Michel Gonzalez

José Miguel González Martín del Campo (Madrid, March 23, 1963), better known as Míchel, is a former international soccer player and Spanish coach. As a footballer, he occupied the right-interior demarcation and was part of what is known as Real Madrid's "quinta del Buitre", which took the name of striker Emilio Butragueño. He was international with the Spanish team in 66 games and scored 21 goals. After his retirement, he was part of the commentary team for Televisión Española together with José Ángel de la Casa, in the narration of football matches from 1994 to 2005.

After a spell as a coach at Real Madrid Castilla, he was the director of the white club's academy, resigning from his position on December 3, 2008 due to disagreements with President Ramón Calderón, due to interference in his sphere of activity responsibility. On the bench, his most outstanding achievement was qualifying for the Europa League, which he achieved as coach of Getafe in the 2009/10 campaign.

Married to Mercedes Morales, also from Madrid, they have two children, one of whom, Adrián, also trained in the youth ranks of Real Madrid and played for Getafe until the 2010/11 season, coinciding for a period with his father as team coach.

Career as a footballer

Real Madrid C.F.

Trained in the lower categories of Real Madrid CF since 1976, he made his debut in the First Division on April 11, 1982, due to a strike by professional footballers that forced the subsidiary teams to play the 32nd matchday, and won the Real Madrid winning goal against CD Castellón. He did not play for the first team again until 1984, remaining in it until 1996 and playing a total of 404 league games in which he scored 97 goals. He was part of the so-called "Quinta del Buitre".

In 1987 he was ranked 4th in the Ballon d'Or behind Emilio Butragueño (3), Paulo Futre (2) and Ruud Gullit (1). This same year he was the top scorer in the Champions League (European Cup) with 4 goals, tied with Gheorghe Hagi.

During his long career at Real Madrid, he had controversies with different coaches and even with the fans, but his elegance and delicacy, as well as his talent for supplying balls to Hugo Sánchez, among others, made the player one of the essentials in the club and in the Spanish team. At a European level, his football rivalry with Paolo Maldini, a full-back for AC Milan, is well known, of whom Michel went so far as to say that he had been the best defender he had ever come across.

Retreat

After leaving Real Madrid, he went to Atlético Celaya in Mexico, where former teammates such as Emilio Butragueño and Hugo Sánchez already played. He hung up his boots after finishing the 1996/97 season.

Career as a coach

Rayo Vallecano

In the summer of 2005, Míchel changed the microphones for the bench when he signed as coach of Rayo Vallecano de Madrid, at that time in Second Division B, with which he did not achieve the goal of promotion to Second Division, leaving the team even outside the "play-off" positions.

Real Madrid

Later, with the arrival of Ramón Calderón as president of Real Madrid CF in 2006, he accepted the position of coach of the reserve team in the Second Division, which ended up being relegated that season to the bronze category. After a year in The position offered him the possibility of being director of the Madrid youth academy, a position he held until December 3, 2008, when he resigned.

Getafe

On April 27, 2009, he replaced Víctor Muñoz as coach of Getafe CF, managing to save the Azulón team from relegation by adding 8 points in the last 5 games, which earned him his renewal. In the following season, in 2009/10, qualified the Madrid team to play in the UEFA Europa League and achieved the best league position in the club's history after finishing in sixth position. His last campaign in Getafe was 2010/11, in which, Despite keeping Geta in the First Division, the president decided not to renew his contract after an irregular second round.

Sevilla

On February 7, 2012, he was hired as coach of Sevilla FC after the dismissal of Marcelino García Toral, which left the team at 13.er place after 21 games. Sportingly, he was unable to take the team to European competitions, as they finished as 9th place, but the Sevilla club trusted him for the 2012-13 season. However, the results continued to be unmatched in the local championship and Míchel was fired at the end of the first round of the League, after falling 2-0 at Mestalla with Valencia CF. The Andalusian team was in twelfth position, having collected twenty-two points in nineteen games, obtaining six wins, four draws and nine losses. On January 14, 2013, the dismissal of Míchel as Sevilla coach and the hiring of Unai Emery as his replacement on the rojiblanco bench for the rest of the season and the following one was announced.

