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Periko Alonso
Personal information
Full name	Miguel Ángel Alonso Oyarbide
Date of birth	1 February 1953 (age 56)
Place of birth	Tolosa, Spain
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
	Tolosa
Senior career*
National team
Teams managed
1988–1989	Tolosa
1989–1992	San Sebastián
1993–1995	Beasain
1995–1998	Eibar
1998–1999	Hércules
2000	Real Sociedad
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.; † Appearances (Goals).;

This is a Spanish name; the first family name is Alonso and the second is Oyarbide.

Miguel Ángel Alonso Oyarbide, known as Periko (born 1 February 1953 in Tolosa, Guipúzcoa), is a former Spanish footballer and coach.

A midfielder, he is the father of two footballers (and midfielders), Mikel Alonso and Xabi Alonso. Both followed in their father's footsteps representing Real Sociedad, and the latter also played with great success for Liverpool, and know for Real Madrid, and the national side.

[edit] Playing career

During his playing career, Alonso represented professionally Real Sociedad, FC Barcelona and CE Sabadell FC. With the first, he was instrumental in back-to-back league conquests, and gained 19 of his 20 caps for Spain in the process; his debut came on 24 September 1980 in a friendly match with Hungary (2–2), in Budapest.

In 1982–83, having retired from the national team after the unsuccessful home World Cup campaign, Alonso joined Barcelona, being relatively used in two of his three seasons. He won the league in his final year, but only appeared twice. He eventually retired in 1988, with Barça neighbours Sabadell, helping it achieve promotion from Segunda División, and scoring 12 goals - a career-best - in his second year, as the modest Catalonians reached (and eventually won) the promotion/relegation playoffs.

[edit] International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	18 November 1981	Stadion ŁKS, Łódź, Poland	Poland	2–3	2–3	International Friendly

[edit] Managerial career

Alonso started his coaching career immediately after retiring, mainly in the Basque Country. In 2000, after an unsuccessful spell at Hércules CF (second division, relegation), he had a chance to coach Real Sociedad, but only lasted ten games, after which he retired from management.

[edit] Honours

Real Sociedad

Spanish League: 1980–81, 1981–82

FC Barcelona

[edit] External links

BDFutbol player profile
BDFutbol coach profile
National team data (Spanish)
NationalFootballTeams data
Miguel Ángel Alonso FIFA competition record

Contents

[edit] Playing career

[edit] International goals

[edit] Managerial career

[edit] Honours

[edit] External links