela is derived....

. The presiding judge in the case noted that "manipulating in public that of your neighbour which is a gift given exclusively to males by nature" violated a federation rule protecting a player's dignity.

Míchel worked as a sports commentator after his retirement, with RTVE
RTVE
The Corporación de Radio y Televisión Española, S.A. or Corporación Radiotelevisión Española is the state-owned public corporation that assumed the indirect management of the Spanish public radio and television service from Ente Público Radiotelevisión Española in 2007...

 (still active, he had already worked in the capacity at the 1994 World Cup
1994 FIFA World Cup
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), and also wrote articles for Madrid's Marca
Marca (newspaper)
MARCA is a Spanish national daily sports newspaper owned by Unidad Editorial. The newspaper focuses primarily on football, in particular the day-to-day activities of Real Madrid CF...

. In the summer of 2005, he was appointed manager of Rayo Vallecano
Rayo Vallecano
Rayo Vallecano de Madrid, S.A.D., often abbreviated to Rayo, is a Spanish football team based in Madrid, in the neighbourhood of Vallecas...

 and, in the following year, returned to his alma mater
Alma mater
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, as director of Real Madrid's sports city, the entire youth system, and manager duties at Real Madrid Castilla, where he coached one of his sons, Adrián. Under his management, the side dropped down a level, into the third
Segunda División B
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, and he was sacked, also leaving his post in the youth sides, due to disagreements with president Ramón Calderón
Ramón Calderón
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.

On 27 April 2009, Míchel was appointed as coach of league strugglers Getafe CF
Getafe CF
Getafe Club de Fútbol is a Spanish La Liga football club based in Getafe, a city in the Madrid metropolitan area, founded in 1946 and refounded in 1983.In the top level since 2004-05, it holds home games at the Coliseum Alfonso Pérez....

, until the end of the season. He replaced former 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....

 midfielder Víctor Muñoz, and also managed Adrián, helping the club avoid relegation in the last matchday, and renewing his contract for two more years in the following week; he was relieved of his duties at the end of 2010–11
2010–11 La Liga
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, with the team again managing to stay afloat after finishing 16th, just one point clear of the relegation zone.

International career

Míchel made his debut for the national team
Spain national football team
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 on 20 November 1985, against Austria
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, going on two appear in a further 65 internationals, with 21 goals scored (only missed a callup due to injury).

He played in the 1990 FIFA World Cup
1990 FIFA World Cup
The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event twice. Teams representing 116 national football associations from all six populated...

, scoring a hat-trick
Hat-trick
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 against South Korea in Spain's second game (3–1), and also a penalty
Penalty kick
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 against Belgium in the nation's final group game. After Javier Clemente
Javier Clemente
Javier Clemente Lázaro, is a Spanish football manager. The veteran La Liga manager has spent most of his career at two clubs: Athletic Bilbao and RCD Espanyol. Between 1992 and 1998, he managed Spain and went 31 games unbeaten. He was also the the first foreign manager of Serbia. His most recent...

's arrival as national boss, he was deemed surplus to requirements and never called again, although only 29.

All national categories added, Míchel received exactly 100 caps.

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 18 December 1985 Luis Casanova, Valencia, Spain
Spain
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1–0 2–0 Friendly
Exhibition game
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2. 12 November 1986 Benito Villamarín, Seville
Seville
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, Spain
Spain
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1–0 1–0 Euro 1988 qualifying
UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying Group 1
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3. 14 October 1987 Sánchez Pizjuán
Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán is a stadium in Seville, Spain. It is the home stadium of Sevilla Fútbol Club. It was the venue for the 1986 European Cup Final between Steaua Bucureşti and Barcelona and the 1982 World Cup semi-final game between Germany and France.This stadium contains a singular...

, Seville
Seville
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, Spain
Spain
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1–0 2–0 Euro 1988 qualifying
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4. 18 November 1987 Benito Villamarín, Seville
Seville
Seville is the artistic, historic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia and of the province of Seville. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, with an average elevation of above sea level...

