Conrado Miranda

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| name= Conrado Miranda

| fullname = José Conrado Miranda Sasso

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1928|10|14}}

| birth_place = San Vicente, El Salvador

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2021|10|13|1928|10|14}}

| death_place = San Salvador, El Salvador

| height =

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = –1943

| years2 = 1944–1945

| years3 = –1954

| years4 = 1954

| years5 = 1955–57

| years6 = 1958

| years7 = 1959–60

| clubs1 = Pipiles F.C.

| clubs2 = Independiente de San Vicente

| clubs3 = Marte Quezaltepeque

| clubs4 = Club Sport Uruguay

| clubs5 = Marte Quezaltepeque

| clubs6 = Club Sport La Libertad

| clubs7 = Águila

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| nationalyears1 = 1948–1955

| nationalteam1 = El Salvador

| nationalcaps1 = 20

| nationalgoals1 = 3

| manageryears1 = 1955–1957

| manageryears2 = 1959–1961

| manageryears3 = 1961

| manageryears4 = 1962

| manageryears5 = 1965

| manageryears6 = 1967

| manageryears7 = 1971

| manageryears8 = 1975

| manageryears9 = 1975–1978

| manageryears10 = 1962

| manageryears11 = 1985-1986

| manageryears12 = 1986–1987

| manageryears13 = 1989

| manageryears14 = 1989

| manageryears15 = 1993–1995

| manageryears16 =

| manageryears17 = 1973

| managerclubs1 = Marte Quezaltepeque

| managerclubs2 = Águila

| managerclubs3 = El Salvador

| managerclubs4 = UES

| managerclubs5 = Quequeisque

| managerclubs6 = Alianza

| managerclubs7 = El Salvador

| managerclubs8 = El Salvador

| managerclubs9 = Águila

| managerclubs10 = Atlante

| managerclubs11 = Isidro Metapan

| managerclubs12 = Once Municipal

| managerclubs13 = El Salvador

| managerclubs14 = Cojutepeque

| managerclubs15 = El Roble

| managerclubs16 = Tiburones

| managerclubs17 = ANTEL

| medaltemplates =

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José Conrado Miranda Sasso (14 October 1928 – 13 October 2021) was a Salvadoran football player and coach who created a legacy in El Salvador.{{Cite web|url=http://www.elsalvador.com/deportes/futbol/278947/conrado-miranda-zarco-es-un-tecnico-excepcional/|title = Conrado Miranda: "Zarco es un técnico excepcional"|date = 23 December 2014}}

He and longtime partner Juan Francisco Barraza helped evolve football in El Salvador. He was known as El Estilista.

Club career

His first steps as a player are traced to the Pipiles F.C. His debut at the national level was playing for Independiente de San Vicente. Later he moved to CD Alacranes which was renamed C.D. Atlético Marte at his suggestion. In 1954 Conrado Miranda was contracted as a player by Uruguay de Coronado[http://wvw.nacion.com/ln_ee/2008/enero/08/deportes1376188.html Eliseo Quintanilla, el primer cuzcatleco aquí en 20 años] - Nación {{in lang|es}} (Costa Rica) for a 1-year contract. Afterwards he returned to Atlético Marte for a three-year stint but this time as player/coach that produced three national championships (1955, 1956, 1957).

He was again contracted by a Costa Rica team, Club Sport La Libertad. After this final stint on international soil Conrado Miranda returned to El Salvador where he was contracted by C.D. Águila of San Miguel as both player and coach. The team earned a championship in 1959. In 1960, after breaking his leg, he retired as a player. He took the opportunity to coach the El Salvador national football team and left his C.D. Águila team in 1st place. They won the championship with Carlos Padilla as the coach (1960).

