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Miguel Pardeza Personal information Full name Miguel Pardeza Pichardo Date of birth 8 February 1965 Place of birth La Palma del Condado, Spain Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) Playing position Forward Youth career 1979–1982 Real Madrid Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1982–1985 Castilla 36 (11) 1984–1987 Real Madrid 28 (5) 1985–1986 → Zaragoza (loan) 26 (5) 1987–1997 Zaragoza 271 (71) 1997–1999 Puebla 36 (6) National team 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) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Pardeza and the second or maternal family name is Pichardo.Miguel Pardeza Pichardo (born 8 February 1965) is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a forward.
He was part of Real Madrid's generation of footballers known as Quinta del Buitre, 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.
Pardeza was part of the Spanish squad at the 1990 World Cup in Italy.
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Club career
Born in La Palma del Condado, Province of Huelva, Pardeza was a youth system graduate from Real Madrid, making his first-team debuts during the 1983–84 season. After a loan at Real Zaragoza, he returned, helping with 25 games and five goals to the side's 1987 national league conquest.
In 1987–88, Pardeza joined Zaragoza permanently, going on two develop into one of the Aragonese outfit's most prominent players, as an offensive player with skills, vision and netting ability (he scored in double figures in four seasons). During the 1994–95 campaign, he scored 11 La Liga goals, while also helping the club to that season's UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, against Arsenal.
After a quick spell with Mexico's Puebla FC, where he rejoined former Zaragoza teammate Francisco Higuera, Pardeza retired in 1999, aged 34. In June 2002, he became technical director of former side Real Zaragoza. Seven years later, he rejoined first team Real Madrid, in the same capacity, following Florentino Pérez's return as president.
International career
After playing at youth and Olympic level, Pardeza earned five caps for the Spain national team from 11 October 1989 (Hungary 2 – Spain 2, in a 1990 FIFA World Cup qualifier in Budapest) to June 1990, as he appeared two minutes in the 2–1 success against Belgium, in the final stages in Italy.
Honours
- Real Madrid
- Spanish League: 1986–87
- Zaragoza
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1994–95
- Spanish Cup: 1985–86, 1993–94
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, a Spanish journalist/writer. He also collaborated with newspapers and radios; he has been a speaker for the Association of Soccer Players (AFE) from 1990, acting as its secretary general since 1996.
External links
- BDFutbol profile
- National team data (Spanish)
- Miguel Pardeza at National-Football-Teams.com
- Stats at Medio Tiempo (Spanish)
Spain squad – 1990 FIFA World Cup 1 Zubizarreta • 2 Chendo • 3 Jiménez • 4 Andrinúa • 5 Sanchís • 6 Vázquez • 7 Pardeza • 8 Quique • 9 Butragueño (c) • 10 Fernando • 11 Villarroya • 12 Alkorta • 13 Ablanedo • 14 Górriz • 15 Roberto • 16 Bakero • 17 Hierro • 18 Rafa Paz • 19 Salinas • 20 Manolo • 21 Míchel • 22 Ochotorena • Coach: SuárezCategories:- 1965 births
- Living people
- People from Huelva (province)
- Spanish footballers
- Association football forwards
- La Liga footballers
- Real Madrid Juvenil footballers
- Real Madrid Castilla footballers
- Real Madrid C.F. players
- Real Zaragoza footballers
- Primera División de México players
- Puebla F.C. players
- Spain youth international footballers
- Spain under-21 international footballers
- Spain under-23 international footballers
- Spain international footballers
- 1990 FIFA World Cup players
- Spanish expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Mexico
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