Chendo

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Chendo

| image =

| full_name = Miguel Porlán Noguera

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|10|12|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Totana, Spain

| height = 1.75 m

| position = Right-back

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = 1977–1979 | youthclubs1 = Real Madrid

| years1 = 1979–1983 | clubs1 = Castilla | caps1 = 67 | goals1 = 1

| years2 = 1982–1998 | clubs2 = Real Madrid | caps2 = 363 | goals2 = 3

| totalcaps = 430 | totalgoals = 4

| nationalyears1 = 1981 | nationalteam1 = Spain U19 | nationalcaps1 = 4 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 1980–1984 | nationalteam2 = Spain U21 | nationalcaps2 = 9 | nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 1986–1990 | nationalteam3 = Spain | nationalcaps3 = 26 | nationalgoals3 = 0

}}

Miguel Porlán Noguera (born 12 October 1961), known as Chendo, is a Spanish former footballer who played as a right-back. He spent his entire professional career with Real Madrid, making 497 official appearances and winning several titles.{{cite news|url=https://as.com/opinion/2016/12/29/blogs/1483013921_1020845.html|title=El hombre que siempre estuvo allí|trans-title=The man who was always there|newspaper=Diario AS|first=Agustín|last=Martín|language=es|date=29 December 2016|access-date=26 January 2022}}

Chendo was a member of the Spain national team, being selected for two World Cups.

Club career

Born in Totana, Region of Murcia, Chendo played professionally with Real Madrid for 17 seasons, winning seven La Liga titles, two Copa del Rey trophies, one UEFA Champions League, and back-to-back UEFA Cups. He arrived at the club at the age of 15 and was part of its junior ranks for five years, making his debut for the first team on 11 April 1982 in a 2–1 win at Castellón.{{cite web|url=https://www.regmurcia.com/servlet/s.Sl?sit=a,96,c,373,m,1935&r=ReP-22994-DETALLE_REPORTAJES|title=Miguel Porlán Noguera 'Chendo'|publisher=Región de Murcia|language=es|access-date=26 January 2022}}

He got his opportunity at the starter position at the beginning of 1983–84, when Juan José, who dominated the right-back position, was injured. When Juan José returned to the first team, Chendo returned to the bench, but finished the season again as first-choice, making 26 competitive appearances.

Chendo became the starter in his fourth year, playing 25 league matches and adding 11 in European competition. At the end of the season, Real won the UEFA Cup against Hungarian club Fehérvár by a 3–1 aggregate score, and conquered the Copa de la Liga with a 4–3 aggregate victory over Atlético Madrid, with the player starting in both finals; the team finished fifth in the league, 17 points behind champions Barcelona.

For the next eight seasons, Chendo was the undisputed starter of a squad that collected five straight league titles. From 1992 to 1995, however, he would only make 34 league appearances, losing his place to Nando, Luis Enrique and Paco Llorente. Though he took part in 23 games in the 1995–96 campaign, he played second-fiddle to Quique Sánchez Flores, Carlos Secretário and Christian Panucci. Like Manolo Sanchís later, he was a moral supporter and a bench captain, subbing rarely and starting even more rarely.{{cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1997/06/14/deportes/866239206_850215.html|title=El eterno recambio|trans-title=The eternal sub|newspaper=El País|first=Óscar|last=Sanz|language=es|date=14 June 1997|access-date=18 December 2015}}

After Real Madrid lifted their seventh European Cup against Juventus on 20 May 1998 (he did not play in the decisive match), Chendo retired from professional football, aged almost 37. He immediately started working with the club as a match delegate, occupying that position for well over two decades.{{cite news|url=http://www.as.com/futbol/articulo/bronca-guti-chendo-banquillo/20100516dasdasftb_38/Tes|title=Bronca de Guti y Chendo en el banquillo|trans-title=Guti and Chendo have run-in in bench|newspaper=Diario AS|language=es|date=16 May 2010|access-date=9 May 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en/news/12/spain/2011/05/18/2493050/it-was-jose-mourinhos-idea-that-i-play-against-seleccion-de|title=It was Jose Mourinho's idea that I play against Seleccion de Murcia – Former Real Madrid defender Chendo|publisher=Goal|first=Subhankar|last=Mondal|date=18 May 2011|access-date=9 May 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.rtve.es/deportes/20110519/chendo-se-enfundo-camiseta-lorca-trece-anos-despues/433440.shtml|title=El retorno de Chendo, el lateral que le hizo un 'caño' a Maradona|trans-title=The return of Chendo, the fullback who 'nutmegged' Maradona|publisher=RTVE|first=José|last=Barrero|language=es|date=19 May 2011|access-date=18 December 2015}}{{cite news|url=http://www.elmundo.es/deportes/2015/12/03/5660c0bb268e3e51048b4622.html|title=Y Chendo se quedó dormido|trans-title=And Chendo fell asleep|newspaper=El Mundo|first=Jaime|last=Rodríguez|language=es|date=3 December 2015|access-date=18 December 2015}}{{cite news|url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/deportes/futbol/2019-02-04/isco-real-madrid-chendo-video-alaves_1803642/|title=El desplante de Isco a Chendo tras jugar solo unos minutos en el Real Madrid-Alavés|trans-title=Isco's snub to Chendo after playing mere minutes in Real Madrid-Alavés|newspaper=El Confidencial|language=es|date=4 February 2019|access-date=19 October 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.eldesmarque.com/madrid/real-madrid/noticias/218469-chendo-placa-a-un-integrante-del-cuerpo-tecnico-para-no-caerse-en-las-escaleras-del-bus?ssp|title=Pa' habernos matao: Chendo placa a un integrante del cuerpo técnico para no caerse al bajar las escaleras del bus|trans-title=Could have killed us: Chendo tackles coaching staff member to avoid falling as he came down the bus stairs|publisher=El Desmarque|language=es|date=14 May 2021|access-date=19 October 2022}}

