Víctor Muñoz

Víctor Muñoz Manrique (born 15 March 1957), known simply as Víctor as a player, is a Spanish retired football midfielder and manager.

For other people named Víctor Muñoz, see Víctor Muñoz (disambiguation).
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Muñoz and the second or maternal family name is Manrique.

Víctor
Personal information
Full name Víctor Muñoz Manrique[1]
Date of birth (1957-03-15) 15 March 1957[1]
Place of birth Zaragoza, Spain[1]
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) 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 Zaragoza 4 (0)
1991 St Mirren 18 (1)
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
Representing  Spain
UEFA European Championship
Runner-up1984 France
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

An all-around midfield unit, he was best known for his great physical strength that helped him tire his opponents in the early stages of the match.[2] He spent most of his professional career with Barcelona, winning six titles and amassing La Liga totals of 332 games and 25 goals; in the competition, he also represented Zaragoza.[3]

A Spain international during the 1980s, Víctor represented the country at the 1986 World Cup and two European Championships. He later became a manager, leading four top-division teams and winning the Copa del Rey for Zaragoza in 2004.

Playing career

Club

Víctor was born in Zaragoza, Aragon. After starting off with hometown club Real Zaragoza and being relegated in his first professional season,[4] he was purchased by La Liga powerhouse FC Barcelona, being a very important element for the Catalans in a seven-year spell; on 4 June 1983, he scored his team's first goal in a 2–1 win against Real Madrid in the final of the Copa del Rey.[5]

Víctor was also one of the first Spaniards to ever play in Serie A, with two seasons with U.C. Sampdoria. After a quick return to Zaragoza he finished his career at 34, teaming up with former Barça teammate Steve Archibald at St Mirren.[6]

International

Víctor was a regular for Spain for most of the 1980s, making his debut on 25 March 1981 in a 2–1 friendly win over England and going on to earn a further 59 caps with three goals.[7] He played for the nation at the 1986 FIFA World Cup as well as the UEFA Euro 1984 (in a final runner-up position to hosts France) and 1988 tournaments, retiring from international duty immediately after that group-stage exit.[8][2]

International goals
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition[7]
1.24 February 1982Luis Casanova, Valencia, Spain Scotland1–03–0Friendly
2.17 November 1982Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland1–33–3Euro 1984 qualifying
3.24 September 1986El Molinón, Gijón, Spain Greece3–03–1Friendly

Coaching career

Muñoz started working as a manager in the mid-1990s, being successively at the helm of RCD Mallorca, CD Logroñés, UE Lleida, Villarreal CF and Zaragoza.[9] With the last of those teams, he won the 2003–04 domestic cup with a 3–2 extra time victory over Real Madrid's Galácticos.[10]

On 8 October 2006, Muñoz signed a two-year contract with Greece's Panathinaikos FC, becoming their 18th coach in ten years.[11] However, he returned to Spain in June 2007 to take over at Recreativo de Huelva,[12] from where he was sacked the following February.[13]

For the 2008–09 campaign, Muñoz was appointed at Getafe 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 player Míchel.[14]

In late December 2010, after more than one year out of football, Muñoz was named head coach of Russian Premier League side FC Terek Grozny.[15] He left his post in Chechnya after less than one month due to failed contract negotiations, being replaced by Ruud Gullit.[16]

Muñoz returned to active in early September 2011, when he became Neuchâtel Xamax FCS's third manager of the season, replacing his compatriot Joaquín Caparrós.[17] He continued his career in the Swiss Super League, with a brief stint at FC Sion from December 2012 until the following February.[18]

On 19 March 2014, Muñoz returned to Zaragoza, succeeding Paco Herrera at a club at risk of relegation to Segunda División B.[19] He was dismissed on 24 November with the side in 8th, one point off the play-offs.[20]

Managerial statistics
As of 22 November 2014
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Mallorca Spain 28 January 1996 21 April 1997 54 32 14 8 90 48 +42 059.26 [21]
Logroñés Spain 24 June 1997 18 December 1997 21 2 8 11 14 26 −12 009.52 [22]
Lleida Spain 9 March 1999 15 June 2000 63 24 16 23 99 88 +11 038.10 [23]
Villarreal Spain 15 June 2000 11 September 2002 94 33 25 36 128 129 −1 035.11 [24]
Zaragoza Spain 20 January 2004 15 May 2006 121 44 37 40 168 170 −2 036.36 [25]
Panathinaikos Greece 10 October 2006 16 May 2007 38 17 10 11 48 34 +14 044.74
Recreativo Spain 4 July 2007 4 February 2008 26 7 8 11 21 33 −12 026.92 [26]
Getafe Spain 17 June 2008 27 April 2009 35 8 11 16 43 53 −10 022.86 [27]
Terek Grozny Russia 22 December 2010 15 January 2011 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Neuchâtel Xamax Switzerland 2 September 2011 26 January 2012 13 7 2 4 21 15 +6 053.85
Sion Switzerland 12 December 2012 25 February 2013 4 2 0 2 5 7 −2 050.00
Zaragoza Spain 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 —

Honours

Player

Zaragoza

Barcelona

Sampdoria

Spain

Manager

Zaragoza

References
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