Migueli

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Migueli
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Migueli with Barcelona in 1977
Personal information
Full name Miguel Bernardo Bianquetti [1]
Date of birth (1951-12-19) 19 December 1951 (age 73)
Place of birth Ceuta, Spain
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
O'Donnell
Cádiz
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1970–1973 Cádiz 77 (4)
1973–1988 Barcelona 391 (20)
Total468(24)
International career
1975–1976 Spain amateur 2 (0)
1974–1980 Spain 32 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Miguel Bernardo Bianquetti (born 19 December 1951), known as Migueli, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender.

Contents

A player of immense physical power – he was nicknamed Tarzan [2] [3] – he was best known for his Barcelona spell, which lasted almost 20 professional years.

Migueli appeared with the Spain national team at the 1978 World Cup and Euro 1980.

Club career

Migueli was born in Ceuta. [1] After representing Cádiz CF from 1970 to 1973, competing in the Segunda División, he transferred to La Liga giants FC Barcelona, [4] where he became an undisputed starter after just one league game in his first year, going on to make 391 appearances in the competition (549 overall, club's all-time best until 5 January 2011 when Xavi surpassed him in a Copa del Rey match against Athletic Bilbao); [5] [6] whilst he was performing his compulsory military service in Cádiz he made his official debut for the latter, and upon his return, not aware that he needed two special permits to leave the headquarters, he was jailed for one month. [7]

In the final of the 1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup against Fortuna Düsseldorf, Migueli played parts of the match, which went to extra time, with a broken collarbone, in an eventual 4–3 win. [8] [9] In the 1986–87 season, already well into his 30s, he still managed to make 41 appearances – 38 complete – and retired at the end of the following campaign, in which he added another domestic cup; [10] he was still a part of new manager Johan Cruyff's plans, but chose not to continue. [11]

Subsequently, Migueli worked with the Catalan club's coaching staffs in the Joan Gaspart presidency. On 17 September 2010, he was chosen by new chairman Sandro Rosell as sporting advisor alongside Josep Maria Fusté and Carles Rexach. [12]

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. [13] He represented the nation at the 1978 FIFA World Cup and Euro 1980, for a total of four appearances. [14]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup Europe Other [a] Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cádiz 1971–72 30021––321
1972–73 37430––404
Total674510000725
Barcelona 1973–74 100000–10
1974–75 2924060–392
1975–76 3455091–486
1976–77 2511070–331
1977–78 33261101–494
1978–79 2802091–391
1979–80 3122170–403
1980–81 2036120–284
1981–82 301020–60
1982–83 311606060491
1983–84 300703120421
1984–85 324801040444
1985–86 290509010440
1986–87 4100080–490
1987–88 2407060–370
Total3912060385413054927
Career total4582464485413062032

International

Score and result list Spain's goal tally first, score column indicates score after Migueli goal.
International goal scored by Migueli
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
116 April 1980 El Molinón, Gijón, SpainFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 1–12–2 Friendly [14]

Honours

Barcelona

Individual

Notes

  1. ↑ Includes Supercopa de España, Copa de la Liga

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  4. ↑ "Cuando el cadista Migueli fue traspasado al Barcelona por una cifra récord" [When Cádiz's Migueli was transferred to Barcelona for a record fee]. Diario de Cádiz (in Spanish). 4 February 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
  5. ↑ "Sólo Migueli supera ya a Xavi" [Only Migueli in front of Xavi now]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 16 February 2009. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
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  7. ↑ Giménez, Santi (2 January 2011). ""El día de mi debut acabé en el calabozo"" ["I was sent to the dungeons the day of my debut"]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 April 2017.
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