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Víctor Muñoz

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{{family name hatnote|Muñoz|Manrique|lang=Spanish}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Víctor

| image =

| fullname = Víctor Muñoz Manrique{{WorldFootball.net|victor-munoz}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|3|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = Zaragoza, Spain

| death_date =

| death_place=

| height = 1.72 m

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Zaragoza

| years1 = 1976–1981 | clubs1 = Zaragoza | caps1 = 127 | goals1 = 12

| years2 = 1981–1988 | clubs2 = Barcelona | caps2 = 224 | goals2 = 14

| years3 = 1988–1990 | clubs3 = Sampdoria | caps3 = 48 | goals3 = 2

| years4 = 1990–1991 | clubs4 = St Mirren | caps4 = 18 | goals4 = 1

| years5 = 1991 | clubs5 = Zaragoza | caps5 = 4 | goals5 = 0

| totalcaps = 421 | totalgoals = 29

| nationalyears1 = 1979–1980 | nationalteam1 = Spain U23 | nationalcaps1 = 7 | nationalgoals1 = 2

| nationalyears2 = 1979–1983 | nationalteam2 = Spain amateur | nationalcaps2 = 11 | nationalgoals2 = 1

| nationalyears3 = 1980–1981 | nationalteam3 = Spain B | nationalcaps3 = 3 | nationalgoals3 = 0

| nationalyears4 = 1981–1988 | nationalteam4 = Spain | nationalcaps4 = 60 | nationalgoals4 = 3

| manageryears1 = 1996–1997 | managerclubs1 = Mallorca

| manageryears2 = 1997 | managerclubs2 = Logroñés

| manageryears3 = 1999–2000 | managerclubs3 = Lleida

| manageryears4 = 2000–2002 | managerclubs4 = Villarreal

| manageryears5 = 2004–2006 | managerclubs5 = Zaragoza

| manageryears6 = 2006–2007 | managerclubs6 = Panathinaikos

| manageryears7 = 2007–2008 | managerclubs7 = Recreativo

| manageryears8 = 2008–2009 | managerclubs8 = Getafe

| manageryears9 = 2010–2011 | managerclubs9 = Terek Grozny

| manageryears10 = 2011–2012 | managerclubs10 = Neuchâtel Xamax

| manageryears11 = 2012–2013 | managerclubs11 = Sion

| manageryears12 = 2014 | managerclubs12 = Zaragoza

| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{fb|ESP}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|UEFA European Championship}}

{{Medal|RU|1984 France|}}

}}

Víctor Muñoz Manrique (born 15 March 1957), known simply as Víctor as a player, is a Spanish retired football midfielder and manager.

He spent most of his professional career with Barcelona, winning six titles and achieving La Liga totals of 332 games and 25 goals. In the competition, he also represented Zaragoza.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/7352959.stm|title=When Bryan Robson tamed Barca|publisher=BBC Sport|first1=Jonathan|last1=Stevenson|first2=Chris|last2=Bevan|date=22 April 2008|access-date=24 April 2014}}

A Spain international during the 1980s, Víctor represented the country at the 1986 World Cup and two European Championships. He later became a manager, leading four top-division teams and winning the Copa del Rey for Zaragoza in 2004.

Playing career

=Club=

Víctor was born in Zaragoza, Aragon. After starting off with hometown club Real Zaragoza and being relegated in his first professional season,{{cite news|url=https://as.com/futbol/2020/04/13/segunda/1586734086_863230.html|title=El sexto ascenso del Real Zaragoza (I)|trans-title=Real Zaragoza's sixth promotion (I)|newspaper=Diario AS|first=Pedro Luis|last=Ferrer|language=es|date=13 April 2020|access-date=29 May 2023}} he was purchased by La Liga powerhouse FC Barcelona, being a very important element for the Catalans in a seven-year spell; on 4 June 1983, he scored his team's first goal in a 2–1 win against Real Madrid in the final of the Copa del Rey.{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1983/06/05/pagina-5/1098180/pdf.html|title=2–1: ¡Que final!|trans-title=2–1: What a final!|newspaper=Mundo Deportivo|first=Juan José|last=Castillo|language=es|date=5 June 1983|access-date=24 April 2014}}

Víctor was also one of the first Spaniards to ever play in Serie A, with two seasons with UC Sampdoria. Following a quick stint at St Mirren where he teamed up with his former Barça teammate Steve Archibald, he returned to Zaragoza to see out his career aged 34.{{cite news|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1990/11/10/deportes/658191608_850215.html|title=Víctor ficha por el Saint Mirren escocés|trans-title=Víctor signs for Scotland's Saint Mirren|newspaper=El País|language=es|date=10 November 1990|access-date=29 May 2023}}

