Miguel Sola

This article is about a Spanish footballer and coach. For the Argentinian actor, see Miguel Ángel Solá.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sola and the second or maternal family name is Elizalde.

Miguel Ángel Sola Elizalde (born 29 September 1957) is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.

Miguel Sola

Personal information
Full name	Miguel Ángel Sola Elizalde
Date of birth	(1957-09-29) 29 September 1957 (age 65)
Place of birth	Pamplona, Spain
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1975–1976	Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1976–1980	Bilbao Athletic	96	(28)
1978–1979	→ Arosa (loan)
1980	→ Alavés (loan)	7	(0)
1980–1985	Athletic Bilbao	125	(15)
1985–1992	Osasuna	191	(27)
Total		419	(70)
Managerial career
1997	Osasuna
2001	Peña Sport
2002–2004	Real Unión
2005–2006	Huesca
2006–2008	Mirandés
2010–2011	Izarra
2011	Real Unión
2013–2014	Corellano
2017–2020	Calahorra
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He amassed La Liga totals of 316 matches and 42 goals over 12 seasons, in representation of Athletic Bilbao and Osasuna.

In 1997, Sola started working as a coach.

Playing career

Born in Pamplona, Navarre, Sola joined Athletic Bilbao's youth system in 1975, spending his first seasons as a senior with Bilbao Athletic and on loan, the latter including a five-month spell with Basque neighbours Deportivo Alavés. In 1980, he returned as a full member of the main squad, going on to be an important unit during five years and totalling 57 La Liga games (nine goals) as the team won back-to-back national championships.^[1]

After leaving Athletic with official totals of 175 matches and 24 goals, Sola moved to his hometown with CA Osasuna, appearing and scoring regularly for them in six of his seven seasons. In 1990–91, already aged 33, he made 25 appearances as the club finished a best-ever fourth position, with the subsequent qualification to the UEFA Cup. He retired from the game at the end of the following campaign.

Coaching career

In 1997, with Osasuna in the Segunda División, Sola managed the team during eight matches, collecting five losses and only one win as they barely avoided relegation. In the following years, always in the lower leagues, he coached Peña Sport FC, Real Unión, SD Huesca and CD Mirandés.

On 24 March 2010, Sola returned to his native region and signed with CD Izarra, aiming to help the club avoid relegation from Segunda División B,^[2] which eventually did not happen. The next season, in the same tier, he was again in charge of Real Unión after replacing the fired Álvaro Cervera.^[3]

Sola was appointed at CD Calahorra of the Tercera División in June 2017.^[4] He won promotion at the end of his first season as champions,^[5] but was dismissed on 17 February 2020 due to poor results.^[6]

Managerial statistics

As of 21 December 2019

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record								Ref
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Osasuna		3 March 1997	5 May 1997	8	1	2	5	5	13	−8	012.50	^[7]
Peña Sport		26 January 2001	30 June 2001	16	4	7	5	20	21	−1	025.00	^[8]
Real Unión		1 July 2002	30 June 2004	91	42	20	29	127	93	+34	046.15	^[9]
Huesca		1 July 2005	30 June 2006	40	10	14	16	31	44	−13	025.00	^[10]
Mirandés		1 July 2006	30 June 2008	85	57	24	4	157	55	+102	067.06
Izarra		24 March 2010	2 January 2011	27	12	6	9	39	29	+10	044.44	^[11]
Real Unión		2 January 2011	15 June 2011	21	11	4	6	30	22	+8	052.38	^[12]
Corellano		19 September 2013	1 December 2014	49	13	9	27	50	75	−25	026.53	^[13]
Calahorra		28 June 2017	Present	102	56	27	19	207	90	+117	054.90	^[14]
Total				439	206	113	120	666	442	+224	046.92	—

Honours

Player

Athletic Bilbao

• La Liga: 1982–83, 1983–84
• Copa del Rey: 1983–84
• Supercopa de España: 1984

Manager

Mirandés

• Tercera División: 2006–07, 2007–08

References

1. Subirán, Jordi (2 May 2019). "Otro campeón vasco por partida doble" [Another back-to-back Basque champion]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 August 2019.
2. "Izarra: Sola, nuevo entrenador" [Izarra: Sola, new coach] (in Spanish). esFutbol. 24 March 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
3. "Álvaro Cervera deja el banquillo del Real Unión" [Álvaro Cervera leaves Real Unión bench]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 4 January 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
4. "Miguel Sola nuevo entrenador del Club Deportivo Calahorra" [Miguel Sola new Club Deportivo Calahorra manager] (in Spanish). Medios Riojanos. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
5. Suso, Ramón (29 May 2018). "Miguel Sola triunfa al frente del Calahorra" [Miguel Sola makes it big at the helm of Calahorra]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 March 2020.
6. "Sola, destituido como técnico del CD Calahorra; Diego Martínez, nuevo entrenador" [Sola, dismissed as coach of CD Calahorra; Diego Martínez, new manager] (in Spanish). Cadena COPE. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
7. "Sola: Miguel Ángel Sola Elizalde". BDFutbol. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
8. "Sola: Miguel Ángel Sola Elizalde". BDFutbol. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
9. "Sola: Miguel Ángel Sola Elizalde". BDFutbol. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
   "Sola: Miguel Ángel Sola Elizalde". BDFutbol. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
10. "Sola: Miguel Ángel Sola Elizalde". BDFutbol. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
11. "Sola: Miguel Ángel Sola Elizalde". BDFutbol. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
    "Nivel Andalucia Pizarra" (in Spanish). Resultados Fútbol. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
12. "Sola: Miguel Ángel Sola Elizalde". BDFutbol. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
13. "Corellano" (in Spanish). Resultados Fútbol. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
    "Corellano" (in Spanish). Resultados Fútbol. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
14. "CD Calahorra" (in Spanish). Resultados Fútbol. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
    "Sola: Miguel Ángel Sola Elizalde". BDFutbol. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
    "Sola: Miguel Ángel Sola Elizalde". BDFutbol. Retrieved 27 August 2019.

External links

• Miguel Sola at BDFutbol
• Miguel Sola manager profile at BDFutbol
• Miguel Sola at Athletic Bilbao