Miquel Soler

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Miquel Soler
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Soler in 2018
Personal information
Full name Miquel Soler Sarasols
Date of birth (1965-03-16) 16 March 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth Girona, Spain
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Left-back, midfielder
Youth career
1979–1983 Olot
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1983–1988 Español 118 (3)
1985–1986 → Hospitalet (loan) 17 (2)
1988–1995 Barcelona 81 (2)
1991–1992 → Atlético Madrid (loan) 25 (1)
1993–1995 → Sevilla (loan) 75 (1)
1995–1996 Real Madrid 14 (1)
1996–1998 Zaragoza 39 (2)
1998–2003 Mallorca 152 (1)
Total521(13)
International career
1983 Spain U18 1 (0)
1986–1987 Spain U21 3 (0)
1987 Spain U23 2 (0)
1987–1991 Spain 9 (0)
1993–1998 Catalonia 3 (0)
Managerial career
2011–2014 Mallorca B
2014 Mallorca
2015 Mallorca
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Miquel Soler Sarasols (born 16 March 1965) is a Spanish retired football player and manager.

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Mainly a left-back who could also operate as a wide midfielder, his career spanned two La Liga decades (with 652 competitive matches), and he was the only player to represent both Barcelona and Madrid main clubs. [1]

Soler appeared for Spain at Euro 1988.

Club career

Born in Girona, Catalonia, Soler was a RCD Espanyol youth graduate, making his first-team – and La Liga – debut in the 1983–84 season and becoming first-choice following a loan to neighbouring CE L'Hospitalet. In his fourth year, as the club finished third after the second stage, he appeared in 41 out of 42 games and scored two goals, going on to help it to reach the final of the 1987–88 UEFA Cup, netting in the 3–0 home win in the first leg as the Pericos eventually lost on penalties against Bayer 04 Leverkusen. [2] [3]

Subsequently, Soler joined FC Barcelona, [4] winning the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in his first season while also playing 23 matches in the league. After a sole campaign with Atlético Madrid, where he won his second Copa del Rey, he returned to Barcelona, with no impact. [5] [6]

After two excellent years with Sevilla FC, still on loan from Barcelona, [7] Soler moved to Real Madrid, [8] but appeared scarcely during 1995–96 (his only season) as coach Arsenio Iglesias was ordered by chairman Lorenzo Sanz not to utilise him as he would be automatically renewed if he played the required number of 20 matches. [9] Following a spell with Real Zaragoza [10] he was still able, at 33, to sign for RCD Mallorca, where he made a further 152 top-flight appearances, winning another domestic cup and retiring at the end of 2002–03; he totalled 504 games at that level, scoring 11 times. [6]

Soler started working as a manager with Mallorca's reserves, going on to be in charge of the team for three years, two in the Segunda División B. [11] In the summer of 2014, he was appointed at the helm of the main squad in the Segunda División, [12] being relieved of his duties one month later following a directorial change [13] but returning in February 2015 after his successor Valery Karpin was dismissed. [14]

International career

Soler won nine caps for the Spain national side, and represented the nation at UEFA Euro 1988, [6] where he appeared in the win against Denmark (playing the second half) and the loss to Italy. [15] [16] His debut came in a Euro 1988 qualifier in Bucharest, a 3–1 defeat against Romania on 29 April 1987. [17]

Managerial statistics

As of 20 June 2015
Managerial record by team and tenure
TeamNatFromToRecord
GWDLGFGAGDWin %
Mallorca B [18] Flag of Spain.svg 22 June 201111 July 2014118512938177128+49043.22
Mallorca Flag of Spain.svg 11 July 201412 August 2014000000+0!—
Mallorca [19] Flag of Spain.svg 10 February 201520 June 2015186392127−6033.33
Career total136573247198155+43041.91

