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Miguel Muñoz

1922 - 1990

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Miguel Muñoz Mozún (19 January 1922 – 16 July 1990) was a Spanish football player and manager. A midfielder, he spent the majority of his career at Real Madrid before going on to coach the club, where he is widely considered one of the most successful and greatest managers in football history, leading the team to two European Cup victories and nine La Liga titles (winning seven major titles in both major competitions combined as a player). Muñoz later had a six-year coaching spell with the Spain national team, and led them to the final of Euro 1984. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Miguel Muñoz is the 111th most popular soccer player (down from 74th in 2019), the 217th most popular biography from Spain (down from 157th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Spanish Soccer Player.

Miguel Muñoz is most famous for his work in the field of orthopedics. He was one of the first doctors to use plaster casts to treat broken bones.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Miguel Muñoz ranks 111 out of 21,273. Before him are Andriy Shevchenko, Nándor Hidegkuti, Rudi Völler, Cafu, Gordon Banks, and Bebeto. After him are Kaká, Zito, Tameo Ide, Peter Schmeichel, Kim Yong-sik, and Lee Yoo-hyung.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Miguel Muñoz ranks 43. Before him are Ahmed Sékou Touré, Stanley Cohen, Otto Carius, Nándor Hidegkuti, Julius Nyerere, and Nikolay Basov. After him are Liliane Bettencourt, Arthur Ashkin, Jacques Piccard, Nils Liedholm, Leon M. Lederman, and Ademir de Menezes. Among people deceased in 1990, Miguel Muñoz ranks 25. Before him are Ronald Evans, Ilya Frank, John Bowlby, Robert Hofstadter, Patrick White, and Lê Đức Thọ. After him are Sandro Pertini, Luigi Nono, Arthur Kennedy, Keith Haring, Tunku Abdul Rahman, and Barbara Stanwyck.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Miguel Muñoz ranks 217 out of 3,355. Before him are Tirso de Molina (1579), Penélope Cruz (1974), Columella (4), Mariano Rajoy (1955), John, Prince of Asturias (1478), and Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar (1465). After him are Lucan (39), Alfonso III of Asturias (848), Judah Halevi (1079), Eulalia of Mérida (290), Henry III of Castile (1379), and Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias (1629).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Spain

Among soccer players born in Spain, Miguel Muñoz ranks 9. Before him are Luis Enrique (1970), Francisco Gento (1933), Ricardo Zamora (1901), Raúl (1977), Xavi (1980), and Xabi Alonso (1981). After him are Telmo Zarra (1921), Ernesto Valverde (1964), Iker Casillas (1981), Carles Rexach (1947), Pedro Cea (1900), and Carles Puyol (1978).

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