Miguel Ángel Portugal

Miguel Ángel Portugal

Personal information
Full name	Miguel Ángel Portugal Vicario
Date of birth	28 November 1955
Place of birth	Quintanilla de las Viñas, Spain
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Valladolid (coach)
Youth career
	Burgos
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1975–1979	Burgos	24	(2)
1977–1978	→ Mirandés (loan)
1979–1983	Real Madrid	27	(1)
1982	→ Cádiz (loan)	12	(1)
1983–1984	Rayo Vallecano	15	(0)
1984–1985	Castellón	19	(2)
1985–1987	Real Burgos
1987–1988	Valladolid	3	(0)
1988–1991	Córdoba	65	(0)
National team
1979	Spain U23	2	(0)
1979	Spain amateur	6	(3)
Teams managed
1996–1997	Arandina
1997	Real Madrid C
1997–1999	Real Madrid B
1999	Toledo
2003–2004	Córdoba
2006	Real Madrid B
2006–2007	Racing Santander
2009–2011	Racing Santander
2012–2013	Bolívar
2014	Atlético Paranaense
2015–	Valladolid
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Miguel Angel Portugal Vicario (born 28 November 1955) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder, and the current manager of Real Valladolid.

Playing career

Portugal was born in Quintanilla de las Viñas, Province of Burgos. During his career he played for Burgos CF, CD Mirandés, Real Madrid, Cádiz CF, Rayo Vallecano, CD Castellón, Real Burgos CF, Real Valladolid and Córdoba CF.

With the La Liga powerhouse Portugal remained four years (one loaned at Cádiz), winning the double in his first year but only amassing 27 top division appearances combined during his spell.

Coaching career

Portugal started managing in the mid-90's, returning to Real Madrid to be in charge of its C and B-sides. In 1999 he started in the second division with CD Toledo, but was fired after only a couple of months.

After some years out of football Portugal coached former club Córdoba,^[1] also in level two, returning to Real Madrid Castilla in 2005–06 following the December promotion to the first team of Juan Ramón López Caro. On 6 July 2006 he succeeded López Caro once again, now at Racing de Santander,^[2] helping the Cantabrians to a final tenth place in the top flight.

Portugal served as technical director of Real Madrid subsequently.^[3] In November 2008 he was set to take over at the club as coach following the sacking of Bernd Schuster, but club president Ramón Calderón preferred Juande Ramos instead.

On 19 November 2009, Portugal returned to Racing on a two-year deal following the dismissal of Juan Carlos Mandiá, as the side had only collected one point in five home matches.^[4] In early February 2011, even though the club was placed above the relegation zone in the top division – eventually managing to stay afloat – he was sacked by the team's new owner, Indian Ahsan Ali Syed.^[5]

Honours

Player

Real Madrid

• La Liga: 1979–80
• Copa del Rey: 1979–80

Manager

Bolívar

• Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano: 2012–13

References

1. Portugal dice adiós al banquillo del Nuevo Arcángel (Portugal says goodbye to Nuevo Arcángel bench); Mundo Deportivo, 8 June 2004 (Spanish)
2. El Racing contrata a su nuevo entrenador, Miguel Angel Portugal (Racing hires new coach, Miguel Angel Portugal); ABC, 6 July 2006 (Spanish)
3. El Real Madrid ficha a Miguel Ángel Portugal (Real Madrid signs Miguel Ángel Portugal); El País, 5 July 2007 (Spanish)
4. El Racing confirma la contratación de Miguel Ángel Portugal (Racing confirms signing of Miguel Ángel Portugal); Cadena SER, 19 November 2009 (Spanish)
5. Racing look to match big boys; ESPN Soccernet, 13 February 2011

External links

• Miguel Ángel Portugal profile at BDFutbol
• Miguel Ángel Portugal manager profile at BDFutbol
• Worldfootball profile