Honours

Barcelona

Atlético Madrid

Mallorca

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Soler flair lights Mallorca; UEFA, 8 November 2002
  2. ↑ ¡Y continua la "Euro-fiesta"! ("Euro-party" continues!); Mundo Deportivo, 5 May 1988 (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ Miquel SOLER; Hall of Fame Perico, 14 May 2009 (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ "El primer derbi de Cruyff fue especial. Era el líder, como Xavi" ("Cruyff's first derby was special. He was the leader, as Xavi"); El Periódico de Catalunya, 18 November 2021 (in Spanish)
  5. ↑ Cruyff anuncia que Soler regresa a la plantilla del Barcelona (Cruyff announces Soler returns to Barcelona's squad); El País, 29 July 1992 (in Spanish)
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Soler: "Estuve en siete equipos y nunca me sentí un mercenario" (Soler: "I was in seven teams and I never felt like a mercenary"); Diario AS, 15 May 2013 (in Spanish)
  7. ↑ Soler seguirá un año más en el Sevilla (Soler will continue at Sevilla another year); El País, 16 June 1994 (in Spanish)
  8. ↑ El Madrid ultima el fichaje del sevillista Soler (Madrid completing signing of Sevilla man Soler); El País, 8 April 1995 (in Spanish)
  9. ↑ El peculiar 'plan renove' del Real Madrid con Soler (Real Madrid's peculiar 'renew plan' with Soler); El Norte de Castilla, 5 June 2013 (in Spanish)
  10. ↑ Miquel Soler: "El Zaragoza era un grande cuando llegué" (Miquel Soler: "Zaragoza were giants when I arrived"); El Periódico de Aragón, 11 November 2013 (in Spanish)
  11. ↑ 'Nanu' Soler y Patxi Salinas entrenarán en Tercera ('Nanu' Soler and Patxi Salinas will coach in Tercera); Marca, 22 June 2011 (in Spanish)
  12. ↑ Miguel Soler, nuevo entrenador del Mallorca (Miguel Soler, new manager of Mallorca); Marca, 11 July 2014 (in Spanish)
  13. ↑ Aouate anuncia a Karpin como nuevo entrenador del Mallorca (Aouate announces Karpin as new Mallorca manager); Diario AS, 12 August 2014 (in Spanish)
  14. ↑ 'Nanu' Soler: "La plantilla tiene un margen importante de mejora" ('Nanu' Soler: "The squad can still improve dramatically"); Sport, 10 February 2015 (in Spanish)
  15. ↑ Fichas técnicas de los partidos de España en fases finales (Match sheets of Spain's games in finals); La Información, 4 June 2012 (in Spanish)
  16. ↑ 1988: Vialli cava la fosa hispana (1988: Vialli digs the Hispanic grave); Marca, 9 June 2012 (in Spanish)
  17. ↑ La violencia, en boca de todos (Violence, on everyone's lips); Mundo Deportivo, 30 April 1987 (in Spanish)
  18. ↑ "Segunda División B (Grupo 3) 2011–12" [Segunda División B (Group 3) 2011–12] (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
    "Segunda División B (Grupo 3) 2012–13" [Segunda División B (Group 3) 2012–13] (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
    "Tercera División (Grupo 11) 2013–14" [Tercera División (Group 11) 2013–14] (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
    "Fase de ascenso a Segunda División B 2013–14" [Promotion phase to Segunda División B 2013–14] (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  19. ↑ "Soler: Miquel Soler Sarasols". BDFutbol. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  20. ↑ Eto'o pone Mallorca a brindar (Eto'o has Mallorca toasting); El País, 29 June 2003 (in Spanish)
  21. ↑ Se cumplen 25 años del primer título en la historia del RCD mallorca[sic] (25th anniversary of the first title in RCD Mallorca's history); Diario AS, 22 August 2023 (in Spanish)
  22. ↑ El Mallorca pierde con orgullo (Mallorca lose proudly); El País, 20 May 1999 (in Spanish)
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