| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Miguel Ángel Sola Elizalde | ||
| Date of birth | (1957-09-29)29 September 1957 (age 68) | ||
| Place of birth | Pamplona, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Txantrea | |||
| 1975–1976 | Athletic Bilbao | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1976–1980 | Bilbao Athletic | 96 | (28) |
| 1978–1979 | →Arosa (loan) | ||
| 1980 | →Alavés (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 1980–1985 | Athletic Bilbao | 125 | (15) |
| 1985–1992 | Osasuna | 191 | (27) |
| Total | 419 | (70) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1997 | Osasuna | ||
| 2001 | Peña Sport | ||
| 2002–2004 | Real Unión | ||
| 2005–2006 | Huesca | ||
| 2006–2008 | Mirandés | ||
| 2010–2011 | Izarra | ||
| 2011 | Real Unión | ||
| 2013–2014 | Corellano | ||
| 2017–2020 | Calahorra | ||
| 2023 | Txantrea | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Miguel Ángel Sola Elizalde (born 29 September 1957) is a Spanishfootballmanager and former player who played as amidfielder.
He amassedLa Liga totals of 316 matches and 42 goals over 12 seasons, in representation ofAthletic Bilbao andOsasuna.
In 1997, Sola started working as a coach.
Born inPamplona,Navarre, Sola joinedAthletic Bilbao'syouth system in 1975, spending his first seasons as a senior withBilbao Athletic and on loan, the latter including a five-month spell withBasque neighboursDeportivo Alavés.[1] In 1980, he returned as a full member of the main squad, going on to be an important unit during five years and totalling 57La Liga games (nine goals) as the team won back-to-back national championships.[2]
Sola was an unusedsubstitute in the1984 Copa del Rey final, which Athletic won by beatingFC Barcelona 1–0. An on-field brawl involving players from both teams ensued at the conclusion of the match; during the melee, the tracksuited Sola was knocked to the turf byDiego Maradona, who then followed up by launching ajumping scissor knee at his jaw, rendering him unconscious.[3][4]
After leaving theSan Mamés Stadium with official totals of 177 matches and 24 goals,[5] Sola moved to his hometown withCA Osasuna, appearing and scoring regularly for them in six of his seven seasons. In1990–91, already aged 33, he made 26 appearances as the club finished in a best-ever fourth position, with the subsequentqualification for theUEFA Cup. He retired from the game at the end of thefollowing campaign.[6][7]
In 1997, with Osasuna in theSegunda División, Sola managed the team for eight matches, collecting five losses and only one win as theybarely avoided relegation.[8] In the following years, always in the lower leagues, he coachedPeña Sport FC,Real Unión,SD Huesca andCD Mirandés.[9]
On 24 March 2010, Sola returned to his native region and signed withCD Izarra, aiming to help the club avoid relegation fromSegunda División B,[10] which eventuallydid not happen. Thenext season, in the same tier, he was again in charge of Real Unión after replacing the firedÁlvaro Cervera.[11]
Sola was appointed atCD Calahorra of theTercera División in June 2017.[12] He won promotion at the end of hisfirst season as champions,[13] but was dismissed on 17 February 2020 due to poor results.[14]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Osasuna |  | 3 March 1997 | 5 May 1997 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 012.50 | [15] |
| Peña Sport | | 26 January 2001 | 30 June 2001 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 21 | −1 | 025.00 | [16] |
| Real Unión | | 1 July 2002 | 30 June 2004 | 91 | 42 | 20 | 29 | 127 | 93 | +34 | 046.15 | [17] |
| Huesca | | 1 July 2005 | 30 June 2006 | 40 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 31 | 44 | −13 | 025.00 | [18] |
| Mirandés | | 1 July 2006 | 30 June 2008 | 85 | 57 | 24 | 4 | 157 | 55 | +102 | 067.06 | |
| Izarra | | 24 March 2010 | 2 January 2011 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 29 | +10 | 044.44 | [19] |
| Real Unión | | 2 January 2011 | 15 June 2011 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 22 | +8 | 052.38 | [20] |
| Corellano | | 19 September 2013 | 1 December 2014 | 49 | 13 | 9 | 27 | 50 | 75 | −25 | 026.53 | [21] |
| Calahorra | | 28 June 2017 | 17 February 2020 | 111 | 57 | 30 | 24 | 213 | 102 | +111 | 051.35 | [22] |
| Total | 448 | 207 | 116 | 125 | 672 | 454 | +218 | 046.21 | — | |||
Athletic Bilbao
Mirandés