Olympiacos

On February 4, 2013, he joined Olympiacos as the new coach of the Hellenic team for the remainder of the season and two more. On March 10, on matchday 25, he was proclaimed champion of the Greek Super League With 5 days to go before the end of the championship, a title to which they added the National Cup. The Greek team revalidated the League title the following season, reaching the round of 16 of the Champions League (it was eliminated by an aggregate result 3-2 against Manchester United).

Olympique de Marseille

On August 19, 2015, he committed to Olympique de Marseille until 2017. His debut at the Stade Vélodrome was successful, as his team thrashed Troyes 6-0. However, the results did not accompany him in the following games, for which he was criticized. The French team finished the first round of Ligue 1 2015-16 as 10th classified. Although he managed to get Olympique de Marseille out of the relegation places that it occupied upon arrival, making it a more solid team, the results at home and the unattractive game were reproached, since the team had gone 7 months without winning in its stadium and was still anchored in the area middle of the table, far from the European positions to which the club aspires. Finally, after being eliminated from the Europa League and not winning any of his last 10 league games, Míchel was fired on April 19, 2016, leaving to OM as 15th classified with 40 points in 34 days.

Málaga CF

On March 7, 2017, his transfer to Málaga CF became official. He joined the Andalusian team when they were flirting with the relegation places, and although he began by adding just one point in 3 games, he later went on to win 4 in 5 days that catapulted him to permanence. In the 2017-18 season, Míchel's Málaga had a disastrous start to the season, achieving a single point in the first 9 days. He was dismissed on January 13, 2018, after finish the first round of the League as bottom team, with 11 points after 19 games.

Pumas UNAM

On May 16, 2019, it was confirmed that he would be the new coach of Pumas UNAM of Mexico, signing for 2 seasons and replacing Bruno Marioni. On July 23, 2020, he announced his resignation as coach of Pumas due to personal and family reasons.

Getafe

On May 27, 2021, his return to Getafe CF was announced, replacing José Bordalás. On October 4, 2021, after adding just one point in the first 8 league games, he was sacked, leaving the Madrid team in the last position of the qualifying table.

Olympiacos

On September 21, 2022, he signed as manager of Olympiacos of the Greek Super League, returning to the club 7 years later. On April 3, 2023, he resigned from his position, leaving the team 3rd in the round for the championship.

National team

He was international with the lower categories of the Spanish soccer team, achieving a runner-up finish in the Under-21 Euro Cup held in 1984. As a full international, he made his debut in Zaragoza in 1985 against Austria and was the undisputed starter for the following 66 games, except for a friendly match that he missed due to injury, until the then coach Javier Clemente stopped counting on him.

Míchel stood out for being one of the top scorers of the Spanish team, managing to score 21 goals, without forgetting the goal assists that he generously lavished. In addition, he was present at two World Cups and one Euro Cup; In the 1986 World Cup he scored a ghost goal against Brazil, which was not conceded although the images of the play showed that he crossed the goal line, and became, along with Emilio Butragueño, one of the best players in the championship. At Italy 1990 he achieved his best scoring record in a game, after scoring a hat-trick against South Korea.

Statistics

Clubs

Updated data to end of sports career.

