Miquel Soler

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Miquel Soler
Personal information
Full name	Miquel Soler Sarasols
Date of birth	(1965-03-16) 16 March 1965
Place of birth	Girona, Spain
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Left back / Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Mallorca B (coach)
Youth career
1979–1983	UE Olot
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1983–1988	Español	118	(4)
1986	→ Hospitalet (loan)
1988–1991	Barcelona	76	(2)
1991–1992	Atlético Madrid	25	(1)
1992–1993	Barcelona	5	(0)
1993–1995	Sevilla	75	(1)
1995–1996	Real Madrid	14	(1)
1996–1998	Zaragoza	39	(2)
1998–2003	Mallorca	152	(1)
National team
1983	Spain U18	1	(0)
1986–1987	Spain U21	3	(0)
1987	Spain U23	2	(0)
1987–1991	Spain	9	(0)
1993–1998	Catalonia	3	(0)
Teams managed
2011–	Mallorca B
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Soler and the second or maternal family name is Sarasols.

Miquel Soler Sarasols (born 16 March 1965 in Girona, Catalonia) is a Spanish retired footballer.

Mainly a left defender who could also operate in midfield, his career spanned two La Liga decades (with nearly 700 official games), and he was the only player to represent both Barcelona and Madrid main teams.^[1]

Soler represented Spain at Euro 1988.

Club career

A RCD Espanyol youth graduate, Soler made his first-team – and La Liga – debuts in 1983–84, going on to become an essential element after a loan to neighbouring CE L'Hospitalet. In his fourth season, as the club finished third after the second stage, he appeared in 41 out of 42 games and scored two goals, going on to help it reach the final of the 1988 UEFA Cup, netting in the first leg (3–0 home win) as the Catalans eventually lost on penalties against Bayer 04 Leverkusen.^[2]

Subsequently Soler joined neighbours FC Barcelona, helping the side to the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in his first season while also appearing in 23 matches in the league. After a sole season with Atlético Madrid, where he won his second Copa del Rey, he returned to Barcelona, with no impact.

After two excellent campaigns with Sevilla FC Soler moved to Real Madrid, but appeared scarcely during 1995–96, his sole season with the Merengues. After two years with Real Zaragoza he was still able, at 33, to sign with RCD Mallorca, where he amassed a further 152 top flight appearances, winning another domestic cup and retiring at the end of the 2002–03 season, aged 38; he played in a total of 504 first division games, scoring 12 times.

International career

Soler won nine caps for the Spanish national football team, and represented the nation at UEFA Euro 1988, where he appeared in the win against Denmark (playing the second half) and the loss against Italy.

His debut came in an Euro 1988 qualifier in Bucharest, a 1–3 loss against Romania.

Honours

Barcelona

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1988–89; Runner-up 1990–91
UEFA Super Cup: 1992
Spanish League: 1990–91, 1992–93
Spanish Cup: 1989–90
Spanish Supercup: 1992

Atlético Madrid

Spanish Cup: 1991–92

Mallorca

Spanish Cup: 2002–03
Spanish Supercup: 1998
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: Runner-up 1998–99

References

↑ Soler flair lights Mallorca; UEFA.com, 8 November 2002
↑ Miquel Soler; Hall of Fame Perico, 14 May 2009 (Spanish)

External links

BDFutbol profile
National team data (Spanish)
Miquel Soler at National-Football-Teams.com

v t e Spain squad – UEFA Euro 1988

1 Zubizarreta 2 Tomás 3 Camacho (c) 4 Andrinúa 5 Víctor 6 Calderé 7 Salinas 8 M. Sanchís 9 Butragueño 10 Eloy 11 Gordillo 12 Diego 13 Buyo 14 Gallego 15 Eusebio 16 Bakero 17 Begiristain 18 Soler 19 M. Vázquez 20 Míchel Coach: Muñoz

Persondata
Name	Soler, Miquel
Alternative names	Soler, Miguel
Short description	Spanish football player/manager
Date of birth	13 March 1965
Place of birth	Girona, Spain
Date of death
Place of death

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