, Spain
Spain
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3–0 5–0 Euro 1988 qualifying
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5. 11 June 1988 Niedersachsenstadion
AWD-Arena
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, Hanover
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, Germany
Germany
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0–1 2–3 UEFA Euro 1988
6. 14 September 1988 Carlos Tartiere
Estadio Carlos Tartiere
Estadio Municipal Carlos Tartiere, generally referred to as Nuevo Carlos Tartiere , is a multi-use stadium in Oviedo, Spain. It holds 30,500 spectators and replaced the former stadium of the same name, built in 1932....

, Oviedo
Oviedo
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, Spain
Spain
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1–0 1–2 Friendly
Exhibition game
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7. 21 December 1988 Sánchez Pizjuán
Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán is a stadium in Seville, Spain. It is the home stadium of Sevilla Fútbol Club. It was the venue for the 1986 European Cup Final between Steaua Bucureşti and Barcelona and the 1982 World Cup semi-final game between Germany and France.This stadium contains a singular...

, Seville
Seville
Seville is the artistic, historic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia and of the province of Seville. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, with an average elevation of above sea level...

, Spain
Spain
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3–0 4–0 1990 World Cup qualification
1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6
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8. 22 January 1989 Ta' Qali, Attard
Attard
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, Malta
Malta
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0–1 0–2 1990 World Cup qualification
1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6
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9. 23 March 1989 Benito Villamarín, Seville
Seville
Seville is the artistic, historic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia and of the province of Seville. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, with an average elevation of above sea level...

, Spain
Spain
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1–0 4–0 1990 World Cup qualification
1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6
The 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 6 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. The group consisted of Hungary, Malta, Northern Ireland, Spain and the Republic of Ireland....

10. 23 March 1989 Benito Villamarín, Seville, Spain 2–0 4–0 1990 World Cup qualification
1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6
The 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group 6 was a UEFA qualifying group for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. The group consisted of Hungary, Malta, Northern Ireland, Spain and the Republic of Ireland....

11. 20 September 1989 Riazor, A Coruña
A Coruña
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, Spain
Spain
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1–0 1–0 Friendly
Exhibition game
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12. 11 November 1989 Népstadion
Stadium Puskás Ferenc
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, Budapest
Budapest
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, Hungary
Hungary
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0–2 2–2 1990 World Cup qualification
1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 6
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13. 13 December 1989 Heliodoro Rodríguez
Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López
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, Tenerife
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
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, Spain
Spain
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1–0 2–1 Friendly
Exhibition game
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14. 17 June 1990 Friuli
Stadio Friuli
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, Udine
Udine
Udine is a city and comune in northeastern Italy, in the middle of Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, between the Adriatic sea and the Alps , less than 40 km from the Slovenian border. Its population was 99,439 in 2009, and that of its urban area was 175,000.- History :Udine is the historical...

, Italy
Italy
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1–0 3–1 1990 FIFA World Cup
1990 FIFA World Cup Group E
Play in Group E of the 1990 FIFA World Cup completed on 21 June 1990. Spain won the group, and advanced to the second round, along with Belgium and Uruguay...

15. 17 June 1990 Friuli, Udine, Italy 2–1 3–1 1990 FIFA World Cup
1990 FIFA World Cup Group E
Play in Group E of the 1990 FIFA World Cup completed on 21 June 1990. Spain won the group, and advanced to the second round, along with Belgium and Uruguay...

16. 17 June 1990 Friuli, Udine, Italy 3–1 3–1 1990 FIFA World Cup
1990 FIFA World Cup Group E
Play in Group E of the 1990 FIFA World Cup completed on 21 June 1990. Spain won the group, and advanced to the second round, along with Belgium and Uruguay...

17. 21 June 1990 Marc'Antonio Bentegodi, Verona
Verona
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, Italy
Italy
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0–1 1–2 1990 FIFA World Cup
1990 FIFA World Cup Group E
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18. 12 September 1990 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
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, Spain
Spain
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3–0 3–0 Friendly
Exhibition game
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19. 13 November 1991 Sánchez Pizjuán
Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
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, Seville
Seville
Seville is the artistic, historic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia and of the province of Seville. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, with an average elevation of above sea level...