Club	Div	Season	League			Cups (1)			International (2)			Total (3)			Media Shotgun
			Part.	Goles	Assist.	Part.	Goles	Assist.	Part.	Goles	Assist.	Part.	Goles	Assist.
Real Madrid Amateurs SpainSpain
	Pref.	1980-81	-	-	-	-	-	-	Inaccessible			-	-	-	-
	Total club		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Castilla C. F. SpainSpain
	2. a	1981-82	36	7	?	-	-	-	-	-	-	36	7	?	0.19
		1982-83	35	5	?	4	1	?	-	-	-	39	6	?	0.15
		1983-84	37	13	?	4	-	?	-	-	-	41	13	?	0.32
	Total club		108	25	?	8	1	?	0	0	0	116	26	?	0.22
Real Madrid C. F. SpainSpain
	1. a	1981-82	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	0	1,00
		1984-85	26	2	?	8	2	?	9	3	?	43	7	?	0.16
		1985-86	31	7	?	5	-	?	12	1	?	48	8	?	0.19
		1986-87	44	5	?	6	2	?	8	-	?	58	7	?	0.10
		1987-88	35	14	?	7	1	?	8	4	?	50	19	?	0.38
		1988-89	36	13	?	10	2	?	5	-	?	51	15	?	0.29
		1989-90	37	8	?	6	-	?	3	2	?	46	10	?	0.22
		1990-91	36	8	?	4	1	?	6	1	?	46	10	?	0.22
		1991-92	38	10	?	6	3	?	10	2	?	54	15	?	0.30
		1992-93	37	9	?	6	1	?	8	3	?	51	13	?	0.25
		1993-94	37	11	?	6	1	?	6	2	?	49	14	?	0.29
		1994-95	13	2	?	-	-	-	5	-	?	18	2	?	0.12
		1995-96	33	6	?	3	1	?	8	1	?	44	8	?	0.20
	Total club		404	97	120	67	13	?	88	20	?	559	130	?	0.23
Athletic Celaya Mexico Mexico
	1. a	1996-97	34	9	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	34	9	10	0.26
	Total club		34	9	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	34	9	10	0.23
Total career			546	131	?	75	14	?	88	20	?	709	165	?	0.23
(1) Includes data from the Spanish King and Super Cup (1982-96); League Cup (1984-86). In case of a subsidiary team it also includes data from the League II Cup (1982-84). (2) Includes data from the UEFA Cup (1983-95) / European Recoup (1993-94) / Champions League (1986-96). (3) It does not include goals in friendly matches.

Selections

Participations in final phases

He participated in two Euro Cup events, although the 1984 one was in the sub-21 category (being runner-up), and in two World Cups. In them he managed to score a total of six goals in seventeen games.

Competition	Category	Headquarters	Outcome	Parties	Goles
Eurocopa sub-21 1984	Sub-21	SpainSpain / EnglandEngland	Subfield	5	1
1986 World Cup	Absolute	Mexico Mexico	Final rooms	5	0
Euro 1988	Absolute	GermanyGermany	First phase	3	1
1990 World Cup	Absolute	ItalyItaly	Final Octavos	4	4
Total	1 subfield			17	6

Coach

Updated according to the last party led 2 April 2023.

