Vicente Miera

Vicente Miera

Miera as a Real Madrid player (1965)
Personal information
Full name	Vicente Miera Campos
Date of birth	10 May 1940
Place of birth	Nueva Montaña, Spain
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Defender
Youth career
	Nueva Montaña
	Racing Santander
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1957–1960	Rayo Cantabria
1960–1961	Racing Santander	34	(1)
1961–1969	Real Madrid	95	(1)
1969–1971	Sporting Gijón	23	(0)
Total		152	(2)
National team
1961	Spain B	1	(0)
1961	Spain	1	(0)
Teams managed
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
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Olympic medal record
Representing  Spain
Men's Football
	1992 Barcelona	Team Competition

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

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

Playing career

Born in the neighbourhood of Nueva Montaña in Santander, Cantabria, Miera played for two seasons (one in each major division) for hometown's Racing de Santander, moving in 1961 to Real Madrid. Never an undisputed starter safe for the 1964–65 season, he was part of the latter club's squads as they conquered seven La Liga titles, adding the European Cup in 1966.^[1]

Miera moved to Sporting de Gijón in 1969, helping it promote to the top level in his first year and retiring the following season. On 10 December 1961 he gained his sole cap for Spain, a 1–1 friendly in France.

Manager career

A coach since 1974, Miera started at the professional level with Real Oviedo, suffering top flight relegation in his second year, then moved to neighbours Sporting, where he would remain for five years, except for the 1979–80 campaign at RCD Español. He coached in both major divisions for more than twenty years, his last stop being Sevilla FC (second division, in 1997–98).

Having already served as assistant during four years, Miera was handed the reins of the national team in 1991,^[2] remaining there for seven months as the nation failed to qualify for UEFA Euro 1992. That summer he switched to the Olympic squad, leading it to the gold medal in Barcelona.^[3]

Honours

Player

Real Madrid

• European Cup: 1965–66
• La Liga: 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69
• Copa del Generalísimo: 1961–62

Manager

Spain

• Summer Olympic Games: 1992

References

1. Real Madrid biography (Spanish)
2. "Tiempo de llorar, tiempo de soñar" [A time to cry, a time to dream] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 5 September 1991. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
3. El triunfo en el fútbol, broche de oro para España en Barcelona 92 (Football win, icing on the cake for Spain in Barcelona 92); Dame Un Silbidito, April 2010 (Spanish)

External links

• Vicente Miera profile at BDFutbol
• Vicente Miera manager profile at BDFutbol
• National team player data
• National team coach data
• Vicente Miera at National-Football-Teams.com