Miquel Soler Explained
Miquel Soler |
Fullname: | Miquel Soler Sarasols |
Birth Date: | 16 March 1965 |
Birth Place: | Girona, Spain |
Height: | 1.83 m |
Position: | Left-back, midfielder |
Youthyears1: | 1979–1983 |
Youthclubs1: | Olot |
Years1: | 1983–1988 |
Years2: | 1985–1986 |
Years3: | 1988–1995 |
Years4: | 1991–1992 |
Years5: | 1993–1995 |
Years6: | 1995–1996 |
Years7: | 1996–1998 |
Years8: | 1998–2003 |
Clubs1: | Español |
Clubs2: | → Hospitalet (loan) |
Clubs3: | Barcelona |
Clubs4: | → Atlético Madrid (loan) |
Clubs5: | → Sevilla (loan) |
Clubs6: | Real Madrid |
Clubs7: | Zaragoza |
Clubs8: | Mallorca |
Caps1: | 118 |
Caps2: | 17 |
Caps3: | 81 |
Caps4: | 25 |
Caps5: | 75 |
Caps6: | 14 |
Caps7: | 39 |
Caps8: | 152 |
Totalcaps: | 521 |
Goals1: | 3 |
Goals2: | 2 |
Goals3: | 2 |
Goals4: | 1 |
Goals5: | 1 |
Goals6: | 1 |
Goals7: | 2 |
Goals8: | 1 |
Totalgoals: | 13 |
Nationalyears1: | 1983 |
Nationalyears2: | 1986–1987 |
Nationalyears3: | 1987 |
Nationalyears4: | 1987–1991 |
Nationalyears5: | 1993–1998 |
Nationalteam1: | Spain U18 |
Nationalteam2: | Spain U21 |
Nationalteam3: | Spain U23 |
Nationalteam4: | Spain |
Nationalteam5: | Catalonia |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalcaps2: | 3 |
Nationalcaps3: | 2 |
Nationalcaps4: | 9 |
Nationalcaps5: | 3 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
Nationalgoals5: | 0 |
Manageryears1: | 2011–2014 |
Manageryears2: | 2014 |
Manageryears3: | 2015 |
Managerclubs1: | Mallorca B |
Managerclubs2: | Mallorca |
Managerclubs3: | Mallorca |
Miquel Soler Sarasols (born 16 March 1965) is a Spanish retired football player and manager.
Mainly a left-back who could also operate as a wide midfielder, his career spanned two La Liga decades (with 652 competitive matches), and he was the only player to represent both Barcelona and Madrid main clubs.[1]
Soler appeared for Spain at Euro 1988.
Club career
Born in Girona, Catalonia, Soler was a RCD Espanyol youth graduate, making his first-team – and La Liga – debut in the 1983–84 season and becoming first-choice following a loan to neighbouring CE L'Hospitalet. In his fourth year, as the club finished third after the second stage, he appeared in 41 out of 42 games and scored two goals, going on to help it to reach the final of the 1987–88 UEFA Cup, netting in the 3–0 home win in the first leg as the Pericos eventually lost on penalties against Bayer 04 Leverkusen.[2] [3]
Subsequently, Soler joined FC Barcelona,[4] winning the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in his first season while also playing 23 matches in the league. After a sole campaign with Atlético Madrid, where he won his second Copa del Rey, he returned to Barcelona, with no impact.[5] [6]
After two excellent years with Sevilla FC, still on loan from Barcelona,[7] Soler moved to Real Madrid,[8] but appeared scarcely during 1995–96 (his only season) as coach Arsenio Iglesias was ordered by chairman Lorenzo Sanz not to utilise him as he would be automatically renewed if he played the required number of 20 matches.[9] Following a spell with Real Zaragoza[10] he was still able, at 33, to sign for RCD Mallorca, where he made a further 152 top-flight appearances, winning another domestic cup and retiring at the end of 2002–03; he totalled 504 games at that level, scoring 11 times.[6]
Soler started working as a manager with Mallorca's reserves, going on to be in charge of the team for three years, two in the Segunda División B.[11] In the summer of 2014, he was appointed at the helm of the main squad in the Segunda División,[12] being relieved of his duties one month later following a directorial change[13] but returning in February 2015 after his successor Valery Karpin was dismissed.[14]
International career
Soler won nine caps for the Spain national side, and represented the nation at UEFA Euro 1988,[6] where he appeared in the win against Denmark (playing the second half) and the loss to Italy.[15] [16] His debut came in a Euro 1988 qualifier in Bucharest, a 3–1 defeat against Romania on 29 April 1987.[17]
Managerial statistics
Managerial record by team and tenure Team | Nat | From | To | Record |
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Mallorca B[18] | | 22 June 2011 | 11 July 2014 |
Mallorca | | 11 July 2014 | 12 August 2014 |
Mallorca[19] | | 10 February 2015 | 20 June 2015 |
Career total | |
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Honours
Barcelona
1990–91, 1992–93[6]
1989–90[6]
1988–89; runner-up: 1990–91[6]
Atlético Madrid
Mallorca
1998[21]
See also
Notes and References
- http://www.uefa.com/news/newsid=41580.html Soler flair lights Mallorca
- http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1988/05/05/pagina-3/1171713/pdf.html ¡Y continua la "Euro-fiesta"! ("Euro-party" continues!)
