Miguel Ángel Alonso

Periko Alonso

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Personal information
Full name	Miguel Ángel Alonso Oyarbide
Date of birth	(1953-02-01) 1 February 1953
Place of birth	Tolosa, Spain
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Tolosa
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1974–1977	San Sebastián
1977–1982	Real Sociedad	154	(25)
1982–1985	Barcelona	52	(4)
1985–1988	Sabadell	103	(17)
International career
1981	Spain B	2	(1)
1980–1982	Spain	20	(1)
Managerial career
1988–1989	Tolosa
1989–1992	San Sebastián
1993–1995	Beasain
1995–1998	Eibar
1998–1999	Hércules
2000	Real Sociedad
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Alonso and the second or maternal family name is Oyarbide.

Miguel Ángel 'Periko' Alonso Oyarbide (born 1 February 1953) is a Spanish former football midfielder and manager.

In his professional career he played mainly for Real Sociedad (five years) and Barcelona (three), amassing La Liga totals of 273 games and 42 goals over the course of ten seasons.

A Spanish international for two years, Alonso represented the country at the 1982 World Cup.

Playing career

Born in Tolosa, Gipuzkoa, Alonso played professionally for Real Sociedad, FC Barcelona and CE Sabadell FC. With the first, he was instrumental in back-to-back La Liga conquests (averaging 32 games and five goals in those seasons and not starting only once), 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 during most of his spell. He won the league in his final year but only appeared twice, eventually retiring in 1988 with Barça neighbours Sabadell, helping it achieve promotion from Segunda División in his first season and scoring 12 goals – a career-best – in his second, as the modest Catalans ranked 17th after the first 34 matches, but eventually managed to avoid a drop after finishing third in their relegation group in the second stage.

International goals

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

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.

Personal life

Alonso's sons, Mikel and Xabi, are also footballers and midfielders. Both followed in their father's footsteps representing Real Sociedad, and the latter also played with great success for Liverpool, Real Madrid and the Spanish national team.

Honours

Real Sociedad

• La Liga: 1980–81, 1981–82

Barcelona

• La Liga: 1984–85
• Copa del Rey: 1982–83
• Supercopa de España: 1983
• Copa de la Liga: 1982–83

External links

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