Migueli
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Miguel Bernardo Bianquetti | ||
| Date of birth | 19 December 1951 | ||
| Place of birth | Ceuta, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| O'Donnell | |||
| Cádiz | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1970–1973 | Cádiz | 77 | (4) |
| 1973–1988 | Barcelona | 549 | (20) |
| Total | 626 | (24) | |
| National team | |||
| 1975–1976 | Spain amateur | 2 | (0) |
| 1974–1980 | Spain | 32 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Miguel Bernardo Bianquetti (born 19 December 1951), known as Migueli, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender.
A player with immense physical power – he was nicknamed Tarzan[1][2]– he is best known for his Barcelona spell, which lasted almost 20 professional years.
Migueli appeared with Spain at the 1978 World Cup and Euro 1980.
Club career
Migueli was born in Ceuta. After playing with Cádiz CF from 1970 to 1973, competing in Segunda División, he 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[3] until 5 January 2011, when Xavi surpassed him in a Copa del Rey match against Athletic Bilbao[4]).
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 win.[5][6] In the 1986–87 season, already well into his 30's, he still managed to appear in 41 contests – 38 complete – and retired at the end of the following campaign, in which he added another domestic cup.
Subsequently, Migueli worked with the Catalan club's coaching staffs in the Joan Gaspart presidency.
International career
Migueli earned 32 caps and scored one goal for Spain, his debut coming on 20 November 1974 in a 2–1 win in Scotland for the UEFA Euro 1976 qualifiers.[7] He represented the nation at the 1978 FIFA World Cup and Euro 1980, for a total of four appearances.[8]
International goals
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 16 April 1980 | El Molinón, Gijón, Spain |  Czechoslovakia | 1–1 | 2–2 | Friendly |
Club statistics
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other[9] | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Cádiz | 1971–72 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 32 | 1 |
| 1972–73 | 37 | 4 | 3 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 40 | 4 | |
| Total | 67 | 4 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 72 | 5 | |
| Barcelona | 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 | |
Honours
Club
- Barcelona
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1978–79, 1981–82
- La Liga: 1973–74, 1984–85
- Copa del Rey: 1977–78, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1987–88
- Supercopa de España: 1983
- Copa de la Liga: 1982–83, 1985–86
Individual
References
- ↑ «Si creemos, pasamos» («If we believe, we will pass»); El Mundo, 6 March 2007 (Spanish)
- ↑ "Rafa Nadal y Jorge Lorenzo, protagonistas de las dos portadas de ICON SPORT" [Rafa Nadal and Jorge Lorenzo, protagonists of the two ICON SPORT covers] (in Spanish). El País. 26 April 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
- ↑ Sólo Migueli supera ya a Xavi (Only Migueli in front of Xavi now); Mundo Deportivo, 16 February 2009 (Spanish)
- ↑ Xavi y Migueli, los otros protagonistas (Xavi and Migueli, the other protagonists); FC Barcelona, 2 January 2011 (Spanish)
- ↑ 4–3: La Recopa para el Barça tras una final memorable (4–3: Cup Winners' Cup to Barça after memorable final); Mundo Deportivo, 17 May 1979 (Spanish)
- ↑ Migueli, ingresado tras sufrir un infarto (Migueli, in hospital after suffering heart attack); El Mundo, 2 August 2004 (Spanish)
- ↑ 1–2: Triunfo memorable en Hampden Park (1–2: Memorable win at Hampden Park); Mundo Deportivo, 21 November 1974 (Spanish)
- ↑ Miguel Bernardo Bianqueti, ‘Migueli’ – International Matches; at RSSSF
- ↑ Includes other competitive competitions, including the Supercopa de España, Copa de la Liga
External links
- Migueli profile at BDFutbol
- Migueli at National-Football-Teams.com
- Migueli – FIFA competition record
- FC Barcelona archives (Spanish)
- Spain stats at Eu-Football
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| Awards and achievements | ||
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Preceded by Juanito |
Best Spanish player 1977–78 |
Succeeded by Quini |