Migueli

Migueli

Personal information
Full name	Miguel Bernardo Bianquetti
Date of birth	(1951-12-19) 19 December 1951
Place of birth	Ceuta, Spain
Height
Position(s)	Centre back
Youth career
	O'Donnell
	Cádiz
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1970–1973	Cádiz	77	(4)
1973–1988	Barcelona	391	(20)
Total		468	(24)
International career
1975–1976	Spain amateur	2	(0)
1974–1980	Spain	32	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Bernardo and the second or maternal family name is Bianquetti.

Miguel Bernardo Bianquetti (born 19 December 1951), known as Migueli, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender.

A player with immense physical power – he was nicknamed Tarzan– he is best known for his Barcelona spell, which lasted almost 20 professional years.

Migueli appeared with Spain at the 1978 World Cup and Euro 1980.

Club career

Migueli was born in Ceuta. After playing with Cádiz CF from 1970 to 1973, competing in Segunda División, he transferred to La Liga giants FC Barcelona, where he became an undisputed starter after just one league appearance in his first year, going on to amass 391 games in the competition (549 overall, club's all-time best until 5 January 2011, when Xavi surpassed him in a Copa del Rey match against Athletic Bilbao).

In the 1978–79 European Cup Winners' Cup final against Fortuna Düsseldorf, Migueli played parts of the match – which went to extra time – with a broken collarbone, in an eventual 4–3 win. In the 1986–87 season, already well into his 30's, he still managed to appear in 41 contests – 38 complete – and retired at the end of the following campaign, in which he added another domestic cup.

Subsequently, Migueli worked with the Catalan club's coaching staffs in the Joan Gaspart presidency.

International career

Migueli earned 32 caps and scored one goal for Spain, his debut coming on 20 November 1974 in a 2–1 win in Scotland for the UEFA Euro 1976 qualifiers. He represented the nation at the 1978 FIFA World Cup and Euro 1980, for a total of four appearances.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	16 April 1980	El Molinón, Gijón, Spain	Czechoslovakia	1–1	2–2	Friendly

Club statistics

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Cádiz	1971–72	30	0	2	1	-	-	-	-	32	1
	1972–73	37	4	3	0	-	-	-	-	40	4
	Total	67	4	5	1	-	-	-	-	72	5
Barcelona	1973–74	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	1	0
	1974–75	29	2	4	0	6	0	-	-	39	2
	1975–76	34	5	5	0	9	1	-	-	48	6
	1976–77	25	1	1	0	7	0	-	-	33	1
	1977–78	33	2	6	1	10	1	-	-	49	4
	1978–79	28	0	2	0	9	1	-	-	39	1
	1979–80	31	2	2	1	7	0	-	-	40	3
	1980–81	20	3	6	1	2	0	-	-	28	4
	1981–82	3	0	1	0	2	0	-	-	6	0
	1982–83	31	1	6	0	6	0	6	0	49	1
	1983–84	30	0	7	0	3	1	2	0	42	1
	1984–85	32	4	7	0	1	0	4	0	44	4
	1985–86	29	0	5	0	9	0	1	0	44	0
	1986–87	41	0	0	0	8	0	-	-	49	0
	1987–88	24	0	7	0	6	0	-	-	37	0
	Total	391	20	59	3	85	4	13	0	548	27
Career totals		458	24	64	4	85	4	13	0	620	32

Honours

Club

Barcelona

• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1978–79, 1981–82
• La Liga: 1973–74, 1984–85
• Copa del Rey: 1977–78, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1987–88
• Supercopa de España: 1983
• Copa de la Liga: 1982–83, 1985–86

Individual

• Best Spanish Player: 1977–78, 1984–85

External links

• Migueli profile at BDFutbol
• Migueli at National-Football-Teams.com
• Migueli – FIFA competition record
• FC Barcelona archives (Spanish)
• Spain stats at Eu-Football

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Juanito	Best Spanish player 1977–78	Succeeded by Quini