Víctor Muñoz

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Víctor Muñoz
Personal information
Full name Víctor Muñoz Manrique
Date of birth March 15, 1957 (1957-03-15) (age 51)
Place of birth    Zaragoza, Spain
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Playing position Defensive Midfielder
Club information
Current club Recreativo Huelva
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1976–1981
1981–1988
1988–1990
1990–1991
1991		 Real Zaragoza
FC Barcelona
Sampdoria
Real Zaragoza
St Mirren F.C.		 104 0(11)
224 0(14)

004 00(0)
018 00(1)   
National team
1981–1988 Spain 060 00(3)
Teams managed
1995–1997
1997–1998
1998–2000
2000–2003
2004–2006
2006–2007
2007–2008		 RCD Mallorca
CD Logroñés
UE Lleida
Villarreal CF
Real Zaragoza
Panathinaikos FC
Recreativo Huelva

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Víctor Muñoz Manrique (born in Zaragoza, 15 March 1957) is a former Spanish football midfield player during the 80's and early 90's. During these years he played football for Real Zaragoza, FC Barcelona and earned a total of 60 caps for Spain, scoring 3 goals. He was also one of the first Spanish players to play in the Italian Serie A, playing in 1988 for Sampdoria. In 1990, Scottish club St Mirren signed him where he was reunited with former FC Barcelona teammate Steve Archibald.

He played as midfield player and was best known for his great physical strength that helped him tire his opponents in the early stages of the match. This ability helped him to be very useful when his team had to be on the defensive.

Víctor, as he was called when he was still an active footballer, was regular player for Spain between 1981 and 1988. During this period he played a total of 60 international games, participating in one World Cup, the 1986 FIFA World Cup held in Mexico. He also participated in the Euro 1984 in France and in Euro 1988 in Germany. His greatest success with the national team was in Euro 84 when Spain were runners up (lost to France 2-0 in the final).

Since the beginning of the 90's, Víctor started working as a soccer trainer and coached clubs such as Real Mallorca, Villarreal CF and Real Zaragoza. On 8 October 2006, Víctor signed a two year contract with the Greek football team Panathinaikos, being the 18th coach in 10 years for The Greens. He returned to Spain in June 2007 to take over at Recreativo de Huelva.

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Recreativo de Huelva – current squad

1 Sorrentino • 2 E. Moya • 3 D. Bautista • 4 Cáceres • 5 I. Bouzón • 6 G. López • 7 Marquitos • 8 Camuñas • 9 Ersen • 10 J. Vázquez • 11 Roşu • 12 Martins • 13 Luque • 14 Sinama • 15 Zahinos • 16 Q. Álvarez • 17 Barber • 18 Rubén • 19 Varela • 20 Poli • 21 Aitor • 22 Beto • 23 Javi Guerrero • 24 Pampa Calvo • 25 Barbosa • Coach: V. Muñoz
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Spain squad - UEFA Euro 1984 Runners-up
1 Arconada • 2 Urquiaga • 3 Camacho • 4 Maceda • 5 Goikoetxea • 6 Gordillo • 7 Señor • 8 Víctor • 9 Santillana • 10 Gallego • 11 Carrasco • 12 Salva • 13 Buyo • 14 Moreno • 15 Roberto • 16 Francisco • 17 Alonso • 18 Butragueño • 19 Sarabia • 20 Zubizarreta • Coach: Muñoz
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Spain squad - 1986 FIFA World Cup
1 Zubizarreta • 2 Tomás • 3 Camacho • 4 Maceda • 5 Víctor • 6 Gordillo • 7 Señor • 8 Goikoetxea • 9 Butragueño • 10 Carrasco • 11 Julio Alberto • 12 Setién • 13 Urruti • 14 Gallego • 15 Chendo • 16 Rincón • 17 Francisco • 18 Calderé • 19 Salinas • 20 Eloy • 21 Míchel • 22 Ablanedo • Coach: Muñoz
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Spain squad - UEFA Euro 1988
1 Zubizarreta • 2 Reñones • 3 Camacho • 4 Andrinúa • 5 Víctor • 6 Calderé • 7 Salinas • 8 Sanchís • 9 Butragueño • 10 Eloy • 11 Gordillo • 12 Diego • 13 Buyo • 14 Gallego • 15 Eusebio • 16 Bakero • 17 Begiristain • 18 Soler • 19 Martín Vázquez • 20 Míchel • Coach: Muñoz
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Panathinaikos FC – Managers

Game (1951–63) • Bobek (1963–67) • Guttmann (1967–68) • Petropoulos (1968–70) • Puskás (1970–74) • Górski (1976–77) • Petropoulos (1979) • Pesaola (1979–80) • Allen (1980) • Papaemanouil (1980) • Senekowitsch (1980–81) • Petropoulos (1981–82) • Kovac (1982–83) • Papaemanouil (1983) • Tsakos (1983) • Gmoch (1983–85) • Packert (1985–86) • Ivić (1986) • Daniil (1986–88) • Bengston (1988–89) • Bonev (1989–90) • Daniil (1990–92) • Osim (1992–94) • Rocha (1994–96) • Zajec (1996–97) • Daniil (1997–99) • Rocha (1999) • Kyrastas (1999–2000) • Anastasiadis (2000–01) • Kyrastas (2001) • Markarián (2001–02) • Santos (2002) • Markarián (2002–03) • Shum (2003–04) • Ščasný (2004–05) • Malesani (2005–06) • Backe (2006) • Velić (2006) • Muñoz (2006–07) • Peseiro (2007–08) • ten Cate (2008–)