| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Víctor Muñoz Manrique[1] | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1957-03-15)15 March 1957 (age 68)[1] | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Zaragoza, Spain[1] | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | |||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| Zaragoza | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1976–1981 | Zaragoza | 127 | (12) | |||||||||||
| 1981–1988 | Barcelona | 224 | (14) | |||||||||||
| 1988–1990 | Sampdoria | 48 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 1990–1991 | St Mirren | 18 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 1991 | Zaragoza | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||
| Total | 421 | (29) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1979–1980 | Spain U23 | 7 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 1979–1983 | Spain amateur | 11 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 1980–1981 | Spain B | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1981–1988 | Spain | 60 | (3) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | Mallorca | |||||||||||||
| 1997 | Logroñés | |||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Lleida | |||||||||||||
| 2000–2002 | Villarreal | |||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | Zaragoza | |||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Panathinaikos | |||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Recreativo | |||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Getafe | |||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Terek Grozny | |||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Neuchâtel Xamax | |||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Sion | |||||||||||||
| 2014 | Zaragoza | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Víctor Muñoz Manrique, (born 15 March 1957), known simply asVíctor as a player, is a Spanish formerfootballmidfielder andmanager.
He spent most of his professional career withBarcelona, winning six titles and achievingLa Liga totals of 332 games and 25 goals. In the competition, he also representedZaragoza.[2]
ASpain international during the 1980s, Víctor represented the country at the1986 World Cup and twoEuropean Championships. He later became a manager, leading four top-division teams and winning theCopa del Rey for Zaragoza in2004.
Víctor was born inZaragoza,Aragon. After starting off with hometown clubReal Zaragoza and being relegated in hisfirst professional season,[3] he was purchased byLa Liga powerhouseFC Barcelona, being a very important element for theCatalans in a seven-year spell; on 4 June 1983, he scored his team's first goal in a 2–1 win againstReal Madrid inthe final of theCopa del Rey.[4]
Víctor was also one of the first Spaniards to ever play inSerie A, with two seasons withUC Sampdoria. Following a quick stint atSt Mirren where he teamed up with his formerBarça teammateSteve Archibald, he returned to Zaragoza to see out his career aged 34.[5]
Víctor was a regular forSpain for most of the 1980s, making his debut on 25 March 1981 in a 2–1friendly win overEngland and going on to earn a further 59caps with three goals.[6] He played for the nation at the1986 FIFA World Cup as well as theUEFA Euro 1984 (in a final runner-up position to hostsFrance) and1988 tournaments, retiring from international duty immediately after that group-stage exit.[7][8]
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition[6] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 24 February 1982 | Luis Casanova,Valencia,Spain |  Scotland | 1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 2. | 17 November 1982 | Lansdowne Road,Dublin,Republic of Ireland |  Republic of Ireland | 1–3 | 3–3 | Euro 1984 qualifying |
| 3. | 24 September 1986 | El Molinón,Gijón, Spain |  Greece | 3–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
An all-around midfield unit, Víctor was best known for his great physical strength that helped him tire his opponents in the early stages of the match.[8]
Muñoz started working as a manager in the mid-1990s, being successively at the helm ofRCD Mallorca,CD Logroñés,UE Lleida,Villarreal CF and Zaragoza.[9] With the last of those teams, he won the2003–04 domestic cup with a 3–2extra time victory over Real Madrid'sGalácticos.[10]
On 8 October 2006, Muñoz signed a two-year contract with Greece'sPanathinaikos FC, becoming their 18th coach in ten years.[11] However, he returned to Spain in June 2007 to take over atRecreativo de Huelva,[12] from where he was sacked the following February.[13]
For the2008–09 campaign, Muñoz was appointed atGetafe CF. Following a string of seven losses in nine games that left the team from the outskirts of Madrid one point above the relegation zone, he was dismissed in April 2009, making way for former Real Madrid playerMíchel.[14]
In late December 2010, after more than one year out of football, Muñoz was named head coach ofRussian Premier League sideFC Terek Grozny.[15] He left his post inChechnya after less than one month due to failed contract negotiations, being replaced byRuud Gullit.[16]
Muñoz returned to active in early September 2011, when he becameNeuchâtel Xamax FCS's third manager ofthe season, replacing his compatriotJoaquín Caparrós.[17] He continued his career in theSwiss Super League, with a brief stint atFC Sion from December 2012 until the following February.[18]
On 19 March 2014, Muñoz returned to Zaragoza, succeedingPaco Herrera at a club at risk of relegation toSegunda División B.[19] He was dismissed on 24 November with the side in 8th, one point offthe play-offs.[20]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Mallorca |  | 28 January 1996 | 21 April 1997 | 54 | 32 | 14 | 8 | 90 | 48 | +42 | 059.26 | [21] |
| Logroñés | | 24 June 1997 | 18 December 1997 | 21 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 26 | −12 | 009.52 | [22] |
| Lleida | | 9 March 1999 | 15 June 2000 | 63 | 24 | 16 | 23 | 99 | 88 | +11 | 038.10 | [23] |
| Villarreal | | 15 June 2000 | 11 September 2002 | 94 | 33 | 25 | 36 | 128 | 129 | −1 | 035.11 | [24] |
| Zaragoza | | 20 January 2004 | 15 May 2006 | 121 | 44 | 37 | 40 | 168 | 170 | −2 | 036.36 | [25] |
| Panathinaikos | | 10 October 2006 | 16 May 2007 | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 48 | 34 | +14 | 044.74 | |
| Recreativo | | 4 July 2007 | 4 February 2008 | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 33 | −12 | 026.92 | [26] |
| Getafe | | 17 June 2008 | 27 April 2009 | 35 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 43 | 53 | −10 | 022.86 | [27] |
| Terek Grozny |  | 22 December 2010 | 15 January 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— | |
| Neuchâtel Xamax |  | 2 September 2011 | 26 January 2012 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 15 | +6 | 053.85 | |
| Sion | | 12 December 2012 | 25 February 2013 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 050.00 | |
| Zaragoza | | 19 March 2014 | 24 November 2014 | 27 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 33 | 37 | −4 | 029.63 | [28] |
| Career total | 496 | 184 | 141 | 171 | 670 | 640 | +30 | 037.10 | — | |||
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