, Spain
Spain
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2–1 2–1 Euro 1992 qualifying
UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying Group 1
Standings and results for Group 1 of the UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying tournament.Group 1 consisted of Albania, Czechoslovakia, France, Iceland and Spain. Group winners were France, who won every match in the qualifying games while scoring a hefty 20 goals. Spain's home defeat against France was the...

20. 22 April 1992 Benito Villamarín, Seville
Seville
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, Spain
Spain
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1–0 3–0 1994 World Cup qualification
1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA – Group 3)
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21. 22 April 1992 Benito Villamarín, Seville, Spain 2–0 3–0 1994 World Cup qualification
1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA – Group 3)
Listed below are the dates and results for Group 3 of the European zone of the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification tournament. For an overview of the entire European zone, see the article 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification ; for an overview of the entire qualification tournament, see the article 1994...


Club statistics

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|1984–85||rowspan="12"|Real Madrid
Real Madrid C.F.
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...

||rowspan="12"|Spanish League
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...

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|1985–86||31||7||||||||
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|1986–87||44||5||||||||
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|1987–88||35||14||||||||
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|1988–89||36||13||||||||
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|1989–90||37||8||||||||
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|1990–91||36||8||||||||
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|1991–92||38||11||||||||
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|1992–93||37||9||||||||
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|1993–94||37||11||||||||
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|1994–95||13||2||||||||
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|1995–96||33||6||||||||

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|1996||rowspan="2"|Celaya
Atlético Celaya
The Club Atlético Celaya was a Mexican football club from Celaya, Guanajuato. The club was formed in 1994 when the two second-division clubs Atletico Cuernavaca and Escuadra Celeste de Celaya merged...

||rowspan="2"|Mexican League
Primera División de México
The Primera División Profesional , known simply as the Primera División, is the top level of the Mexican football league system and is administered by the Mexican Football Federation. It was established in 1943 and as of 2011 has 18 clubs. Up to June 2011, it was divided into three groups competing...

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|1997||17||3||||||||
403||96||||||||
34||9||||||||
437||105||||||||

Honours

Real Madrid
  • UEFA Cup: 1984–85, 1985–86
  • Spanish League
    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...

    : 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1994–95
  • Spanish Cup
    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 ....

    : 1981–82, 1988–89, 1992–93
    1992–93 Copa del Rey
    The Copa del Rey 1992-93 is the 89th staging of the Copa del Rey.The competition started on August 28, 1992 and concluded on June 26, 1993 with the Final, held at the Estadio Luis Casanova in Valencia.-1st Round:...

  • Spanish League Cup
    Copa de la Liga
    The 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...

    : 1984–85
  • Spanish Supercup
    Supercopa de España
    The Supercopa de España is a Spanish football championship contested by the winners of La Liga and the Copa del Rey...

    : 1988
    1988 Supercopa de España
    The 1988 Supercopa de España was two-leg Spanish football matches played on 21 September and 29 September 1988. It contested by FC Barcelona, who were Spanish Cup winners in 1987–88, and Real Madrid who won the 1987–88 Spanish League. Real Madrid won 3–2 on aggregate.-First leg:-Second...

    , 1989
    Supercopa de España
    The Supercopa de España is a Spanish football championship contested by the winners of La Liga and the Copa del Rey...

    , 1990
    1990 Supercopa de España
    The 1990 Supercopa de España was two-leg Spanish football matches played on 5 December and 12 December 1990. It contested by FC Barcelona, who were Spanish Cup winners in 1989–90, and Real Madrid who won the 1989–90 Spanish League. Real Madrid won 5–1 on aggregate.-First leg:-Second...

    , 1993
    1993 Supercopa de España
    The 1993 Supercopa de España was two-leg Spanish football matches played on 2 December and 16 December 1993. It contested by ,Real Madrid who were Spanish Cup winners in 1992–93, and FC Barcelona who won the 1992–93 Spanish League. Real Madrid won 4–2 on aggregate.-First leg:-Second...


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