Luis Minguela

Luis Minguela
Personal information
Full name Luis Mariano Minguela Muñoz
Date of birth (1960-01-05) 5 January 1960
Place of birth Frumales, Spain
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
Valladolid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1992 Valladolid 366 (24)
National team
1981 Spain U21 2 (1)
1989 Spain 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Minguela and the second or maternal family name is Muñoz.

Luis Mariano Minguela Muñoz (born 5 January 1960) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Born in Frumales, Province of Segovia, Minguela played solely for Real Valladolid during his 15-year professional career. He started out with the club in Segunda División, playing only 25 games in his first three seasons combined.

Minguela made his debut in La Liga on 15 February 1981, coming on as a 46th-minute substitute in a home game against Sporting de Gijón and scoring his team's goal in a 1–2 loss.[1] He finished the campaign with a further eight appearances (three goals).

Minguela competed solely in the top level subsequently, scoring a career-best five goals in 1988–89[2][3][4][5] to help to a sixth-place finish in addition to a runner-up run in the Copa del Rey.[6] He retired at the age 32, after being relegated; additionally, he started in six matches in the 1989–90 edition of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, where the Castile and León side reached the third round.

International career

On 20 September 1989, Minguela earned his only cap for Spain, replacing Roberto early into the second half of a 1–0 friendly win over Poland at the Estadio Riazor.[7]

Post-retirement

Minguela engaged in politics after retiring.[8] From 2011 to 2015, he was Laguna de Duero's mayor for the People's Party.[9][10]

Honours

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1–2: ¡Atención al Sporting (+6) de Miera!" [1–2: Watch out for Miera's Sporting (+6)!] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 16 February 1981. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "2–1: Sporting ganó y convenció" [2–1: Sporting won and convinced] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 26 September 1988. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "La suerte se alió con los pucelanos" [Luck was the pucelanos ally] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 1 May 1989. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "El Valladolid las pasó moradas" [Valladolid went through an ordeal] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 28 May 1989. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "1–0: El Valladolid ganó con apuros al Cádiz" [1–0: Valladolid had a hard time defeating Cádiz] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 11 June 1989. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  6. ↑ "El temprano gol de Gordillo cambió el partido" [Gordillo's early goal was game-changing] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 1 July 1989. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "1–0: El pie de Míchel marcó ante Polonia el camino que España buscará en Hungria" [1–0: Míchel's foot set track in Poland that Spain will seek in Hungary] (in Spanish). ABC. 21 September 1989. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  8. ↑ "Una vida dedicada al fútbol y a la política" [A life dedicated to football and politics] (in Spanish). Aquí en Valladolid. 2 July 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  9. ↑ "Minguela releva a Viejo en Laguna" [Minguela takes over for Viejo in Laguna] (in Spanish). El Norte de Castilla. 12 June 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  10. ↑ "Minguela, del PP, perderá la Alcaldía de Laguna y pasará a la oposición" [Minguela, of PP, will lose Laguna city hall and will join the opposition] (in Spanish). El Norte de Castilla. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  11. ↑ "25 años de la Copa de la Liga" [25 years from the League Cup] (in Spanish). El Norte de Castilla. 2009. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
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