Miguel Ángel Lotina Oruechebarría (; born 18 June 1957) is a Spanish professional
manager
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and former
footballer
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who played as a
striker.
His playing career was spent mostly with
Logroñés, whom he represented in the
Segunda División
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, also playing for
Castellón in
La Liga
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.
In a managerial career of over three decades, Lotina led seven clubs in the top flight, starting with Logroñés. He won the
Copa del Rey
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with
Espanyol in
2006
2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification.
Events
January
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and the
UEFA Intertoto Cup
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with
Deportivo in
2008
2008 was designated as:
*International Year of Languages
*International Year of Planet Earth
*International Year of the Potato
*International Year of Sanitation
The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
. He later worked in Cyprus, Qatar and for four teams in Japan.
Playing career
Born in
Meñaka
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,
Biscay
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, Lotina started playing football with local
Gernika Club, representing
CD Castellón
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from 1981 to 1983. In
his only season in
La Liga
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he scored three goals in 21 games for the
Valencians
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, who ranked 18th and last.
In summer 1983, Lotina signed with
CD Logroñés
Club Deportivo Logroñés, S.A.D. was a Spanish football team based in Logroño, in the autonomous community of La Rioja. Founded in 1940, it last played in '' Regional Preferente de La Rioja''.
Due to financial problems, since 2009 the club ha ...
. After netting 22 goals over two
Segunda División
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seasons with the
Riojan side – also representing them in
Segunda División B
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– he contributed two in 14 matches in the
1986–87 campaign as the team promoted to the top flight for the first time ever, after finishing second to champions
Valencia CF
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; he retired from the game in 1988 at the age of 31, without having appeared in the main division with his main club.
Coaching career
Early years
After starting coaching with Logroñés'
reserves, Lotina managed the club in two separate stints in the 90s (12 games). In
1995–96, whilst in charge of
CD Numancia
Club Deportivo Numancia de Soria, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club in Soria, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 April 1945, it plays in , holding home games at '' Nuevo Estadio Los Pajaritos''.
Besides football it ...
, he helped the third-tier team
reach the quarter-finals of the
Copa del Rey
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after ousting top-flight sides
Real Sociedad
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,
Racing de Santander
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and
Sporting de Gijón
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before bowing out to eventual finalists
FC Barcelona
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5–3 on aggregate.
After his debut in the top division with Logroñés in the
1996–97 season, being one of five managers as they finished in 22nd and last position, Lotina's next years were spent in division two with
CD Badajoz
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History
Fo ...
, Numancia and
CA Osasuna
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, helping the second
promote to the top flight for the first time ever in 1999 and the third
achieve the same feat the following year after a six-year absence. He remained with the
Navarre
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se for two further campaigns, as they consecutively retained their status.
Celta
Lotina led
RC Celta de Vigo
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to their
first participation in the
UEFA Champions League
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in
2002–03 as the
Galicians
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finished fourth.
The following season, however, even though the team progressed through the group stage by notably defeating
AC Milan
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2–1 at the
San Siro
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, he was sacked after 21 rounds in an eventual relegation.
Espanyol and Real Sociedad
In
2004–05, Lotina coached
RCD Espanyol
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to
qualification
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for the
UEFA Cup
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after finishing fifth. The year 2006 brought him his first football trophy, as the team
won the domestic cup against
Real Zaragoza
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(4–1) in the manager's
second season.
Lotina returned to his native region in the
2006–07 campaign, replacing the dismissed
José Mari Bakero at the helm of 20th-placed
Real Sociedad
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, but the
Basques
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were relegated from the first division for the first time in 40 years after ranking second-bottom.
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]
Deportivo
For 2007–08, Lotina returned to Galicia and joined Deportivo de La Coruña
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. After a poor start, he more often than not switched to a 5–3–2 formation, going on to finish the year comfortably placed in mid-table and reach the UEFA Intertoto Cup
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, where they won 3–1 on aggregate against Israel's Bnei Sakhnin F.C. in the final.
Having advanced into the 2008–09 UEFA Cup
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, Lotina guided Deportivo through the group and expressed satisfaction at being drawn in the last 32 against Aalborg Boldspilklub
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of Denmark. The Scandinavians won home and away, eliminating his team 6–1 on aggregate.
In March 2010, Lotina added one year to his contract that was set to expire. ''Depor'' were relegated in 2011 as the club also struggled financially; the side only managed to score nine goals away from home all year, being doomed in the last round after a 0–2 home loss against Valencia. On 23 May of that year, he announced his departure.
Villarreal
Lotina became Villarreal CF
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's third coach of the season on 19 March 2012, replacing José Francisco Molina
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Eleven years of his extensive professional care ...
following a 1–0 away defeat to Levante UD
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Founded on 6 September 1909, the club will compete in La Liga for the 2025– ...
, with the team dangerously close to the relegation zone (17th), and eventually relegated as 18th, which meant that the reserves, which competed in the second tier, were also forced to drop down a level in June.[
]
Abroad
On 21 June 2014, after a brief spell in the Cypriot First Division
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, Lotina was appointed head coach of newly promoted Qatar Stars League
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side Al-Shahania SC
Al Shahaniya Sports Club (), is a Qatari sports club based in Al-Shahaniya, a town 20 km from the capital Doha. Founded in 1998, the most prominent team of the club is the Association football, football team which plays in the Qatari Stars L ...
. Subsequently, he worked in Japan with Tokyo Verdy
is a Japanese professional football club based in Inagi, Tokyo. The club currently competes in the J1 League, following promotion from the J2 League in 2023.
History
Founded as Yomiuri Football Club in 1969, Tokyo Verdy is one of the mo ...
, Cerezo Osaka
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, Shimizu S-Pulse
is a Japanese professional association football, football club located in Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka (city), Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture. S-Pulse is going to compete in the J1 League for the 2025 Season, after winning promotio ...
and Vissel Kobe
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.
Managerial statistics
Honours
Espanyol
*Copa del Rey
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: 2005–06[
Deportivo
*]UEFA Intertoto Cup
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: 2008
2008 was designated as:
*International Year of Languages
*International Year of Planet Earth
*International Year of the Potato
*International Year of Sanitation
The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
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Notes
References
External links
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1957 births
Living people
20th-century Spanish sportsmen
Spanish men's footballers
Footballers from Biscay
Men's association football forwards
La Liga players
Segunda División players
Segunda División B players
Tercera División players
Gernika Club footballers
CD Logroñés footballers
CD Castellón footballers
Spanish football managers
La Liga managers
Segunda División managers
Segunda División B managers
Tercera División managers
CD Logroñés managers
CD Numancia managers
CD Badajoz managers
CA Osasuna managers
RC Celta de Vigo managers
RCD Espanyol managers
Real Sociedad managers
Deportivo de La Coruña managers
Villarreal CF managers
Cypriot First Division managers
AC Omonia managers
Qatar Stars League managers
Al-Shahania Sports Club managers
J1 League managers
J2 League managers
Tokyo Verdy managers
Cerezo Osaka managers
Shimizu S-Pulse managers
Vissel Kobe managers
Spanish expatriate football managers
Expatriate football managers in Cyprus
Expatriate football managers in Qatar
Expatriate football managers in Japan
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Qatar
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Japan