Miguel González Bastón (born 29 June 1961) is a Spanish former

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who played as a

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Playing career

Born in

Marín, Pontevedra Marín is a town and municipality in Galicia (Spain), Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra (province), Pontevedra. It is located on the southern shore of the ria of Pontevedra, in the Comarcas of Galicia, comarca of O Morrazo. This town i ...

, Galicia, Bastón began his career with

Atlético Madrid Club Atlético de Madrid, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), commonly referred to as Atlético Madrid or simply Atlético, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid that plays in La Liga. The club play their home game ...

, appearing for their reserve side in the

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. His opportunities were limited due to the presence of Eduardo Belza,

Ángel Mejías Ángel Jesús Mejías Rodríguez (born 1 March 1959) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Playing career Born in Tembleque, Province of Toledo, Mejías joined Atlético Madrid from his hometown club CD Toledo ...

and

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, and he signed with Real Burgos in 1984, where in the 1989–90 season he won the

Ricardo Zamora Trophy The Zamora Trophy () is a football award, established by Spanish newspaper '' Marca'' in 1958. The award goes to the goalkeeper who has the lowest "goals-to-games" ratio.Similar to goals against average in ice hockey or earned run average in b ...

and helped his team to gain promotion to

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as champions. Bastón played the first of his ten games in the Spanish top flight on 2 September 1990, in a 1–0 home win against

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. In the summer of 1994, after the club dropped two levels in just two years, subsequently folding, the 33-year-old joined Chaves of the Portuguese

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, retiring at the end of the 1994–95 campaign.

Coaching career

On 20 January 2011, Bastón returned to Atlético B as well as the C team as goalkeeping coach, when his former teammate Mejías left for

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Personal life

Bastón's son, Borja, was also a footballer. A striker, he too came through Atlético's youth system; although not one of his legal surnames, Borja was also known as Bastón.

Honours

Burgos *

: 1989–90 *

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

: 1984–85 Individual *

(Segunda División): 1989–90

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Baston, Miguel 1961 births Living people 20th-century Spanish sportsmen Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Marín, Pontevedra Men's association football goalkeepers La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Atlético Madrid B players Real Burgos CF footballers Primeira Liga players G.D. Chaves players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Association football goalkeeping coaches Atlético Madrid non-playing staff