Equipment	Div.	Season	League						Cup					International						Other					Totals
			Part.	G	E	P	Pos.		Part.	G	E	P		Part.	G	E	P	Pos.		Part.	G	E	P		Part.	G	E	P	Performance	GF	GC	Dif.
Rayo Vallecano SpainSpain	2.a B	2005-06	38	16	14	8	5.o		4	2	0	2		-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-		42	18	14	10	53.97%	52	37	+15
	Total		38	16	14	8	-		4	2	0	2		-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-		42	18	14	10	53.97%	52	37	+15
Real Madrid SpainSpain	2. a	2006-07	42	13	10	19	19.		-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-		42	13	10	19	38.89%	55	67	-12
	Total		42	13	10	19	-		-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-		42	13	10	19	38.89%	55	67	-12
Getafe SpainSpain	1. a	2008-09	5	2	2	1	17.		-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-		5	2	2	1	53.33%	7	4	+3
		2009-10	38	17	7	14	6.o		8	4	1	3		-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-		46	21	8	17	51.45%	70	56	+14
		2010-11	38	12	8	18	16.		4	1	2	1		8	3	2	3	FG		-	-	-	-		50	16	12	22	40%	59	74	-15
Sevilla SpainSpain	1. a	2011-12	17	7	3	7	9.		-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-		17	7	3	7	47.06%	26	23	+3
		2012-13	19	6	4	9	Inc.		4	3	0	1		-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-		23	9	4	10	44.93%	35	31	+4
	Total		36	13	7	16	-		4	3	0	1		-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-		40	16	7	17	45.83%	61	54	+7
Olympiacos GreeceGreece	1. a	2012-13	10	8	2	0	1.o		5	5	0	0		2	0	0	2	1/16		-	-	-	-		17	13	2	2	80.39%	34	11	+23
		2013-14	34	28	2	4	1.o		8	5	2	1		8	4	1	3	1/8		-	-	-	-		50	37	5	8	77.33%	118	37	+81
		2014-15	16	11	3	2	Inc.		2	1	1	0		6	3	0	3	Inc.		-	-	-	-		24	15	4	5	68.06%	49	26	+23
Olympique de Marseille France	1. a	2015-16	32	8	16	8	Inc.		6	4	1	1		8	4	1	3	1/16		-	-	-	-		46	16	18	12	47.82%	69	55	+14
	Total		32	8	16	8	-		6	4	1	1		8	4	1	3	-		-	-	-	-		46	16	18	12	47.82%	69	55	+14
Malaga SpainSpain	1. a	2016-17	12	6	2	4	11.		-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-		12	6	2	4	55.56%	17	12	+5
		2017-18	19	3	2	14	Inc.		2	0	1	1		-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-		21	3	3	15	19.05%	15	36	-21
	Total		31	9	4	18	-		2	0	1	1		-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-		33	9	5	19	32.32 per cent	32	48	-16
Pumas UNAM Mexico Mexico	1. a	2019-A	18	6	5	7	13.		-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-		18	6	5	7	42.59%	21	20	+1
		2020-C	10	4	3	3	Null		6	3	2	1		-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-		16	7	5	4	54.17%	30	25	+5
	Total		28	10	8	10	-		6	3	2	1		-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-		34	13	10	11	48.04%	51	45	+6
Getafe SpainSpain	1. a	2021-22	8	0	1	7	Inc.		-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-		8	0	1	7	4.17%	3	13	-10
	Total		89	31	18	40	-		12	5	3	4		8	3	2	3	-		-	-	-	-		109	39	23	47	42.81%	139	147	-8
Olympiacos GreeceGreece	1. a	2022-23	23	15	7	1	Inc.		5	3	1	1		4	0	2	2	FG		-	-	-	-		32	18	10	4	66.67%	60	24	+36
	Total		83	62	14	7	-		20	14	4	2		20	7	3	10	-		-	-	-	-		123	83	21	19	73.17%	261	98	+163
Total in your career			379	162	91	126	-		54	31	11	12		36	14	6	16	-		-	-	-	-		469	207	108	154	51.82%	720	551	+169
↑ Includes King Cup, Greece Cup, France Cup, France League Cup and MX Cup ↑ Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA European League

Summary by competitions

Updated according to the last party led 2 April 2023.

Palmares and distinctions

National titles

Title	Club	Year
League Cup	Real Madrid C. F.	1985
League Championship		1986
League Championship		1987
League Championship		1988
Supercopa		1988
League Championship		1989
Cup		1989
Supercopa		1989
League Championship		1990
Supercopa		1990
Cup		1993
Supercopa		1993
League Championship		1995

International Titles

Title	Equipment	Year
UEFA Cup	Real Madrid C. F.	1985
UEFA Cup		1986
Ibero-American Cup		1994

As a coach

Title	Equipment	Year
League Championship	Olympiakos F. C.	2013
Greece Cup		2013
League Championship		2014

Individual awards

• Best Spanish Player of the League: 1986
• Golden Ball: 4th in 1987
• Europe Cup top scorer: 1988
• FIFA World Cup Bronze Boot: 1990.