International career

Conrado Miranda represented El Salvador as a captain most of the time from 1948 to 1955,[http://www.elbaloncuscatleco.com/jdcac.html EL SALVADOR CAMPEON DE FUTBOL DE VII JUEGOS] - El Balón Cuscatleco {{in lang|es}} during this period El Salvador won the gold medal at the VII Central American and Caribbean Games in 1954 in Mexico.[http://archive.laprensa.com.sv/20021206/deportes/dep6.asp Memorias de México 1954] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120824135744/http://archive.laprensa.com.sv/20021206/deportes/dep6.asp |date=2012-08-24 }} - La Prensa Gráfica {{in lang|es}}

Managerial career

As a coach Conrado Miranda has obtained multiple championships at national and international level (3 national championships with Atlético Marte, 3 national championships with CD Aguila, 1 CONCACAF Champions Cup). He has also coached El Salvador national team both at major and junior levels with success especially in 1964 when he took the youth National team to 1st place in the NORCECA, a competition played in Guatemala.

Conrado Miranda was also the founder of AEFES (Asociación de Entrenadores de Fútbol de El Salvador) for which he was the first president in 1965 and CONADEPRE (Comisión Nacional de Deportes Recreativos de El Salvador). Under this institution he created what is known now as Papi fútbol (fútbol for players over 35) and Babi fútbol (fútbol for players under 15) as a vehicle to promote the game.

Conrado Miranda has received multiple honours in recognition of his illustrious career. He was named to the El Salvador Team of the 20th century and received "La Espiga Dorada" from the hands of the President of El Salvador at the time, Francisco Flores, in recognition of his achievements as a player and coach and for his contribution to all sporting activities at the national level.

Death

On 13 October 2021, it was announced that Miranda had died due to a complication of a cardio pulmonary from COVID-19. He was 92 years old.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elgrafico.com/futbol/Fallecio-Jose-Conrado-Miranda-20211012-0006.html|title = Falleció José Conrado Miranda}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.elsalvador.com/deportes/selecciones/conrado-miranda-leyenda-futbol/888730/2021/|title=LUTO EN NUESTRO FÚTBOL: Murió don Conrado Miranda | Noticias de El Salvador|date=12 October 2021}}

Achievements

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\|Year	Finish	Team	Tournament	Role	Notes
\| 1954	Champion	El Salvador	VII Juegos Centro Americanos y del Caribe	Player	played in México
\| 1955	Champion	Atlético Marte	1st Division El Salvador	Player/Coach
\| 1956	Champion	Atlético Marte	1st Division El Salvador	Player/Coach
\| 1957	Champion	Atlético Marte	1st Division El Salvador	Player/Coach
\| 1959	Champion	C.D. Aguila	1st Division El Salvador	Player/Coach
\| 1960	Champion	C.D. Aguila	1st Division El Salvador	Player/Coach*	*Started season before taking National Team
\| 1961	2nd Place	Salvador Nacional Team	NORCECA	Coach	played in Costa Rica
\| 1962	Champion	UES	Liga de Ascenso	Coach
\| 1967	2nd Place	Alianza F.C.	1st Division El Salvador	Coach
\| 1964	Champion	El Salvador Under 20	NORCECA Under 19	Coach	played in Guatemala
\| 1965	TBD	Quequeisque	? Division El Salvador	Coach
\| 1975	Champion	C.D. Águila	1st Division El Salvador	Coach
\| 1976	Champion	C.D. Aguila	1st Division El Salvador	Coach
\| 1976	Champion	C.D. Aguila	CONCACAF Champions Cup	Coach
\| 1978	2nd Place	C.D. Aguila	1st Division El Salvador	Coach
\| 1989	2nd Place	Cojutepeque F.C.	1st Division El Salvador	Coach
\| 1993	3rd Place	El Roble	1st Division El Salvador	Coach
\| 1994	3rd Place	El Roble	1st Division El Salvador	Coach

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20120328101445/http://biblioteca.utec.edu.sv/siab/virtual/diarios/edh/20100906/data/images/2010090643.pdf ¿QUÉPASÓCON...CONRADOMIRANDA] - {{in lang|es}}

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Category:1928 births

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Category:People from San Vicente, El Salvador

Category:Men's association football midfielders

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