International career

Chendo earned 26 caps for Spain, and played in the 1986{{cite news|url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/deportes/futbol/mundial/2016-05-21/espana-mundial-86-butragueno-mexico_1203991/|title=Del utillero falangista al positivo de Calderé: nuestro Mundial 86 en diez episodios|trans-title=From the falangista kit man to Calderé's positive: our 86 World Cup in ten episodes|newspaper=El Confidencial|first=Alfredo|last=Pascual|language=es|date=21 May 2016|access-date=28 September 2017}} and 1990 FIFA World Cups. Backing up Atlético Madrid's Tomás in the former and starting in the latter, he totalled five appearances.{{cite news|url=https://www.marca.com/futbol/mundial/historia/album/2018/06/04/5aff044aca4741277c8b4636_48.html|title=Chendo|newspaper=Marca|language=es|date=4 June 2018|access-date=26 January 2022}}

Chendo's debut came on 22 January 1986, in a friendly with the Soviet Union in Las Palmas.{{cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1986/01/18/deportes/506386803_850215.html|title=Muñoz selecciona a Chendo y a Julio Salinas contra la URSS|trans-title=Muñoz selects Chendo and Julio Salinas against USSR|newspaper=El País|language=es|date=18 January 1986|access-date=18 December 2015}}{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1986/01/23/065.html|title=2–0: España venció a la URSS en un partido jugado a gran velocidad por ambos equipos|trans-title=2–0: Spain defeated USSR in match where both teams displayed great speed|newspaper=ABC|first=Héctor|last=Del Mar|language=es|date=23 January 1986|access-date=18 December 2015}}

Personal life

On 2 July 1986, the 24-year-old Chendo was involved in a car accident near Quintanar de la Orden. He and his wife emerged unscathed, but their one-month old son Miguel died.{{cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/1986/07/03/deportes/520725608_850215.html|title=El jugador madridista Chendo sufre un accidente de tráfico en el que muere su hijo, de un mes|trans-title=Real Madrid player Chendo suffers traffic accident in which his son, one month old, dies|newspaper=El País|first=Juan José|last=Paradinas|language=es|date=3 July 1986|access-date=25 February 2017}}

Career statistics

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|Copa de la Liga !colspan="2"\|Copa del Rey !colspan="2"\|Europe !colspan="2"\|Others !colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition{{BDFutbol\|1987}}
Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals
rowspan="18"\|Real Madrid \|1981–82 \|rowspan="17"\|La Liga \|1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1982–83 \|2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1983–84 \|21	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	26	0
1984–85 \|25	0	6	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	43	0
1985–86 \|30	0	0	0	5	0	10	0	0	0	45	0
1986–87 \|40	0	0	0	6	0	8	0	0	0	52	0
1987–88 \|31	1	0	0	7	0	8	0	0	0	46	1
1988–89 \|26	0	0	0	7	0	5	0	0	0	38	0
1989–90 \|37	1	0	0	5	0	4	0	0	0	46	1
1990–91 \|36	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	40	0
1991–92 \|37	0	0	0	7	0	10	0	0	0	54	0
1992–93 \|12	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	16	0
1993–94 \|12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13	0
1994–95 \|10	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	12	1
1995–96 \|23	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	27	0
1996–97 \|16	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	18	0
1997–98 \|4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
colspan="2"\|Total !363	3	6	0	52	0	70	0	1	0	497	3

Honours

Real Madrid

La Liga: 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1994–95, 1996–97{{cite web|url=https://www.realmadrid.com/sobre-el-real-madrid/el-club/historia/jugadores-de-leyenda-futbol/miguel-porlan-chendo|title=La gloria de un humilde|trans-title=Glory of an humble one|publisher=Real Madrid CF|language=es|access-date=12 March 2019}}
Copa del Rey: 1988–89, 1992–93
Copa de la Liga: 1985
Supercopa de España: 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1997
UEFA Champions League: 1997–98
UEFA Cup: 1984–85, 1985–86
Copa Iberoamericana: 1994{{cite web|url=http://conmebol.com/es/19082015-1742/las-competiciones-oficiales-de-la-conmebol|title=Las competiciones oficiales de la CONMEBOL|trans-title=The official CONMEBOL competitions|publisher=CONMEBOL|language=es|date=19 August 2015|access-date=12 March 2019}}