Vicente Miera

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Vicente Miera
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Miera with Real Madrid in 1965
Personal information
Full name Vicente Miera Campos [1]
Date of birth (1940-05-10) 10 May 1940 (age 85) [1]
Place of birth Nueva Montaña, Spain
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Defender
Youth career
Nueva Montaña
Racing Santander
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1957–1960 Rayo Cantabria
1960–1961 Racing Santander 34 (1)
1961–1969 Real Madrid 95 (1)
1969–1971 Sporting Gijón 23 (0)
Total152(2)
International career
1961 Spain B 1 (0)
1961 Spain 1 (0)
Managerial career
1973–1974 Langreo
1974–1976 Oviedo
1976–1979 Sporting Gijón
1979–1980 Español
1980–1982 Sporting Gijón
1982–1986 Spain (assistant)
1986 Atlético Madrid
1987–1989 Oviedo
1989–1990 Tenerife
1991–1992 Spain
1992 Spain U23
1994–1996 Racing Santander
1997 Espanyol
1997 Sevilla
Medal record
Olympic medal record
Representing Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Men's Football
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1992 Barcelona Team Competition
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vicente Miera Campos (born 10 May 1940) is a Spanish former professional football defender and manager.

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He appeared in 139 La Liga games over ten seasons and scored two goals, mainly at the service of Real Madrid. Later, he embarked on a managerial career that lasted more than 25 years, and included a brief spell with the Spain national team.

Playing career

Born in the neighbourhood of Nueva Montaña in Santander, Cantabria, [2] Miera played two seasons with his hometown club Racing de Santander, one in each major division, signing for Real Madrid in 1961. Never an undisputed starter safe for the 1964–65 season, he was part of the latter's squads as they claimed seven La Liga titles, adding the European Cup in 1965–66 (he did not take part in the final against FK Partizan itself, but played both legs of the preliminary round and the first round); he made 147 appearances in an eight-year stint. [3] [4]

Miera joined Sporting de Gijón in summer 1969, helping it promote to the top tier in his first year and retiring the following season aged 31. [5] [6] He won his sole cap for Spain on 10 December 1961, in a 1–1 friendly draw in France. [7]

Coaching career

A manager since 1974, Miera started at the professional level with Real Oviedo, suffering top-flight relegation in his second season, [8] then moved to neighbours Sporting where he would remain for five years, except for the 1979–80 campaign at RCD Español. He worked in both major divisions for more than 20 years, [9] his last stop being Sevilla FC (Segunda División, in 1997–98). [10]

Miera oversaw Sporting's first-ever qualification for the UEFA Cup in 1978–79, following a fifth-place finish in the league. [9] They disposed of Torino FC in the first round, being ousted by Red Star Belgrade 2–1 on aggregate in the next stage. [11]

Having already served as assistant for four years, Miera was handed the reins of the national team in 1991, [12] remaining there seven months as the nation failed to qualify for UEFA Euro 1992 and stepping down due to health problems, being replaced by Javier Clemente. [13] That summer, he switched to the Olympic squad, leading them to the gold medal in Barcelona. [14] [15]

Honours

Player

Racing Santander

Real Madrid

Sporting Gijón

Manager

Oviedo

Sporting Gijón

Spain

References

  1. 1 2 Vicente Miera at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ Ortego, Enrique (6 August 2021). ""La presión era grande y o ganabas o ibas para casa"" ["The pressure was great and you either won or went home"]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  3. ↑ Del Olmo, José (1 December 2014). "XI Copa de Europa 1965/66: Real Madrid CF" [XI 1965/66 European Cup: Real Madrid CF] (in Spanish). Cuadernos de Fútbol. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Vicente Miera" (in Spanish). Real Madrid CF. Archived from the original on 25 December 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
  5. ↑ Rodríguez, José Ramón (12 July 2023). "Reencuentro con Vicente Miera" [We meet Vicente Miera again]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  6. ↑ "Miera futbolista" [Miera footballer]. El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  7. ↑ "Francia, 1 – España, 1" [France, 1 – Spain, 1]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 11 December 1961. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  8. ↑ Rosety, Manuel (17 May 2019). "El entrenador que cambió al Sporting" [The manager who changed Sporting]. El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  9. 1 2 Antuña, Pablo (26 June 2016). "El maestro de la táctica" [The master of tactics]. La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  10. ↑ "Miera, destituido como técnico del Sevilla" [Miera, dismissed as manager of Sevilla]. El País (in Spanish). 24 December 1997. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  11. ↑ Rodríguez, José Ramón (13 September 2018). "El debut del 'EuroSporting' en la Copa de la UEFA cumple 40 años" [40th anniversary of debut of 'EuroSporting' in the UEFA Cup]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  12. ↑ Ortiz, Fabián (5 September 1991). "Tiempo de llorar, tiempo de soñar" [A time to cry, a time to dream]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  13. ↑ Javier Roldán, Francisco (8 December 2022). "Clemente defiende su "temida" España: "Me da igual si perdí prestigio, ¿para qué vale?"" [Clemente defends his "feared" Spain: "I don't give a damn if I've lost prestige, what's it good for?"]. El Confidencial (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 November 2025.
  14. ↑ Morenilla, Juan (25 February 2007). "Supervivientes de oro" [Golden survivors]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  15. ↑ "El triunfo en el fútbol, broche de oro para España en Barcelona 92" [Football win, icing on the cake for Spain in Barcelona 92] (in Spanish). Dame Un Silbidito. April 2010. Archived from the original on 10 July 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
  16. ↑ Falagán, Aser (5 November 2023). "El Racing, en el homenaje al histórico Vicente Miera" [Racing, in the tribute to legendary Vicente Miera]. El Diario Montañés (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 November 2025.
  17. ↑ Rodríguez, José Ramón (21 August 2019). "Se cumplen 50 años del cuarto ascenso a Primera del Sporting" [50th anniversary of Sporting's fourth promotion to Primera]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 November 2025.
  18. ↑ Azparren, Nacho (8 March 2019). "Un "falso nueve" pionero" [A trailblazing "false nine"]. La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 November 2025.
  19. ↑ Acebal, David (4 September 2017). "El día que el Sporting ascendió en casa del eterno rival" [The day Sporting promoted at their eternal rivals] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
  20. ↑ "La Roja de 1992, nuestra medalla de oro Olímpica" [1992's La Roja, our Olympic gold medal] (in Spanish). Antena 3. 3 July 2012. Archived from the original on 10 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
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