=International=

Víctor was a regular for Spain for most of the 1980s, making his debut on 25 March 1981 in a 2–1 friendly win over England and going on to earn a further 59 caps with three goals.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/victor-intl.html|title=Víctor Muñoz Manrique – International Matches|publisher=RSSSF|first=Emilio|last=Pla Díaz|access-date=6 November 2009}} He played for the nation at the 1986 FIFA World Cup as well as the UEFA Euro 1984 (in a final runner-up position to hosts France) and 1988 tournaments, retiring from international duty immediately after that group-stage exit.{{cite news|url=http://www.mundodeportivo.com/futbol/eurocopa/20160413/401083135341/francia-1984-los-bleus-se-coronan-tras-el-error-de-arconada.html|title=1984: Los 'bleus' se coronan tras el error de Arconada|trans-title=1984: 'Blues' crowned after Arconada's mistake|newspaper=Mundo Deportivo|first=Imma|last=Mentruit|language=es|date=13 April 2016|access-date=29 May 2023}}{{cite news|url=https://as.com/futbol/2020/08/24/reportajes/1598278552_391608.html|title=1980 * 1990 Los mejores jugadores|trans-title=1980 * 1990 The best players|newspaper=Diario AS|first=Ana Beatriz|last=Micó|language=es|date=24 August 2020|access-date=29 May 2023}}

==International goals==

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! Goal !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition

1.24 February 1982Luis Casanova, Valencia, Spain{{fb|SCO}}1–03–0Friendly
2.17 November 1982Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland{{fb|IRL}}1–33–3Euro 1984 qualifying
3.24 September 1986El Molinón, Gijón, Spain{{fb|GRE}}3–03–1Friendly

Style of play

An all-around midfield unit, Víctor was best known for his great physical strength that helped him tire his opponents in the early stages of the match.

Coaching career

Muñoz started working as a manager in the mid-1990s, being successively at the helm of RCD Mallorca, CD Logroñés, UE Lleida, Villarreal CF and Zaragoza.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/01aa-0e6ce764c751-c77c78e01586-1000--zaragoza-get-more-of-munoz/|title=Zaragoza get more of Muñoz|publisher=UEFA|date=14 June 2005|access-date=29 May 2023}} With the last of those teams, he won the 2003–04 domestic cup with a 3–2 extra time victory over Real Madrid's Galácticos.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/3516028.stm|title=Beckham misses out on Cup|publisher=BBC Sport|date=17 March 2004|access-date=24 April 2014}}

On 8 October 2006, Muñoz signed a two-year contract with Greece's Panathinaikos FC, becoming their 18th coach in ten years.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/01ba-0e6daec7d2fe-45f0582620f7-1000--munoz-to-lead-panathinaikos-bid/|title=Muñoz to lead Panathinaikos bid|publisher=UEFA|date=10 October 2006|access-date=7 June 2010}} However, he returned to Spain in June 2007 to take over at Recreativo de Huelva,{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/01c3-0f84b2ee0b35-a1027c7c1e32-1000--munoz-steps-in-at-recreativo/|title=Muñoz steps in at Recreativo|publisher=UEFA|date=4 July 2007|access-date=29 May 2023}} from where he was sacked the following February.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/01ca-0f84b2ee0ac6-ef6a38589972-1000--munoz-makes-way-at-lowly-recre/|title=Muñoz makes way at lowly Recre|publisher=UEFA|date=4 February 2008|access-date=29 May 2023}}

For the 2008–09 campaign, Muñoz was appointed at Getafe CF. Following a string of seven losses in nine games that left the team from the outskirts of Madrid one point above the relegation zone, he was dismissed in April 2009, making way for former Real Madrid player Míchel.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/01d8-0f85b97031e1-2b61c4e6335d-1000--munoz-makes-way-at-struggling-getafe/|title=Muñoz makes way at struggling Getafe|publisher=UEFA|date=27 April 2009|access-date=29 May 2023}}

In late December 2010, after more than one year out of football, Muñoz was named head coach of Russian Premier League side FC Terek Grozny.{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/soccer-europe-russia-terek-idUKLDE6BL16X20101222|title=Soccer-Spain's Munoz named coach of Chechen club Terek Grozny|publisher=Reuters|date=22 December 2010|access-date=27 January 2020}} He left his post in Chechnya after less than one month due to failed contract negotiations, being replaced by Ruud Gullit.{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-54239120110118|title=Gullit named coach of Russian club Terek Grozny|publisher=Reuters|first=Gennady|last=Fyodorov|date=18 January 2011|access-date=27 January 2020}}

