Miguel Pardeza
Pardeza receiving an honorary award at the University of Zaragoza
Personal information
Full name Miguel Pardeza Pichardo
Date of birth (1965-02-08) 8 February 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth La Palma del Condado, Spain
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1979–1982 Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1985 Castilla 69 (14)
1984–1987 Real Madrid 28 (5)
1985–1986 → Zaragoza (loan) 26 (5)
1987–1997 Zaragoza 271 (71)
1997–1999 Puebla 36 (6)
Total 430 (101)
International career
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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

He was part of Real Madrid's generation of footballers known as La Quinta del Buitre,[1] 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.

Having appeared in 325 La Liga matches over 13 seasons (81 goals scored), Pardeza was part of the Spain squad at the 1990 World Cup.

Club career

Born in La Palma del Condado, Province of Huelva,[2] Pardeza was a youth system graduate at Real Madrid, making his first-team debut during the 1983–84 season. After a loan at Real Zaragoza[2] he returned to the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, contributing 25 games and five goals to the club's 1987 national league conquest.[3]

With the 1987–88 campaign already underway, Pardeza signed a permanent five-year contract with Zaragoza,[4] going on to become one of the Aragonese team's most prominent members as an attacking player with skills, vision and netting ability (he scored in double figures in four seasons). In 1994–95 he netted 11 La Liga goals, while also helping them to that season's UEFA Cup Winners' Cup against Arsenal.[5]

After a quick spell with Mexico's Puebla FC, where he rejoined former Zaragoza teammate Francisco Higuera,[6][7] Pardeza retired in 1999 at age 34. In June 2002, he became technical director of his former side Zaragoza[8] and, seven years later, he rejoined his first club Real Madrid in the same capacity, following Florentino Pérez's return as president.[9]

International career

After playing at youth and Olympic level, Pardeza earned five caps for Spain. He made his debut on 11 October 1989 in a 2–2 draw against Hungary in Budapest for the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualifiers,[10] and his last appearance came in the finals in Italy on 21 June 1990, as he appeared two minutes in the 2–1 victory over Belgium.[11]

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 [es], a Spanish journalist/writer.[12] He also collaborated with newspapers and radios, and was a speaker for the Association of Spanish Footballers from 1990, acting as its secretary-general since 1996.[13]

Honours

Real Madrid

Zaragoza

References

  1. ^ Suárez, Orfeo (23 March 2013). "La Quinta entra en los 50" [The Cohort hits 50]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b La Casa, Rafa (19 June 2022). "Miguel Pardeza: "No entiendo por qué es noticia que un jugador lea un libro"" [Miguel Pardeza: "I do not understand why players reading a book is considered news"]. El Confidencial (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  3. ^ a b Martín, Agustín (15 July 2020). "Las 34 Ligas del Real Madrid" [Real Madrid's 34 Leagues]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  4. ^ González, José Damian (14 October 1987). "El Madrid traspasa a Pardeza al Zaragoza" [Madrid transfer Pardeza to Zaragoza]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  5. ^ a b "¿Qué fue de 'los héroes de París'?" [What happened to the 'heroes of Paris'?]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). 4 May 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  6. ^ Gascón, Javier (8 January 1992). "Pardeza e Higuera, tal para cual" [Pardeza and Higuera, cut from the same cloth] (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  7. ^ "España y Puebla, un romance añejo" [Spain and Puebla, old romance] (in Spanish). Medio Tiempo. 26 July 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  8. ^ Alcaide, Jesús (5 January 2008). "Pardeza: 'Este Madrid es musculoso'" [Pardeza: 'This Madrid is buffed']. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  9. ^ "Pardeza, nuevo director deportivo del Real Madrid" [Pardeza, new Real Madrid director of football]. El País (in Spanish). 1 June 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  10. ^ Ortego, Enrique (1 May 2020). "La 'Quinta del Buitre', de héroes a villanos" [The 'Vulture's Cohort', from heroes to villains]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  11. ^ Santos, M. A. (22 June 1990). "¡España, campeona de grupo!" [Spain, group champions!]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  12. ^ García, Francisco (3 June 2009). "Cuando Pardeza descubrió a Ruano" [When Pardeza found Ruano]. La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  13. ^ "Raúl, vicepresidente primero de la nueva junta directiva" [Raúl, first vice president of new board of directors]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 6 May 2005. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  14. ^ Clavero, Javier (17 May 2017). "Adiós al Calderón, un estadio talismán" [Farewell to the Calderón, talisman ground]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 June 2023.

External links

Spain squad – 1990 FIFA World Cup
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winning captains
Authority control databases
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