Miguel González Pérez (27 April 1927 – 6 July 2021) was a Spanish

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

player and manager.

Career

Born in

Santa Cruz de La Palma Santa Cruz de la Palma (Spanish for ''Holy Cross of La Palma'') is a city and a municipality on the east coast of the island of La Palma in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife of the Canary Islands. Santa Cruz de la Palma is the second-largest ...

, González played as a

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for Mensajero, Iberia, Victoria,

Atlético Madrid Club Atlético de Madrid, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), known simply as Atleti in the Spanish-speaking world and commonly referred to at international level as Atlético Madrid, is a Spanish profess ...

Real Oviedo Real Oviedo is a Spanish football club based in Oviedo, Asturias. Founded on 26 March 1926 as a result of the merger of two clubs who had maintained a large sporting rivalry for years in the city: ''Real Stadium Club Ovetense'' and ''Real Club De ...

, Real Zaragoza and Real Murcia. With Atlético Madrid he scored 73 goals in 252 games, winning two league titles and one Cup. He scored 2 goals in 15 games for the Spain national team between 1953 and 1958. He later worked as a manager with

(having previously served as assistant), Real Betis, Hércules and

Getafe Deportivo Club Getafe Deportivo was a Spanish football club based in Getafe, a city in the Madrid metropolitan area, Spain. Founded in 1923 and refounded in 1946, it played six seasons in Segunda División, dissolving in 1983 and being replaced by Getafe ...

. He died on 6 July 2021 in Madrid, aged 94. At the time he was Atlético Madrid's oldest former player.

References

1927 births 2021 deaths Spanish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Spain men's international footballers CD Mensajero players Atlético Madrid footballers Real Oviedo players Real Zaragoza players Real Murcia CF players La Liga players Segunda División players Spanish football managers Atlético Madrid non-playing staff Atlético Madrid managers Real Betis managers Hércules CF managers People from La Palma Footballers from the Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife {{Spain-footy-bio-stub