Juan Vizcaíno

Juan Vizcaíno
Personal information
Full name Juan Vizcaíno Morcillo
Date of birth (1966-08-06) 6 August 1966
Place of birth La Pobla de Mafumet, Spain
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
1982–1983 Gimnàstic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1983–1986 Gimnàstic
1986–1988 Deportivo Aragón
1988–1990 Zaragoza 86 (10)
1990–1998 Atlético Madrid 255 (22)
1998–2000 Valladolid 55 (1)
2000–2001 Elche 20 (0)
2001–2002 Gimnàstic 26 (0)
National team
1991–1992 Spain 15 (0)
Teams managed
2011– Atlético Madrid (assistant)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Vizcaíno and the second or maternal family name is Morcillo.

Juan Vizcaíno Morcillo (born 6 August 1966) is a Spanish retired footballer who played mainly as a defensive midfielder.

Regarded and praised as an accomplished role player, his career was intimately connected with Atlético Madrid.[1] Over the course of 13 seasons he amassed La Liga totals of 396 games and 33 goals, also representing in the competition Zaragoza and Valladolid.

Club career

Born in La Pobla de Mafumet, Tarragona, Catalonia, Vizcaíno started playing with hometown's Gimnàstic de Tarragona, being offered his first-team debuts by coach Xabier Azkargorta during the 1982–83 season not yet aged 17, with the club in the third division.

In 1986 he stayed in that level as he moved to Real Zaragoza, starting playing with its reserves. On 9 March 1988 Vizcaíno made his La Liga debut against Sevilla FC, and remained a regular fixture until the end of his stay with the Aragonese side, while also scoring ten league goals from a defensive position.

Vizcaíno signed with Atlético Madrid for the 1990–91 campaign, starting every single match he appeared in in his first five years. In the sixth, he was the outfield player with most appearances (41 matches, 3,136 minutes played and three goals) as the capital team conquered the double.

After two more solid years Vizcaíno left for Real Valladolid, joining Elche CF for the 2000–01 season and closing out his career at almost 35 with his first club, Gimnàstic – the latter two teams in division two. He stayed in the region afterwards, working for the city hall's sports departments in Pobla de Mafumet.

Vizcaíno returned to Atlético in 2011–12, being appointed new manager Gregorio Manzano's assistant coach.[2]

International career

Vizcaíno played 15 times for the Spanish national team, the first arriving on 16 January 1991 in a friendly with Portugal (1–1, in Castellón de la Plana). The nation did not qualify for UEFA Euro 1992, and the player was ousted from the call-ups shortly after the arrival of new boss Javier Clemente.

Honours

References

  1. ↑ Vizcaíno, un secundario de lujo (Vizcaíno, a deluxe sidekick); La Vida en Rojiblanco, 11 April 2009 (Spanish)
  2. ↑ Vizcaíno y Baraja, ayudantes de Gregorio Manzano (Vizcaíno and Baraja, Gregorio Manzano's assistants); Marca, 9 June 2011 (Spanish)

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