| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vicente Mir Arnau | ||
| Date of birth | (1968-06-03)3 June 1968 (age 57) | ||
| Place of birth | Meliana, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1977–1979 | Meliana | ||
| 1979–1987 | Valencia | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1992 | Mestalla | ||
| 1990–1991 | →Palamós (loan) | 29 | (3) |
| 1991 | Valencia | 1 | (0) |
| 1992–1995 | Elche | 78 | (22) |
| 1995–1996 | Alcoyano | 36 | (11) |
| 1996–1997 | Mar Menor | 36 | (11) |
| 1997–1999 | Yeclano | 64 | (8) |
| 1999–2001 | Benidorm | 32 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Villajoyosa | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2004 | Benidorm (youth) | ||
| 2005–2007 | Torrellano | ||
| 2007–2009 | Alicante B | ||
| 2009–2010 | Valencia (youth) | ||
| 2010–2011 | Valencia B | ||
| 2012–2015 | Elche B | ||
| 2016 | Hércules | ||
| 2017 | Murcia | ||
| 2017 | Elche | ||
| 2018–2019 | Alcoyano | ||
| 2019–2020 | Hércules | ||
| 2020–2021 | Águilas | ||
| 2021–2022 | Saguntino | ||
| 2022–2024 | Torrent | ||
| 2024–2025 | Alcoyano | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Vicente Mir Arnau (born 3 June 1968) is a Spanish retiredfootballer who played as aforward, currently amanager.
Apart from one appearance forValencia inLa Liga, he spent his entire career as a player and manager in the lower divisions, totalling 52 goals in 246Segunda División B games in service of five clubs.
In 2004, Mir started working as a coach.
Born inMeliana,Valencian Community, Mir was a youth product of local giantsValencia CF. After several seasons as a senior withthe reserves he started his professional career withPalamós CF of theSegunda División, on loan.[1]
Upon his return to theChe for the1991–92 campaign, Mir was again almost exclusively associated with the B side. Main squad managerGuus Hiddink handed him hisLa Liga debut on 8 September 1991, and he played 31 minutes in a 1–0 away loss againstAlbacete Balompié after coming on as asubstitute forRommel Fernández.[2]
Mir spent the remainder of his career in the Spanish lower leagues, competing almost exclusively in his native region and representing mainlyElche CF (three seasons). He retired at the end of2001–02 withVillajoyosa CF, in theTercera División.
Mir was appointed director of youth football atBenidorm CF in 2002, remaining in the position several years. Afterwards, he took the reins ofAlicante CF'sreserves, promoting from theregional championships in his first year and nearly achieving the feat thefollowing campaign, with a team full of youngsters.[3]
For2010–11, Mir joined Valencia B, leading the club toSegunda División B at the first attempt. He was relieved of his duties in December 2011, having recorded four wins, four draws and nine defeats duringthe season.[4]
In 2012, Mir moved to fellow reserve teamElche CF Ilicitano, and in hisfirst season he led them to a historic promotion to the third division.The following campaign they went unbeaten at home, but lost theplay-off place toUE Llagostera on the last day, and he was sacked following relegation in May 2015.[5]
Mir returned to the city ofAlicante on 18 January 2016, being hired by third-tier clubHércules CF on 18 January 2016.[6] He was dismissed on 27 June after defeat toCádiz CF in theplay-off final.[7]
Mir was appointed by third-level strugglersReal Murcia CF on 26 February 2017, replacing the fired Paco García.[8] After guiding them tothe playoffs he switched to Elche on 15 June, who dismissed him five months later.[9]
On 30 May 2018, Mir was namedCD Alcoyano manager.[10] He left the following 27 February by mutual consent, when a 4–1 loss at fellow strugglersCD Teruel put the team one point off the relegation play-offs.[11]
Mir returned for a second spell at Hércules on 9 December 2019, replacingJesús Muñoz who had been fired earlier the same day.[12] He lasted only until the following 11 February when, within 24 hours of a public vote of confidence from the board, he was dismissed from a team five points adrift in therelegation places.[13]
In the following years, Mir was in charge ofÁguilas FC,Atlético Saguntino[14] andTorrent CF,[15] leading the last two clubs to promotion toSegunda Federación.[16] On 26 December 2024, he returned to Alcoyano for a second spell,[17] but resigned three months later.[18]
| Team | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Torrellano | 1 July 2005 | 30 June 2007 | 72 | 35 | 17 | 20 | 119 | 77 | +42 | 048.61 | [19] |
| Alicante B | 1 July 2007 | 30 June 2009 | 78 | 36 | 30 | 12 | 112 | 60 | +52 | 046.15 | [20] |
| Valencia B | 1 July 2010 | 13 December 2011 | 57 | 31 | 15 | 11 | 108 | 61 | +47 | 054.39 | [21] |
| Elche B | 6 June 2012 | 21 May 2015 | 118 | 47 | 33 | 38 | 149 | 131 | +18 | 039.83 | [22] |
| Hércules | 18 January 2016 | 27 June 2016 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 16 | +17 | 059.09 | [23] |
| Murcia | 26 February 2017 | 15 June 2017 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 11 | +18 | 060.00 | [24] |
| Elche | 15 June 2017 | 13 November 2017 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 17 | +13 | 050.00 | [25] |
| Alcoyano | 30 May 2018 | 27 February 2019 | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 29 | −9 | 023.08 | [26] |
| Hércules | 9 December 2019 | 11 February 2020 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 022.22 | [27] |
| Águilas | 22 July 2020 | 27 April 2021 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 46 | 11 | +35 | 060.87 | [28] |
| Saguntino | 18 October 2021 | 28 June 2022 | 32 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 44 | 25 | +19 | 053.13 | [29] |
| Torrent | 26 October 2022 | 23 December 2024 | 80 | 36 | 22 | 22 | 102 | 77 | +25 | 045.00 | [30] |
| Alcoyano | 26 December 2024 | 13 April 2025 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 19 | −10 | 021.43 | [31] |
| Total | 564 | 258 | 164 | 142 | 811 | 547 | +264 | 045.74 | — | ||