Manuel Zúñiga
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Manuel Zúñiga Fernández | ||
Date of birth | 29 June 1960 | ||
Place of birth | Luciana, Spain | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Calvo Sotelo | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1977–1979 | Calvo Sotelo | 26 | (3) |
1979–1988 | Español | 259 | (18) |
1981 | → Cádiz (loan) | 10 | (3) |
1988–1991 | Sevilla | 64 | (1) |
1991–1993 | Sabadell | 24 | (1) |
1993–1996 | Écija | 84 | (0) |
Total | 467 | (26) | |
International career | |||
1977–1978 | Spain U18 | 10 | (0) |
1979 | Spain U19 | 3 | (0) |
1979 | Spain U20 | 3 | (1) |
1979–1987 | Spain U21 | 6 | (0) |
1980 | Spain amateur | 1 | (0) |
1986–1988 | Spain U23 | 4 | (2) |
Managerial career | |||
2010–2011 | Écija | ||
2011–2012 | Puertollano | ||
2012–2013 | San Roque | ||
2013–2014 | Caudal | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Template:Spanish name 2 Manuel Zúñiga Fernández (born 29 June 1960) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a right midfielder, and a current manager.
He amassed La Liga totals of 323 games and 19 goals over the course of 12 seasons, mainly with Espanyol (nine years) but also Sevilla. He subsequently workeed as a coach, in the lower leagues.
Club career
Zúñiga was born in Luciana, Ciudad Real. After starting professionally with lowly CD Calvo Sotelo in the third division, he moved in 1979 for RCD Español, being immediately cast in the team's rotation at just 19.
After only three matches in his second season, which also included a loan to Cádiz CF, he went on to average more 30 La Liga matches per season in the following years, including 43 – with two goals – in 1986–87 as the Catalans qualified for the UEFA Cup; in the subsequent continental competition, he helped them reach the final, but missed his penalty in the shootout, in an eventual loss against Bayer 04 Leverkusen.[1]
In the following three years, Zúñiga played for fellow league club Sevilla FC, where he still was regularly used. After the 1991–92 campaign, spent with CE Sabadell FC in the second level, he moved to Écija Balompié, helping it promote to division two in 1995 and partnering Real Betis and Real Madrid legend Rafael Gordillo in 1995–96, following which he retired at the age of 36.
Subsequently, Zúñiga worked as a manager, never in higher than the third tier.
International career
A longtime Spanish under-21 international, Zúñiga never gained however a single cap for the full side. He did represent the nation at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
References
- ^ Manuel ZUÑIGA; Hall of Fame Perico, 17 April 2009 Template:Es icon
External links
- Manuel Zúñiga at BDFutbol
- Manuel Zúñiga manager profile at BDFutbol
- Stats and bio at Cadistas1910 Template:Es icon
- Manuel Zúñiga – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Use dmy dates from October 2012
- 1960 births
- Living people
- People from the Province of Ciudad Real
- Spanish footballers
- Association football midfielders
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- CD Puertollano footballers
- RCD Espanyol footballers
- Cádiz CF players
- Sevilla FC players
- CE Sabadell footballers
- Écija Balompié players
- Spain youth international footballers
- Spain under-21 international footballers
- Spain under-23 international footballers
- Spain amateur international footballers
- Olympic footballers of Spain
- Footballers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Spanish football managers
- Écija Balompié managers
- CD Puertollano managers