Juan Micha

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Juan Michá
Personal information
Full name Juan Michá Obiang Bicogo
Date of birth (1975-07-28) 28 July 1975 (age 48) [1]
Place of birth Bata, Equatorial Guinea
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Equatorial Guinea (head coach)
International career‡
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1998–2002 Equatorial Guinea 3 (0)
Managerial career
Fuenlabrada (assistant)
2012–2014 Equatorial Guinea Women (assistant)
2014 Equatorial Guinea U-20 Women [2]
2015–2017 Equatorial Guinea (assistant)
2015 Equatorial Guinea U17
2015 Equatorial Guinea U20 [3]
2016 Deportivo Unidad
2020 Equatorial Guinea U17
2020 Equatorial Guinea (interim)
2021– Equatorial Guinea
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 October 2002

Juan Michá Obiang Bicogo (born 28 July 1975) is an Equatoguinean professional football manager and former player who played as a forward. He is the current head coach of the Equatorial Guinea national team.

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International career

Michá was capped for Equatorial Guinea at senior level in late 1990s and early 2000s. [4]

Managerial career

After finishing his playing career, Michá became a manager in Madrid, Spain. While in CF Fuenlabrada, he knew Esteban Becker, whom he convinced to take the Equatorial Guinea women's national team in 2012. [5] [6] He has integrated Becker's coaching staff in both women's and men's national teams.

By 2015, Michá was also the head coach of the Equatorial Guinea national under-17 team. [7] In July 2020, he presented his candidacy to be named in charge of the senior Equatorial Guinea men's national team, after Frenchman Sébastien Migné left the position vacant.

On 23 September 2020, Michá was appointed by the Equatoguinean Football Federation (FEGUIFUT) to coach once again the national under-17 team. [8] On 29 October 2020, as Equatorial Guinea did not have an official head coach for the senior national team at the time, he was summoned by FEGUIFUT President Gustavo Ndong to take the side (along with Casto Nopo) for the two upcoming official matches against Libya in November. [9] As Nzalang Nacional won both games, he was asked by FEGUIFUT to continue in the bench, but he wanted to sign a contract first.

On 23 March 2021, Michá officially signed a one-year contract to be the next head coach of Equatorial Guinea. [10] Two days later, his team defeated Tanzania and qualified to the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.

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References

  1. ↑ "List of players of the 8th African Women Championship, EQUATORIAL GUINEA 2012" (PDF). cafonline.com. 2012. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2013.
  2. ↑ Hernández, Javier (11 January 2014). "The Women's Nzalang Under-20 wins 1-0 against the powerful team of Ghana". Guinea Ecuatorial Press. Retrieved 24 September 2020.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. ↑ "The National Nzalang U-20 beats Senegal 2-0". Guinea Ecuatorial Press. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2020.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ "Juan Micha". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  5. ↑ "CAN 2015: Queremos hacer historia" (in Spanish).
  6. ↑ "Esteban Becker, del anonimato a la conquista del fútbol africano" (in Spanish).
  7. ↑ "CF Reus: Aniceto rompe barreras" (in Spanish).
  8. ↑ "Jorge Paulo COSTA, nuevo seleccionador del Nzalang Nacional masculino". Equatorial Guinean Football Federation (in Spanish). 23 September 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  9. ↑ "Juan Micha y Casto Nopo dirigirán los próximos partidos del Nzalang Nacional masculino frente a Libia". Equatorial Guinean Football Federation (in Spanish). 29 October 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  10. ↑ "Firma del contrato de Juan Micha como seleccionador oficial". Equatorial Guinea Government (in Spanish). 23 March 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
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