Muñoz returned to active in early September 2011, when he became Neuchâtel Xamax FCS's third manager of the season, replacing his compatriot Joaquín Caparrós.{{cite news|url=http://www.elperiodicomediterraneo.com/noticias/deportes/victor-munoz-dirigira-neuchatel-de-suiza_681989.html|title=Víctor Muñoz dirigirá al Neuchatel de Suiza|trans-title=Víctor Muñoz to be in charge of Switzerland's Neuchatel|newspaper=El Periódico Mediterráneo|language=es|date=5 September 2011|access-date=22 September 2011}} He continued his career in the Swiss Super League, with a brief stint at FC Sion from December 2012 until the following February.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/feb/25/gennaro-gattuso-player-coach-sion-switzerland|title=Gennaro Gattuso named player-coach at FC Sion in Switzerland|newspaper=The Guardian|date=25 February 2013|access-date=27 February 2013}}

On 19 March 2014, Muñoz returned to Zaragoza, succeeding Paco Herrera at a club at risk of relegation to Segunda División B.{{cite news|url=https://www.libertaddigital.com/deportes/futbol/2014-03-19/victor-munoz-nuevo-entrenador-del-real-zaragoza-1276513518/|title=Víctor Muñoz, nuevo entrenador del Real Zaragoza|trans-title=Víctor Muñoz, new manager of Real Zaragoza|newspaper=Libertad Digital|language=es|date=19 March 2014|access-date=27 January 2020}} He was dismissed on 24 November with the side in 8th, one point off the play-offs.{{cite news|url=https://www.elcorreo.com/alava/deportes/futbol/liga-segunda/201411/24/zaragoza-despide-victor-munoz-20141124200850-rc.html|title=El Zaragoza despide a Víctor Muñoz|trans-title=Zaragoza dismiss Víctor Muñoz|newspaper=El Correo|language=es|date=24 November 2014|access-date=27 January 2020}}

Managerial statistics

{{updated|22 November 2014}}

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|+ Managerial record by team and tenure

rowspan="2"|Team

!rowspan="2"|Nat

!rowspan="2"|From

!rowspan="2"|To

!colspan="8"|Record

!rowspan=2|{{abbr|Ref|Reference}}

{{Tooltip|G|Games managed}}

!{{Tooltip|W|Games won}}

!{{Tooltip|D|Games drawn}}

!{{Tooltip|L|Games lost}}

!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

!{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}

!{{Tooltip|Win %|Winning percentage}}

align="left" |Mallorca

|{{flagicon|Spain}}

|align=left|28 January 1996

|align=left|21 April 1997

{{WDL|54|32|14|8|for=90|against=48|diff=yes}}

|{{cite web|url=http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/l2591.html?temp=1995-96|title=Víctor Muñoz: Víctor Muñoz Manrique|publisher=BDFutbol|access-date=21 February 2016}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/l2591.html?temp=1996-97|title=Víctor Muñoz: Víctor Muñoz Manrique|publisher=BDFutbol|access-date=21 February 2016}}

align="left" |Logroñés

|{{flagicon|Spain}}

|align=left|24 June 1997

|align=left|18 December 1997

{{WDL|21|2|8|11|for=14|against=26|diff=yes}}

|{{cite web|url=http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/l2591.html?temp=1997-98|title=Víctor Muñoz: Víctor Muñoz Manrique|publisher=BDFutbol|access-date=21 February 2016}}

align="left" |Lleida

|{{flagicon|Spain}}

|align=left|9 March 1999

|align=left|15 June 2000

{{WDL|63|24|16|23|for=99|against=88|diff=yes}}

|{{cite web|url=http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/l2591.html?temp=1998-99|title=Víctor Muñoz: Víctor Muñoz Manrique|publisher=BDFutbol|access-date=21 February 2016}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/l2591.html?temp=1999-00|title=Víctor Muñoz: Víctor Muñoz Manrique|publisher=BDFutbol|access-date=21 February 2016}}

