Miguel Sola

This article is about a Spanish footballer and coach. For the Argentinian actor, see Miguel Ángel Solá.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sola and the second or maternal family name is Elizalde.

Miguel Sola
Personal information
Full name Miguel Ángel Sola Elizalde
Date of birth (1957-09-29) 29 September 1957 (age 67)
Place of birth Pamplona, Spain
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Txantrea
1975–1976 Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976–1980 Bilbao Athletic 96 (28)
1978–1979 → Arosa (loan)
1980 → Alavés (loan) 7 (0)
1980–1985 Athletic Bilbao 125 (15)
1985–1992 Osasuna 191 (27)
Total 419 (70)
Managerial career
1997 Osasuna
2001 Peña Sport
2002–2004 Real Unión
2005–2006 Huesca
2006–2008 Mirandés
2010–2011 Izarra
2011 Real Unión
2013–2014 Corellano
2017–2020 Calahorra
2023 Txantrea
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Miguel Ángel Sola Elizalde (born 29 September 1957) is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.

He amassed La Liga totals of 316 matches and 42 goals over 12 seasons, in representation of Athletic Bilbao and Osasuna.

In 1997, Sola started working as a coach.

Playing career

Born in Pamplona, Navarre, Sola joined Athletic Bilbao's youth system in 1975, spending his first seasons as a senior with Bilbao Athletic and on loan, the latter including a five-month spell with Basque neighbours Deportivo Alavés.[1] In 1980, he returned as a full member of the main squad, going on to be an important unit during five years and totalling 57 La Liga games (nine goals) as the team won back-to-back national championships.[2]

Sola was an unused substitute during the 1984 Copa del Rey final, which Bilbao won by beating Barcelona 1–0. An on-field brawl involving players from both teams ensued at the conclusion of the match. During the melee, the tracksuited Sola was knocked to the turf by Barcelona player Diego Armando Maradona, who then followed up by launching a jumping scissor knee at Sosa's jaw, knocking him unconscious.[3][4]

After leaving Athletic with official totals of 177 matches and 24 goals, Sola moved to his hometown with CA Osasuna, appearing and scoring regularly for them in six of his seven seasons. In 1990–91, already aged 33, he made 25 appearances as the club finished in a best-ever fourth position, with the subsequent qualification for the UEFA Cup. He retired from the game at the end of the following campaign.[5][6]

Coaching career

In 1997, with Osasuna in the Segunda División, Sola managed the team for eight matches, collecting five losses and only one win as they barely avoided relegation.[7] In the following years, always in the lower leagues, he coached Peña Sport FC, Real Unión, SD Huesca and CD Mirandés.[8]

On 24 March 2010, Sola returned to his native region and signed with CD Izarra, aiming to help the club avoid relegation from Segunda División B,[9] which eventually did not happen. The next season, in the same tier, he was again in charge of Real Unión after replacing the fired Álvaro Cervera.[10]

Sola was appointed at CD Calahorra of the Tercera División in June 2017.[11] He won promotion at the end of his first season as champions,[12] but was dismissed on 17 February 2020 due to poor results.[13]

Managerial statistics

As of 16 February 2020
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Osasuna Spain 3 March 1997 5 May 1997 8 1 2 5 5 13 −8 012.50 [14]
Peña Sport Spain 26 January 2001 30 June 2001 16 4 7 5 20 21 −1 025.00 [15]
Real Unión Spain 1 July 2002 30 June 2004 91 42 20 29 127 93 +34 046.15 [16]
Huesca Spain 1 July 2005 30 June 2006 40 10 14 16 31 44 −13 025.00 [17]
Mirandés Spain 1 July 2006 30 June 2008 85 57 24 4 157 55 +102 067.06
Izarra Spain 24 March 2010 2 January 2011 27 12 6 9 39 29 +10 044.44 [18]
Real Unión Spain 2 January 2011 15 June 2011 21 11 4 6 30 22 +8 052.38 [19]
Corellano Spain 19 September 2013 1 December 2014 49 13 9 27 50 75 −25 026.53 [20]
Calahorra Spain 28 June 2017 17 February 2020 111 57 30 24 213 102 +111 051.35 [21]
Total 448 207 116 125 672 454 +218 046.21 —

Honours

Player

Athletic Bilbao

Manager

Mirandés

References

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  2. ^ a b Subirán, Jordi (2 May 2019). "Otro campeón vasco por partida doble" [Another back-to-back Basque champion]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  3. ^ How The ‘Butcher of Bilbao’ Almost Ended Diego Maradona’s Career Will Magee, Vice (16 June 2017) Archived 6 March 2024 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Kung-fu kicks and riot police: the day Maradona got Barça brawling Will Unwin, The Guardian (17 April 2021) Archived 8 April 2024 at the Wayback Machine
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  9. ^ "Izarra: Sola, nuevo entrenador" [Izarra: Sola, new coach] (in Spanish). esFutbol. 24 March 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
  10. ^ "Álvaro Cervera deja el banquillo del Real Unión" [Álvaro Cervera leaves Real Unión bench]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 4 January 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  11. ^ "Miguel Sola nuevo entrenador del Club Deportivo Calahorra" [Miguel Sola new Club Deportivo Calahorra manager] (in Spanish). Medios Riojanos. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
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  13. ^ "Sola, destituido como técnico del CD Calahorra; Diego Martínez, nuevo entrenador" [Sola, dismissed as coach of CD Calahorra; Diego Martínez, new manager] (in Spanish). Cadena COPE. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
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