Miguel Ángel Rubio Buedo (born 31 August 1961) is a Spanish former

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who played as a

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, currently a

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Football career

Born in Cuenca,

Castilla–La Mancha Castilla–La Mancha (, , ), or Castile La Mancha, is an autonomous community of Spain. Comprising the provinces of Albacete, Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Guadalajara and Toledo, it was created in 1982. The government headquarters are in Toledo, and ...

, Rubio played exclusively for

UE Lleida Unió Esportiva Lleida was a Spanish football team based in Lleida, in the autonomous community of Catalonia. It was founded as ''Lérida Balompié-AEM'' on 30 October 1939, and became ''Unión Deportiva Lérida'' in 1947, after a merger with '' ...

during his professional career. With the

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, he experienced relegation to Segunda División B in

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, with immediate promotion, but also a

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season in 1993–94 after a 43-year absence (he only missed three matches and scored three goals, but the team went down again). At the end of the 1995–96 campaign, spent in the Segunda División, Rubio retired aged almost 35, with 530 competitive appearances to his credit. He would coach his favorite club on no fewer than four occasions – only one consecutive spell – being relegated to the third tier twice, and also managed CF Reus Deportiu,

Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa (), better known as Cultural Leonesa or La Cultural, is a Spanish football team based in León, in the autonomous community of Castile and Leon. Founded on 5 August 1923, it currently plays in Primera División RF ...

Atlético Monzón Club de Fútbol Atlético de Monzón is a Spanish football team based in Monzón, in the autonomous community of Aragon. Founded in 1950 it plays in 3ª – Group 17, holding home games at ''Estadio Isidro Calderón'', with a 5,000-seat capacit ...

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and

UD Fraga Unión Deportiva Fraga is a Spanish football team based in Fraga, in the autonomous community of Aragon. Founded in 1947 it plays in Tercera División – Group 17, holding home games at ''La Estacada'', with a capacity of 3,000 seats. History ...

Personal life

Rubio's son,

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, was also a footballer. Having been born in Catalonia whilst his father represented Lleida, he too played for that club amongst others.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

Lleida * Segunda División:

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* Segunda División B: 1989–90

Manager

Lleida *Segunda División B: 2003–04 Monzón *

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the '' Segunda División'', and the semi-professional '' Segunda ...

: 2008–09

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rubio, Miguel Angel 1961 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Castilla–La Mancha Men's association football midfielders La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players UE Lleida players Spanish football managers Segunda División managers Segunda División B managers Tercera División managers UE Lleida managers CF Reus Deportiu managers Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa managers Atlético Monzón managers