align="left" |Villarreal

|{{flagicon|Spain}}

|align=left|15 June 2000

|align=left|11 September 2002

{{WDL|94|33|25|36|for=128|against=129|diff=yes}}

|{{cite web|url=http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/l2591.html?temp=2000-01|title=Víctor Muñoz: Víctor Muñoz Manrique|publisher=BDFutbol|access-date=21 February 2016}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/l2591.html?temp=2001-02|title=Víctor Muñoz: Víctor Muñoz Manrique|publisher=BDFutbol|access-date=21 February 2016}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/l2591.html?temp=2002-03|title=Víctor Muñoz: Víctor Muñoz Manrique|publisher=BDFutbol|access-date=21 February 2016}}

align="left" |Zaragoza

|{{flagicon|Spain}}

|align=left|20 January 2004

|align=left|15 May 2006

{{WDL|121|44|37|40|for=168|against=170|diff=yes}}

|{{cite web|url=http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/l2591.html?temp=2003-04|title=Víctor Muñoz: Víctor Muñoz Manrique|publisher=BDFutbol|access-date=21 February 2016}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/l2591.html?temp=2004-05|title=Víctor Muñoz: Víctor Muñoz Manrique|publisher=BDFutbol|access-date=21 February 2016}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/l2591.html?temp=2005-06|title=Víctor Muñoz: Víctor Muñoz Manrique|publisher=BDFutbol|access-date=21 February 2016}}

align="left" |Panathinaikos

|{{flagicon|Greece}}

|align=left|10 October 2006

|align=left|16 May 2007

{{WDL|38|17|10|11|for=48|against=34|diff=yes}}

|

align="left" |Recreativo

|{{flagicon|Spain}}

|align=left|4 July 2007

|align=left|4 February 2008

{{WDL|26|7|8|11|for=21|against=33|diff=yes}}

|{{cite web|url=http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/l2591.html?temp=2007-08|title=Víctor Muñoz: Víctor Muñoz Manrique|publisher=BDFutbol|access-date=21 February 2016}}

align="left" |Getafe

|{{flagicon|Spain}}

|align=left|17 June 2008

|align=left|27 April 2009

{{WDL|35|8|11|16|for=43|against=53|diff=yes}}

|{{cite web|url=http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/l2591.html?temp=2008-09|title=Víctor Muñoz: Víctor Muñoz Manrique|publisher=BDFutbol|access-date=21 February 2016}}

align="left" |Terek Grozny

|{{flagicon|Russia}}

|align=left|22 December 2010

|align=left|15 January 2011

{{WDL|0|0|0|0|for=0|against=0|diff=yes}}

|

align="left" |Neuchâtel Xamax

|{{flagicon|Switzerland}}

|align=left|2 September 2011

|align=left|26 January 2012

{{WDL|13|7|2|4|for=21|against=15|diff=yes}}

|

align="left" |Sion

|{{flagicon|Switzerland}}

|align=left|12 December 2012

|align=left|25 February 2013

{{WDL|4|2|0|2|for=5|against=7|diff=yes}}

|

align="left" |Zaragoza

|{{flagicon|Spain}}

|align=left|19 March 2014

|align=left|24 November 2014

{{WDL|27|8|10|9|for=33|against=37|diff=yes}}

|{{cite web|url=http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/l2591.html?temp=2013-14|title=Víctor Muñoz: Víctor Muñoz Manrique|publisher=BDFutbol|access-date=21 February 2016}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/p/l2591.html?temp=2014-15|title=Víctor Muñoz: Víctor Muñoz Manrique|publisher=BDFutbol|access-date=21 February 2016}}

colspan=4 | Career Total

{{WDLtot|496|184|141|171|for=670|against=640|diff=yes}}

!—

Honours

=Player=

Zaragoza

  • Segunda División: 1977–78{{cite news|url=https://www.heraldo.es/noticias/deportes/futbol/real-zaragoza/2016/04/23/aquel-ascenso-del-dia-san-jorge-1978-844537-611027.html|title=Aquel ascenso del Real Zaragoza el Día de San Jorge de 1978...|trans-title=That Real Zaragoza promotion on Saint George's Day in 1978...|newspaper=Heraldo de Aragón|first=Paco|last=Giménez|language=es|date=23 April 2016|access-date=29 May 2023}}

Barcelona

Sampdoria

Spain

=Manager=

Zaragoza

  • Copa del Rey: 2003–04
  • Supercopa de España: 2004{{cite news|url=https://www.diariodemallorca.es/deportes/2004/08/25/zaragoza-sorprende-valencia-logra-primera-4513047.html|title=El Zaragoza sorprende al Valencia y logra su primera Supercopa|trans-title=Zaragoza surprise Valencia and get their first Supercup|newspaper=Diario de Mallorca|first=Mónica|last=Collado|language=es|date=25 August 2004|access-date=29 May 2023}}

References

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