Miguel Ángel Portugal

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Portugal and the second or maternal family name is Vicario.

Miguel Ángel Portugal
Personal information
Full name Miguel Ángel Portugal Vicario
Date of birth (1955-11-28) 28 November 1955 (age 69)
Place of birth Quintanilla de las Viñas, Spain
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Burgos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975–1979 Burgos 24 (2)
1977–1978 → Mirandés (loan)
1979–1983 Real Madrid 27 (1)
1982 → Cádiz (loan) 12 (1)
1983–1984 Rayo Vallecano 15 (0)
1984–1985 Castellón 19 (2)
1985–1987 Real Burgos 68 (5)
1987–1988 Valladolid 3 (0)
1988–1991 Córdoba 65 (9)
Total 233 (20)
International career
1979 Spain U23 2 (0)
1979 Spain amateur 6 (3)
Managerial career
1996–1997 Arandina
1997 Real Madrid C
1997–1999 Real Madrid B
1999 Toledo
2003–2004 Córdoba
2005–2006 Real Madrid B
2006–2007 Racing Santander
2009–2011 Racing Santander
2012–2013 Bolívar
2014 Atlético Paranaense
2015–2016 Valladolid
2016 CS Constantine
2017–2018 Delhi Dynamos
2018 Granada
2018 Pune City
2018–2019 Jorge Wilstermann
2020 Royal Pari
2021–2022 Royal Pari
2023 Guabirá
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Miguel Angel Portugal Vicario (born 28 November 1955) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder, and is a current manager.

He totalled 66 games and four goals in La Liga for four clubs including Real Madrid, for whom he played a part in their league and Copa del Rey double in 1979–80.

In a managerial career lasting a quarter of a century, Portugal had two spells at Racing Santander in the top flight. From the 2010s, he had brief stints abroad in Bolivia, Brazil, Algeria and India, winning a league title for Club Bolívar in 2013.

Playing career

Portugal was born in Quintanilla de las Viñas, Province of Burgos. During his career he played for Burgos CF, CD Mirandés, Real Madrid,[1] Cádiz CF, Rayo Vallecano, CD Castellón, Real Burgos CF, Real Valladolid and Córdoba CF.

With the La Liga powerhouse, Portugal remained four years (one loaned at Cádiz), winning the double in his first year but only amassing a combined 27 top division appearances during his spell.

Coaching career

Early career

Portugal started managing in the mid-90s, returning to Real Madrid to be in charge of its C and B-sides. In 1999, he started in the second division with CD Toledo, but was fired after only a couple of months.

After some years out of football, Portugal coached former club Córdoba[2] also in the second level, returning to Real Madrid Castilla in 2005–06 following the December promotion to the first team of Juan Ramón López Caro. On 6 July 2006 he succeeded López Caro once again, now at Racing de Santander,[3] helping the Cantabrians to a final tenth place in the top flight.

Portugal served as technical director of Real Madrid subsequently.[4] In November 2008, he was set to take over at the club as coach following the sacking of Bernd Schuster, but president Ramón Calderón preferred Juande Ramos instead.

On 19 November 2009, Portugal returned to Racing on a two-year deal following the dismissal of Juan Carlos Mandiá, as the side had only collected one point in five home matches.[5] In early February 2011, even though the team was placed above the relegation zone in the top division – eventually managing to stay afloat – he was sacked by new club owner, Ahsan Ali Syed from India.[6]

Abroad

In June 2012, Portugal moved abroad for the first time when he was appointed at Club Bolívar in Bolivia.[7] In his debut season, the team from La Paz won the Clausura of the Bolivian Primera División;[8] he was sacked at the turn of 2014, after the club lost the Apertura honour to rivals The Strongest on the final day of the campaign.[9]

Portugal remained in South America, signing days later for Clube Atlético Paranaense in Brazil on a year-long contract.[10] He resigned on 19 May.[11]

On 21 October 2015, Portugal returned to Spain and its second division with Real Valladolid, inheriting a team from Gaizka Garitano that was in the relegation zone.[12] He was dismissed the following 24 April after a run of one point from five games, though the side's position had improved.[13]

Portugal was hired by CS Constantine of Algeria on a one-year deal in November 2016.[14] He quit the following month, having made previous threats to leave his job.[15]

On 17 July 2017, Portugal moved to the fourth continent of his career when he was hired at Delhi Dynamos FC of the Indian Super League.[16] He finished eighth of ten teams – blaming this on a sporadic match schedule and low transfer budget[17]– and the following 1 May he returned to Spain after being appointed manager of Granada CF.[18]

In August 2018, Portugal was announced as the head coach of FC Pune City for the upcoming season.[19] He was sacked on 24 October, after one draw and two losses.[20]

On 20 December 2018, Portugal returned to Bolivia to take over at C.D. Jorge Wilstermann on a one-year deal.[21] He left the following April by mutual consent, having suffered threats from some of the Cochabamba-based club's supporters.[22]

Remaining in the Andean country, Portugal was appointed on a one-year contract at Royal Pari F.C. at the start of 2020.[23] He resigned on 21 May that year, due to concerns over the resumption of the season around the COVID-19 pandemic.[24]

On 3 August 2021, Portugal returned to Bolivia and Royal Pari, replacing sacked Christian Díaz.[25] He was dismissed the following 28 February, after opening the new season with two wins and two draws.[26]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 26 February 2022[27]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref.
G W D L Win %
Real Madrid C Spain 1 July 1997 3 November 1997 10 5 4 1 050.00 [28]
Real Madrid B Spain 3 November 1997 3 July 1999 78 41 17 20 052.56 [29]
Toledo Spain 4 July 1999 13 October 1999 9 1 2 6 011.11 [30]
Córdoba Spain 27 October 2003 7 June 2004 32 9 10 13 028.13 [31]
Real Madrid Castilla Spain 5 December 2005 6 July 2006 27 10 4 13 037.04 [32]
Racing Santander Spain 6 July 2006 19 June 2007 40 13 14 13 032.50 [33]
Racing Santander Spain 19 November 2009 7 February 2011 58 18 16 24 031.03 [34]
Bolívar Bolivia 14 June 2012 31 December 2013 69 41 11 17 059.42 [35]
Atlético Paranaense Brazil 8 January 2014 19 May 2014 13 5 2 6 038.46 [36]
Valladolid Spain 21 October 2015 24 April 2016 26 9 9 8 034.62 [37]
CS Constantine Algeria 2 November 2016 9 December 2016 5 1 2 2 020.00 [38]
Delhi Dynamos India 29 June 2017 1 May 2018 19 5 4 10 026.32 [39]
Granada Spain 1 May 2018 4 June 2018 5 2 0 3 040.00 [40]
Pune City India 9 August 2018 26 October 2018 3 0 1 2 000.00 [41]
Jorge Wilstermann Bolivia 20 December 2018 22 April 2019 23 10 4 9 043.48 [42]
Royal Pari Bolivia 2 January 2020 21 May 2020 12 6 2 4 050.00 [43]
Royal Pari Bolivia 3 August 2021 28 February 2022 21 9 4 8 042.86 [43]
Career Total 450 185 106 159 041.11 —

Honours

Player

Real Madrid

Manager

Bolívar

References

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