José Antonio Camacho
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| José Antonio Camacho | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | José Antonio Camacho Alfaro | |
| Date of birth | 8 June 1955 | |
| Place of birth | Cieza, Spain | |
| Height | 1.74m (5ft 9in) | |
| Playing position | Left-back | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Osasuna | |
| Youth career | ||
| Albacete | ||
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1972–1973 1973–1974 1974–1989 |
Albacete Castilla Real Madrid |
414 (9) |
| National team | ||
| 1975–1976 1975–1988 |
Spain amateur Spain |
2 (0) 81 (0) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1992–1993 1994–1996 1996–1997 1997–1998 1998–2002 2002–2004 2004–2005 2007–2008 2008– |
Rayo Vallecano Espanyol Sevilla Espanyol Spain Benfica Real Madrid Benfica Osasuna |
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José Antonio Camacho Alfaro (born 8 June 1955 in Cieza) is a former Spanish football (soccer) player and the current manager of CA Osasuna.
Camacho joined Real Madrid at age 18, playing left defense between 1973 and 1989 and taking part in 400 La Liga matches, in spite of a knee injury which put his career on hold for two years. He also played 81 games for the Spanish national team, taking part in two World Cups, in 1982 and 1986. Camacho also played in Euro 84 and Euro 88.
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[edit] Coaching career
Following his retirement as a player in 1989, Camacho was part of the Real Madrid coaching team. He later went on to coach three more Spanish teams, two of which—Rayo Vallecano and RCD Espanyol—he took into the First Division. He also coached Real Madrid for a brief 22 days in 1998, but left over disagreements with the club's management.
[edit] Spain
Camacho took over from Javier Clemente as the coach for Spain's national football team in September 1998 after Spain were beaten 3–2 by Cyprus in a Euro 2000 qualifier. Honest, forthright and firm, he was a refreshing change from Clemente, who had an arrogant manner and mishandled the media.
The tide quickly turned under Camacho, who has signed up to coach the Spanish team up to the 2002 World Cup. Spain secured a spot at the 2000 European Championship, where Spain started off as one of the favourites (Spain reached the quarter finals, but was eliminated after a 2–1 defeat against eventual winners and world champions, France).
Two years later, Camacho's team suffered an even bigger disappointment by losing out to South Korea on penalties in the quarter-finals of the 2002 World Cup. This led to his resignation of the national team which was taken over by Iñaki Sáez.
After that, Camacho was appointed the new coach of S.L. Benfica on 29 November 2002. He replaced Jesualdo Ferreira, who was sacked after a poor start of his team. Two years later, his team won the Portuguese Cup, against the F.C. Porto of José Mourinho, in the extra-time, and were the runners-up of the Portuguese SuperLiga. He became very popular among the fans of Benfica thanks to his professional manners and strong attitude, which he passed to the players. He also showed a very human side, when he deeply cried after Miklós Fehér death, short after Camacho put him in the field.
[edit] Real Madrid Return
Camacho went on to coach Real Madrid again, signing a two-year contract after a disappointing fourth-place finish in the 2003–2004 Spanish La Liga which led to the sacking of Carlos Queiroz. But things started to go wrong again, after his side suffered a 3–0 defeat at Bayer Leverkusen in the UEFA Champions League and had a 1–0 defeat at Espanyol four days later. Shortly after that he resigned and was replaced by his assistant Mariano García Remón.[1]
Following Fernando Santos' mutual agreement termination of contract with Benfica, after a 1–1 away draw with Leixões S.C. on the first matchday, Camacho rejoined the club as manager–coach.
However, following a poor string of results, and claiming he was no longer able to motivate the team, Camacho announced he would leave Benfica minutes after drawing a home match against bottom-placed União de Leiria on 9 March 2008.
He has recently been a co-commentator on Spanish TV network Cuatro, during the Euro 2008 championships. During their 1–0 win over Germany in the final, he shouted "Goal!" just before Fernando Torres scored, which saw Spain become champions for the first time since 1964.
On 13 October 2008, after José Ángel Ziganda's dismissal, Camacho became the new manager of CA Osasuna.
[edit] Honours
[edit] Player
- Real Madrid
- UEFA Cup: 1984–85, 1985–86
- Spanish League: 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89
- Spanish Cup: 1973–74, 1974–75, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1988–89
- Spanish League Cup: 1984–85
- Spanish Supercup: 1988, 1989
[edit] Manager
- Benfica
- Portuguese Cup: 2003–04
[edit] References
- ^ "Camacho quits Real". BBC Sport. 2004-09-20. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/3671372.stm. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
[edit] External links
- BDFutbol player profile
- BDFutbol coach profile
- National team data (Spanish)
- NationalFootballTeams data
- Biography at Real Madrid Fans (Spanish)
- Real Madrid biography (Spanish)
- International appearances, at rsssf
- José Antonio Camacho FIFA competition record
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