Vicente Mir
Personal information
Full name Vicente Mir Arnau
Date of birth (1968-06-03) 3 June 1968 (age 55)
Place of birth Meliana, Spain
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Torrent (manager)
Youth career
1977–1979 Meliana
1979–1987 Valencia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1992 Mestalla
1990–1991 → Palamós (loan) 29 (3)
1991 Valencia 1 (0)
1992–1995 Elche 78 (22)
1995–1996 Alcoyano 36 (11)
1996–1997 Mar Menor 36 (11)
1997–1999 Yeclano 64 (8)
1999–2001 Benidorm 32 (0)
2001–2002 Villajoyosa
Managerial career
2004 Benidorm (youth)
2005–2007 Torrellano
2007–2009 Alicante B
2009–2010 Valencia (youth)
2010–2011 Valencia B
2012–2015 Elche B
2016 Hércules
2017 Murcia
2017 Elche
2018–2019 Alcoyano
2019–2020 Hércules
2020–2021 Águilas
2021–2022 Saguntino
2022– Torrent
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vicente Mir Arnau (born 3 June 1968) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a forward, currently manager of Torrent CF.

Apart from one appearance for Valencia in La Liga, he spent his entire career as a player and manager in the lower divisions, totalling 52 goals in 246 Segunda División B games in service of five clubs.

In 2004, Mir started working as a coach.

Playing career

Born in Meliana, Valencian Community, Mir was a youth product of local giants Valencia CF. After several seasons as a senior with the reserves he started his professional career with Palamós CF of the Segunda División, on loan.[1]

Upon his return to the Che for the 1991–92 campaign, Mir was again almost exclusively associated with the B side. Main squad manager Guus Hiddink handed him his La Liga debut on 8 September 1991, and he played 31 minutes in a 1–0 away loss against Albacete Balompié after coming on as a substitute for Rommel Fernández.[2]

Mir spent the remainder of his career in the Spanish lower leagues, competing almost exclusively in his native region and representing mainly Elche CF (three seasons). He retired at the end of 2001–02 with Villajoyosa CF, in the Tercera División.

Coaching career

Mir was appointed director of youth football at Benidorm CF in 2002, remaining in the position several years. Afterwards, he took the reins of Alicante CF's reserves, promoting from the regional championships in his first year and nearly achieving the feat the following campaign, with a team full of youngsters.[3]

For 2010–11, Mir joined Valencia B, leading the club to Segunda División B at the first attempt. He was relieved of his duties in December 2011, having recorded four wins, four draws and nine defeats during the season.[4]

In 2012, Mir moved to fellow reserve team Elche CF Ilicitano, and in his first season he led them to a historic promotion to the third division. The following campaign they went unbeaten at home, but lost the play-off place to UE Llagostera on the last day, and he was sacked following relegation in May 2015.[5]

Mir returned to the city of Alicante on 18 January 2016, being hired by third-tier club Hércules CF on 18 January 2016.[6] He was dismissed on 27 June after defeat to Cádiz CF in the play-off final.[7]

Mir was appointed by third level strugglers Real Murcia on 26 February 2017, replacing the fired Paco García.[8] After guiding them to the playoffs he switched to Elche on 15 June, who dismissed him five months later.[9]

On 30 May 2018, Mir was named CD Alcoyano manager.[10] He left the following 27 February by mutual consent, when a 4–1 loss at fellow strugglers CD Teruel put the team one point off the relegation play-offs.[11]

Mir returned for a second spell at Hércules on 9 December 2019, replacing Jesús Muñoz who had been fired earlier the same day.[12] He lasted only until the following 11 February when, within 24 hours of a public vote of confidence from the board, he was dismissed from a team five points adrift in the relegation places.[13]

Managerial statistics

As of 18 February 2024
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Torrellano 1 July 2005 30 June 2007 72 35 17 20 119 77 +42 048.61 [14]
Alicante B 1 July 2007 30 June 2009 78 36 30 12 112 60 +52 046.15 [15]
Valencia B 1 July 2010 13 December 2011 57 31 15 11 108 61 +47 054.39 [16]
Elche B 6 June 2012 21 May 2015 118 47 33 38 149 131 +18 039.83 [17]
Hércules 18 January 2016 27 June 2016 22 13 5 4 33 16 +17 059.09 [18]
Murcia 26 February 2017 15 June 2017 15 9 4 2 29 11 +18 060.00 [19]
Elche 15 June 2017 13 November 2017 18 9 6 3 30 17 +13 050.00 [20]
Alcoyano 30 May 2018 27 February 2019 26 6 11 9 20 29 −9 023.08 [21]
Hércules 9 December 2019 11 February 2020 9 2 2 5 10 13 −3 022.22 [22]
Águilas 22 July 2020 27 April 2021 23 14 6 3 46 11 +35 060.87 [23]
Saguntino 18 October 2021 28 June 2022 32 17 10 5 44 25 +19 053.13 [24]
Torrent 26 October 2022 Present 52 27 12 13 68 44 +24 051.92 [25]
Total 522 246 151 125 768 495 +273 047.13 —

