Miguel Pardeza Explained

Miguel Pardeza
Fullname:Miguel Pardeza Pichardo
Birth Date:8 February 1965
Birth Place:La Palma del Condado, Spain
Height:1.65 m
Position:Forward
Youthyears1:1979–1982
Youthclubs1:Real Madrid
Years1:1982–1985
Caps1:69
Goals1:14
Years2:1984–1987
Caps2:28
Goals2:5
Years3:1985–1986
Clubs3:Zaragoza (loan)
Caps3:26
Goals3:5
Years4:1987–1997
Caps4:271
Goals4:71
Years5:1997–1999
Caps5:36
Goals5:6
Totalcaps:430
Totalgoals:101
Nationalyears1:1980–1981
Nationalcaps1:3
Nationalgoals1:1
Nationalyears2:1982–1983
Nationalcaps2:13
Nationalgoals2:1
Nationalyears3:1986
Nationalcaps3:3
Nationalgoals3:0
Nationalyears4:1987–1988
Nationalcaps4:2
Nationalgoals4:0
Nationalyears5:1989–1990
Nationalcaps5:5
Nationalgoals5:0

Miguel Pardeza Pichardo (born 8 February 1965) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a forward.

He was part of Real Madrid's generation of footballers known as La Quinta del Buitre,[1] but spent the better part of his career at Real Zaragoza. After retiring as a player, he returned to his first club in directorial capacities.

Having appeared in 325 La Liga matches over 13 seasons (81 goals scored), Pardeza was part of the Spain squad at the 1990 World Cup.

Club career

Born in La Palma del Condado, Province of Huelva,[2] Pardeza was a youth system graduate at Real Madrid, making his first-team debut during the 1983–84 season. After a loan at Real Zaragoza[2] he returned to the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, contributing 25 games and five goals to the club's 1987 national league conquest.[3]

With the 1987–88 campaign already underway, Pardeza signed a permanent five-year contract with Zaragoza,[4] going on to become one of the Aragonese team's most prominent members as an attacking player with skills, vision and netting ability (he scored in double figures in four seasons). In 1994–95 he netted 11 La Liga goals, while also helping them to that season's UEFA Cup Winners' Cup against Arsenal.[5]

After a quick spell with Mexico's Puebla FC, where he rejoined former Zaragoza teammate Francisco Higuera,[6] [7] Pardeza retired in 1999 at age 34. In June 2002, he became technical director of his former side Zaragoza[8] and, seven years later, he rejoined his first club Real Madrid in the same capacity, following Florentino Pérez's return as president.[9]

International career

After playing at youth and Olympic level, Pardeza earned five caps for Spain. He made his debut on 11 October 1989 in a 2–2 draw against Hungary in Budapest for the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualifiers,[10] and his last appearance came in the finals in Italy on 21 June 1990, as he appeared two minutes in the 2–1 victory over Belgium.[11]

Outside football

After four years of law studies and Hispanic philology at the University of Zaragoza (1994–99), Pardeza prepared a thesis on, a Spanish journalist/writer.[12] He also collaborated with newspapers and radios, and was a speaker for the Association of Spanish Footballers from 1990, acting as its secretary-general since 1996.[13]

Honours

Real Madrid

1986–87[3]

Zaragoza

1985–86, 1993–94[14]

1994–95[5]

Notes and References

  1. News: La Quinta entra en los 50. The Cohort hits 50. El Mundo. Orfeo. Suárez. Spanish. 23 March 2013. 5 October 2019.
  2. News: Miguel Pardeza: "No entiendo por qué es noticia que un jugador lea un libro". Miguel Pardeza: "I do not understand why players reading a book is considered news". El Confidencial. Rafa. La Casa. Spanish. 19 June 2022. 30 June 2023.
  3. News: Las 34 Ligas del Real Madrid. Real Madrid's 34 Leagues. Diario AS. Agustín. Martín. Spanish. 15 July 2020. 30 June 2023.
  4. News: El Madrid traspasa a Pardeza al Zaragoza. Madrid transfer Pardeza to Zaragoza. El País. José Damian. González. Spanish. 14 October 1987. 22 September 2022.
  5. News: ¿Qué fue de 'los héroes de París'?. What happened to the 'heroes of Paris'?. Heraldo de Aragón. Spanish. 4 May 2015. 9 June 2016.
  6. News: Pardeza e Higuera, tal para cual. Pardeza and Higuera, cut from the same cloth. Mundo Deportivo. Javier. Gascón. Spanish. 8 January 1992. 19 March 2014.
  7. Web site: España y Puebla, un romance añejo. Spain and Puebla, old romance. Medio Tiempo. Spanish. 26 July 2011. 20 June 2023.
  8. News: Pardeza: 'Este Madrid es musculoso'. Pardeza: 'This Madrid is buffed'. El Mundo. Jesús. Alcaide. Spanish. 5 January 2008. 25 October 2012.
  9. News: Pardeza, nuevo director deportivo del Real Madrid. Pardeza, new Real Madrid director of football. El País. Spanish. 1 June 2009. 25 October 2012.
  10. News: La 'Quinta del Buitre', de héroes a villanos. The 'Vulture's Cohort', from heroes to villains. Diario AS. Enrique. Ortego. Spanish. 1 May 2020. 30 June 2023.
  11. News: ¡España, campeona de grupo!. Spain, group champions!. Mundo Deportivo. M. A.. Santos. Spanish. 22 June 1990. 4 December 2014.
  12. News: Cuando Pardeza descubrió a Ruano. When Pardeza found Ruano. La Nueva España. Francisco. García. Spanish. 3 June 2009. 25 October 2012.
  13. News: Raúl, vicepresidente primero de la nueva junta directiva. Raúl, first vice president of new board of directors. Diario AS. Spanish. 6 May 2005. 31 July 2022.
  14. News: Adiós al Calderón, un estadio talismán. Farewell to the Calderón, talisman ground. Heraldo de Aragón. Javier. Clavero. Spanish. 17 May 2017. 30 June 2023.