Vicente Mir Arnau (born 3 June 1968) is a Spanish retired
footballer
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who played as a
forward
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, currently
manager
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of
Torrent CF
Torrent Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football team based in Torrent, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 1922, it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 6, holding home matches at ''Estadio San Gregorio''.
History
Founded in 1922, Torrent ...
.
Apart from one appearance for
Valencia
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in
La Liga
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, he spent his entire career as a player and manager in the lower divisions, totalling 52 goals in 246
Segunda División B
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games in service of five clubs.
In 2004, Mir started working as a coach.
Playing career
Born in
Meliana
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,
Valencian Community
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, Mir was a youth product of local giants
Valencia CF
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. After several seasons as a senior with
the reserves he started his professional career with
Palamós CF
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of the
Segunda División
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, on loan.
Upon his return to the ''Che'' for the
1991–92 campaign, Mir was again almost exclusively associated with the B side. Main squad manager
Guus Hiddink
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handed him his
La Liga
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debut on 8 September 1991, and he played 31 minutes in a 1–0 away loss against
Albacete Balompié
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after coming on as a
substitute for
Rommel Fernández
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The second Panamanian to play in Europe, he spent almost his entire professional career in Spain, amassing La Liga totals of 104 ...
.
Mir spent the remainder of his career in the Spanish lower leagues, competing almost exclusively in his native region and representing mainly
Elche CF
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(three seasons). He retired at the end of
2001–02 with
Villajoyosa CF
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, in the
Tercera División
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.
Coaching career
Mir was appointed director of youth football at
Benidorm CF
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in 2002, remaining in the position several years. Afterwards, he took the reins of
Alicante CF
Alicante Club de Fútbol was a Spanish football team based in Alicante, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 1918, it played its home matches at ''Estadio Alicante CF'', with a 4,000-seat capacity.
History
''Alicante Club de Fútbol'', under t ...
's
reserves, promoting from
the regional championships in his first year and nearly achieving the feat
the following campaign, with a team full of youngsters.
For
2010–11
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, Mir joined Valencia B, leading the club to
Segunda División B
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at the first attempt. He was relieved of his duties in December 2011, having recorded four wins, four draws and nine defeats during
the season.
In 2012, Mir moved to fellow reserve team
Elche CF Ilicitano
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, and in his
first season he led them to a historic promotion to the third division.
The following campaign they went unbeaten at home, but lost the
play-off place to
UE Llagostera
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on the last day, and he was sacked following relegation in May 2015.
Mir returned to the city of
Alicante
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on 18 January 2016, being hired by third-tier club
Hércules CF
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on 18 January 2016. He was dismissed on 27 June after defeat to
Cádiz CF
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Founded in 1910, the club competes in the La Liga, holding home games at Nuevo Mirandilla, with a seating capacity of 20 ...
in the
play-off final.
Mir was appointed by third level strugglers
Real Murcia
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on 26 February 2017, replacing the fired Paco García. After guiding them to
the playoffs he switched to Elche on 15 June, who dismissed him five months later.
On 30 May 2018, Mir was named
CD Alcoyano
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manager. He left the following 27 February by mutual consent, when a 4–1 loss at fellow strugglers
CD Teruel
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put the team one point off the relegation play-offs.
Mir returned for a second spell at Hércules on 9 December 2019, replacing
Jesús Muñoz who had been fired earlier the same day. He lasted only until the following 11 February when, within 24 hours of a public vote of confidence from the board, he was dismissed from a team five points adrift in
the relegation places.
Managerial statistics
References
External links
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1968 births
Living people
People from Horta Nord
Sportspeople from the Province of Valencia
Spanish footballers
Footballers from the Valencian Community
Men's association football forwards
La Liga players
Segunda División players
Segunda División B players
Tercera División players
Valencia CF Mestalla footballers
Palamós CF footballers
Valencia CF players
Elche CF players
CD Alcoyano footballers
Yeclano CF players
Benidorm CF footballers
Villajoyosa CF footballers
Spanish football managers
Segunda División B managers
Tercera División managers
Tercera Federación players
Valencia CF Mestalla managers
Elche CF Ilicitano managers
Hércules CF managers
Real Murcia managers
Elche CF managers
CD Alcoyano managers
Águilas FC managers
Valencia CF non-playing staff