- http://hallofameperico.wordpress.com/category/hall-of-famers-del-rcde/soler/ Miquel SOLER
- https://www.elperiodico.com/es/barca/20211118/cruyff-primer-derbi-entrenador-espanyol-xavi-12860132 "El primer derbi de Cruyff fue especial. Era el líder, como Xavi" ("Cruyff's first derby was special. He was the leader, as Xavi")
- https://elpais.com/diario/1992/07/29/deportes/712360805_850215.html Cruyff anuncia que Soler regresa a la plantilla del Barcelona (Cruyff announces Soler returns to Barcelona's squad)
- https://as.com/futbol/2013/05/15/mas_futbol/1368651662_648489.html Soler: "Estuve en siete equipos y nunca me sentí un mercenario" (Soler: "I was in seven teams and I never felt like a mercenary")
- https://elpais.com/diario/1994/06/16/deportes/771717626_850215.html Soler seguirá un año más en el Sevilla (Soler will continue at Sevilla another year)
- https://elpais.com/diario/1995/04/08/deportes/797292001_850215.html El Madrid ultima el fichaje del sevillista Soler (Madrid completing signing of Sevilla man Soler)
- https://blogs.elnortedecastilla.es/cosasquehabiasolvidadodeldeporte/2013/06/05/el-peculiar-plan-renove-del-real-madrid-con-soler/ El peculiar 'plan renove' del Real Madrid con Soler (Real Madrid's peculiar 'renew plan' with Soler)
- https://www.elperiodicodearagon.com/deportes/2013/11/11/miquel-soler-zaragoza-grande-llegue-47355305.html Miquel Soler: "El Zaragoza era un grande cuando llegué" (Miquel Soler: "Zaragoza were giants when I arrived")
- http://www.marca.com/2011/06/22/futbol/equipos/mallorca/1308762897.html 'Nanu' Soler y Patxi Salinas entrenarán en Tercera ('Nanu' Soler and Patxi Salinas will coach in Tercera)
- http://www.marca.com/2014/07/11/futbol/equipos/mallorca/1405086977.html Miguel Soler, nuevo entrenador del Mallorca (Miguel Soler, new manager of Mallorca)
- http://futbol.as.com/futbol/2014/08/12/segunda/1407871343_212471.html Aouate anuncia a Karpin como nuevo entrenador del Mallorca (Aouate announces Karpin as new Mallorca manager)
- http://www.sport.es/es/noticias/liga-adelante/nanu-soler-plantilla-tiene-margen-importante-mejora-3927357 'Nanu' Soler: "La plantilla tiene un margen importante de mejora" ('Nanu' Soler: "The squad can still improve dramatically")
- https://www.lainformacion.com/deporte/fichas-tecnicas-de-los-partidos-de-espana-en-fases-finales_nyet2qwqn1ppncfx74huw6/ Fichas técnicas de los partidos de España en fases finales (Match sheets of Spain's games in finals)
- https://www.marca.com/2012/06/09/futbol/eurocopa_2012/espana/1339231564.html 1988: Vialli cava la fosa hispana (1988: Vialli digs the Hispanic grave)
- http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1987/04/30/pagina-8/1159484/pdf.html La violencia, en boca de todos (Violence, on everyone's lips)
- Web site: Segunda División B (Grupo 3) 2011–12. Segunda División B (Group 3) 2011–12. Futbolme. Spanish. 17 February 2016.
Web site: Segunda División B (Grupo 3) 2012–13. Segunda División B (Group 3) 2012–13. Futbolme. Spanish. 17 February 2016.
Web site: Tercera División (Grupo 11) 2013–14. Tercera División (Group 11) 2013–14. Futbolme. Spanish. 17 February 2016.
Web site: Fase de ascenso a Segunda División B 2013–14. Promotion phase to Segunda División B 2013–14. Futbolme. Spanish. 17 February 2016.
- Web site: Soler: Miquel Soler Sarasols. BDFutbol. 15 March 2016.
- http://elpais.com/diario/2003/06/29/deportes/1056837603_850215.html Eto'o pone Mallorca a brindar (Eto'o has Mallorca toasting)
- https://as.com/futbol/se-cumplen-25-anos-del-primer-titulo-en-la-historia-del-rcd-mallorca-n/ Se cumplen 25 años del primer título en la historia del RCD (25th anniversary of the first title in RCD Mallorca's history)
- http://elpais.com/diario/1999/05/20/deportes/927151201_850215.html El Mallorca pierde con orgullo (Mallorca lose proudly)