References

  1. ^ "Ficha de Vicente Mir" [Vicente Mir profile] (in Spanish). CiberChe. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  2. ^ Líbero, Pedro (9 September 1991). "Triunfo histórico de un debutante" [Historical win for newcomers]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  3. ^ Penadés, José Manuel (18 November 2008). "Si hubiera tenido el título podría haber dirigido al primer equipo" [If I had the licence I might have been able to coach the first team]. La Verdad (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 March 2012.
  4. ^ "Vicente Mir, destituido como entrenador del Mestalla" [Vicente Mir, dismissed as Mestalla manager]. Las Provincias (in Spanish). 13 December 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
  5. ^ "El Elche no cuenta con Vicente Mir como entrenador del filial" [Elche no longer require Vicente Mir as reserve manager]. Diario Información (in Spanish). 21 May 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Vicente Mir, nuevo entrenador del Hércules tras la destitución de Herrero" [Vicente Mir, Hércules' new manager after Herrero's dismissal]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 18 January 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  7. ^ "El Hércules prescinde de Vicente Mir tras quedar anclado en Segunda B" [Hércules get rid of Vicente Mir after staying put in Segunda B]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 27 June 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  8. ^ Vera, José Antonio (26 February 2017). "El Real Murcia despide a Paco García y Vicente Mir será el nuevo entrenador grana" [Real Murcia fire Paco García and Vicente Mir will be the new grana coach] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  9. ^ Morago, José (13 November 2017). "El Elche C.F. destituye a Vicente Mir" [Elche C.F. dismiss Vicente Mir] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  10. ^ "Vicente Mir firma con el CD Alcoyano" [Vicente Mir signs with CD Alcoyano] (in Spanish). CD Alcoyano. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  11. ^ Casañ, Joan (27 February 2019). "Vicente Mir se desvincula del Alcoyano y el club apuesta por un ex jugador" [Vicente Mir cuts ties with Alcoyano and the club bets on a former player] (in Spanish). Golsmedia. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  12. ^ "Vicente Mir, nuevo entrenador del Hércules" [Vicente Mir, new Hércules coach] (in Spanish). Hércules CF. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  13. ^ Manteca, Óscar (11 February 2020). "El Hércules destituye a Vicente Mir" [Hércules dismiss Vicente Mir] (in Spanish). Alicante Plaza. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  14. ^ "Regional Preferente Valenciana (Grupo 4) 2005–06" [Regional Preferente Valenciana (Group 4) 2005–06] (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
    "Regional Preferente Valenciana (Grupo 4) 2006–07" [Regional Preferente Valenciana (Group 4) 2006–07] (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
    "Fase de ascenso a Tercera Valenciana 2006–07" [Promotion phase to Tercera Valenciana 2006–07] (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  15. ^ "Regional Preferente Valenciana (Grupo 4) 2007–08" [Regional Preferente Valenciana (Group 4) 2007–08] (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
    "Fase de ascenso a Tercera Valenciana 2007–08" [Promotion phase to Tercera Valenciana 2007–08] (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
    "Tercera División (Grupo 6) 2008–09" [Tercera División (Group 6) 2008–09] (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
    "Fase de ascenso a Segunda División B 2008–09" [Promotion phase to Segunda División B 2008–09] (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  16. ^ "Tercera División (Grupo 6) 2010–11" [Tercera División (Group 6) 2010–11] (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
    "Fase de ascenso a Segunda División B 2010–11" [Promotion phase to Segunda División B 2010–11] (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
    "Mir: Vicente Mir Arnau". BDFutbol. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  17. ^ "Tercera División (Grupo 6) 2012–13" [Tercera División (Group 6) 2012–13] (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
    "Fase de ascenso a Segunda División B 2012–13" [Promotion phase to Segunda División B 2012–13] (in Spanish). Futbolme. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
    "Mir: Vicente Mir Arnau". BDFutbol. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
    "Mir: Vicente Mir Arnau". BDFutbol. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  18. ^ "Mir: Vicente Mir Arnau". BDFutbol. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  19. ^ "Mir: Vicente Mir Arnau". BDFutbol. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  20. ^ "Mir: Vicente Mir Arnau". BDFutbol. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  21. ^ "Mir: Vicente Mir Arnau". BDFutbol. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  22. ^ "Mir: Vicente Mir Arnau". BDFutbol. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  23. ^ "Águilas FC" (in Spanish). Resultados Fútbol. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  24. ^ "Atlético Saguntino" (in Spanish). Resultados Fútbol. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  25. ^ "Torrent CF" (in Spanish). Resultados Fútbol. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
    "Mir: Vicente Mir Arnau". BDFutbol. Retrieved 19 October 2023.

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