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Miguel de Andrés
Personal information
Full name	Miguel de Andrés Barace
Date of birth	8 October 1957 (age 67)
Place of birth	Ochagavía, Spain
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Berbinzana
1974–1975	Pamplona
1975–1976	Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years	Team
1976–1979	Bilbao Athletic
1978–1979	→ Castellón (loan)
1979–1988	Athletic Bilbao
Total
International career
1975	Spain U18
1980	Spain U23
1979–1983	Spain amateur
1980–1981	Spain B
1984	Spain
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Miguel de Andrés Barace (born 8 October 1957) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Born in Ochagavía – Otsagabia, Navarre, de Andrés joined Athletic Bilbao's youth system, Lezama, in 1975, after reported interest from both Real Madrid and FC Barcelona. The Basques paid his previous club 400.000 pesetas, having to spend an additional 5 million if the player made his debut with the first team.

De Andrés returned to his alma mater after two years with the reserves in the lower leagues and one season on loan to CD Castellón in the Segunda División, with the 21-year-old being awarded a chance in the main squad by Helmut Senekowitsch, formerly in charge of the Austria national side.^[1] He made his La Liga debut on 9 September 1979, in a 2–1 away defeat against UD Salamanca.^[2]

Early into the 1980–81 campaign, the Austrian manager was fired after a 7–1 loss at Real Madrid, but de Andrés kept his place in the starting XI.^[3] He would eventually start in every league match he appeared for Athletic, although he rarely played in his preferred position, sweeper, being mostly deployed as a defensive midfielder; under Javier Clemente, he contributed 55 games and four goals as the team won back-to-back domestic leagues.^[4]^[1]

On 9 February 1983, as Bilbao went on to win the first of its two leagues, de Andrés, who possessed a powerful shot with both legs, scored twice from long range in a 5–2 home win over RCD Español during a heavy snowfall at the San Mamés Stadium.^[5] The following year, he started in the Copa del Rey final as his team completed the double after the 1–0 win against Barcelona in Madrid, but was also one of six players suspended – the punishment was later lifted – after the battleground that followed the final whistle, the others being Paco Clos, Diego Maradona, Migueli, Andoni Goikoetxea and Manuel Sarabia.^[6]^[7]

1986–87, in which legendary player José Ángel Iribar replaced Clemente as head coach, was disastrous for de Andrés: he suffered an injury against Sporting de Gijón in the first matchday, going on to experience several relapses,^[8] and was suspended by the club after refusing to appear in a cup match against CD Logroñés;^[9] reappearing against Real Madrid in the 31st round, as Bilbao struggled to avoid falling into the relegation group (the competition was, for the first and only time, divided into three groups after the regular season), his knee was shattered after opponent Ricardo Gallego fell on it, and he never appeared for the Lions again.^[10]

Howard Kendall was appointed Athletic Bilbao's manager in 1987, but de Andrés retired from football after one year in the sidelines aged 31, with 267 official appearances for Athletic (12 goals). Subsequently, he worked for them as a scout.^[11]

International career

De Andrés represented Spain at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, playing all the matches and minutes in an eventual group-stage exit (three draws). Manager José Santamaría used him in the defensive sector alongside Agustín Gajate of Real Sociedad.^[12]^[13]

Even though he made the list of 40 for the 1982 FIFA World Cup on home soil, with Santamaría again as coach, de Andrés did not make the final cut. After Miguel Muñoz was appointed and Spain qualified for UEFA Euro 1984, he made his full debut on 18 January 1984 in a 0–1 friendly loss with Hungary in Cádiz;^[14] three months later, he appeared ten minutes in the match with Denmark (2–1 in Valencia),^[15] but was overlooked for the final squad which eventually finished second in France.

Honours

Athletic Bilbao

La Liga: 1982–83,^[16] 1983–84^[17]
Copa del Rey: 1983–84^[6]
Supercopa de España: 1984 (Athletic Bilbao were awarded the trophy as winners of the double)^[18]

References

^ ^a ^b Artetxe, José L. (12 November 2011). "Miguel de Andrés: "Al Athletic le di todo, hasta la pierna, pero me ha correspondido"" [Miguel de Andrés: "I gave everything to Athletic, even my leg, but they responded"]. Deia (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 May 2023.
^ "2–1: Un gol dudoso premió el mejor fútbol salmantino" [2–1: Doubtful goal rewarded best salmantino football]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 10 September 1979. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
^ Relaño, Alfredo (25 April 2019). "Catástrofe del Athletic de Bilbao en el Santiago Bernabéu" [Athletic Bilbao catastrophe at the Santiago Bernabéu]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 May 2023.
^ Altuna, Manex (13 November 2019). "Los años de la gabarra, una mirada al Athletic campeón" [The barge years, we look at champions Athletic]. Naiz (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 May 2023.
^ Guasch, Tomás (10 February 1983). "5–2: Merienda de "leones" bajo la nieve" [5–2: "Lions" have a snack under the snow]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 May 2015.
^ ^a ^b Castillo, J.J. (6 May 1984). "1–0: La mejor técnica no fue suficiente" [1–0: Better skills were not enough]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 May 2015.
^ Goikoetxea, Igor (8 May 2009). "El inolvidable precedente de 1984 que acabó en batalla campal" [1984's unforgettable precedent which ended in a battlefield]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 December 2010.
^ Castañeda, Eduardo (17 October 1986). "Iribar anuncia un "once" muy ofensivo" [Iribar announces quite attacking "eleven"]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 May 2015.
^ "El centrocampista De Andrés, apartado de la plantilla del Athlétic de Bilbao" [Midfielder De Andrés, ousted from Athletic de Bilbao squad]. El País (in Spanish). 28 February 1987. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
^ "Historias de San Mamés" [Stories from San Mamés]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 29 April 2007. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
^ Ruiz, Pako (26 April 2010). ""Así descubrí a Llorente"" ["That was how i found Llorente"]. Deia (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 May 2023.
^ García Candau, Julian (26 July 1980). "El fútbol, una vergüenza olímpica" [Football, olympic shame]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 May 2023.
^ Braña, Mario D. (28 April 2008). "El fútbol también es así" [Football is also like this]. La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 May 2023.
^ Calvo, Juan Antonio (19 January 1984). "Hungría no fue Malta" [Hungary were no Malta]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 May 2015.
^ Díez Serrat, Javier (12 April 1984). "2–1: Sólo seis minutos de furia" [2–1: Only six minutes of fury]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 May 2023.
^ Tejedor Carnicero, José Vicente. "Spain 1982/83". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
^ Tejedor Carnicero, José Vicente. "Spain 1983/84". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
^ Tejedor Carnicero, José Vicente; Torre, Raúl; Lozano Ferrer, Carles. "Spain – List of Super Cup Finals". RSSSF. Retrieved 29 May 2015.