Miguel Ángel González Suárez

Miguel Ángel González Suárez (born 24 December 1947), known as Miguel Ángel, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Football career

Miguel Ángel was born in Ourense, Galicia. During his career, after making his beginnings at handball, he played for CD Ourense, CD Castellón and Real Madrid, having an 18-year spell with the La Liga giants and being first-choice from 1974 to 1978 and in his two final seasons. He conquered six domestic leagues, being an active part in four of those.^[1]

Miguel Ángel retired in June 1986 at the age of nearly 39. He also earned 18 caps for the Spanish national team, and was in the squad for the 1978 and 1982 FIFA World Cups.

Upon retiring Ángel remained attached to Real, in several capacities.^[2]

Honours

Team

• UEFA Cup: 1984–85
• La Liga: 1968–69, 1971–72, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80
• Copa del Rey: 1969–70, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1979–80, 1981–82
• Copa de la Liga: 1984–85

Individual

• Zamora Trophy: 1975–76
• Best Spanish player: 1975–76

References

External links

• BDFutbol profile
• National team data (Spanish)
• Miguel Ángel at National-Football-Teams.com
• Miguel Ángel – FIFA competition record

Spain squads Spain squad – 1978 FIFA World Cup 1 Arconada 2 De la Cruz 3 Uría 4 Asensi 5 Migueli 6 Biosca 7 Dani 8 Juanito 9 Quini 10 Santillana 11 Cardeñosa 12 Guzmán 13 Miguel Ángel 14 Leal 15 Marañón 16 Olmo 17 Marcelino 18 Pirri (c) 19 Rexach 20 Cano 21 San José 22 Urruti Coach: Kubala Spain squad – 1982 FIFA World Cup 1 Arconada (c) 2 Camacho 3 Gordillo 4 Alonso 5 Tendillo 6 Alexanko 7 Juanito 8 Joaquín 9 Satrústegui 10 Zamora 11 López Ufarte 12 Urquiaga 13 Jiménez 14 Maceda 15 Saura 16 Sánchez 17 Gallego 18 Uralde 19 Santillana 20 Quini 21 Urruti 22 Miguel Ángel Coach: Santamaría