Miguel Pardeza

Miguel Pardeza

Personal information
Full name	Miguel Pardeza Pichardo
Date of birth	8 February 1965 (1965-02-08)
Place of birth	La Palma del Condado, Spain
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Forward
Youth career
1979–1982	Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1982–1985	Castilla	36	(11)
1984–1987	Real Madrid	28	(5)
1985–1986	→ Zaragoza (loan)	26	(5)
1987–1997	Zaragoza	271	(71)
1997–1999	Puebla	36	(6)
National team
1980–1981	Spain U16	3	(1)
1982–1983	Spain U18	13	(1)
1986	Spain U21	3	(0)
1987–1988	Spain U23	2	(0)
1989–1990	Spain	5	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Pardeza and the second or maternal family name is Pichardo.

Miguel Pardeza Pichardo (born 8 February 1965) is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a forward.

He was part of Real Madrid's generation of footballers known as Quinta del Buitre, but spent the better part of his career at Real Zaragoza. After retiring as a player, he returned to his first club, in directorial capacities.

Pardeza was part of the Spanish squad at the 1990 World Cup in Italy.

Club career

Born in La Palma del Condado, Province of Huelva, Pardeza was a youth system graduate from Real Madrid, making his first-team debuts during the 1983–84 season. After a loan at Real Zaragoza, he returned, helping with 25 games and five goals to the side's 1987 national league conquest.

In 1987–88, Pardeza joined Zaragoza permanently, going on two develop into one of the Aragonese outfit's most prominent players, as an offensive player with skills, vision and netting ability (he scored in double figures in four seasons). During the 1994–95 campaign, he scored 11 La Liga goals, while also helping the club to that season's UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, against Arsenal.

After a quick spell with Mexico's Puebla FC, where he rejoined former Zaragoza teammate Francisco Higuera, Pardeza retired in 1999, aged 34. In June 2002, he became technical director of former side Real Zaragoza. Seven years later, he rejoined first team Real Madrid, in the same capacity, following Florentino Pérez's return as president.

International career

After playing at youth and Olympic level, Pardeza earned five caps for the Spain national team from 11 October 1989 (Hungary 2 – Spain 2, in a 1990 FIFA World Cup qualifier in Budapest) to June 1990, as he appeared two minutes in the 2–1 success against Belgium, in the final stages in Italy.

Honours

Real Madrid

• Spanish League: 1986–87

Zaragoza

• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1994–95
• Spanish Cup: 1985–86, 1993–94

Outside football

After four years of law studies and Hispanic philology at the University of Zaragoza (1994–99), Pardeza prepared a thesis on César González Ruano, a Spanish journalist/writer. He also collaborated with newspapers and radios, an was a speaker for the Association of Spanish Footballers (AFE) from 1990, acting as its Secretary-General since 1996.

External links

• BDFutbol profile
• National team data (Spanish)
• Miguel Pardeza at National-Football-Teams.com
• Stats at Medio Tiempo (Spanish)