Miguel Rodrigo
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Miguel Rodrigo Conde Salazar | ||
| Date of birth | 15 July 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Valencia, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Manager (association football) | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Thailand national futsal team (Head coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1991 | Banco de Granada | ||
| 1991–1992 | Almunecar Perez Casket | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1992–1998 | Banco de Granada | ||
| 1998–1999 | Nazareno de Sevilla | ||
| 1999–2000 | Jaén Paraíso Interio | ||
| 2000–2003 | Spanesi Padova | ||
| 2003–2004 | Dinamo Moscow | ||
| 2004 | Luparense Padova | ||
| 2004–2009 | Caja Segovia | ||
| 2009–2016 | Japan | ||
| 2016– | Thailand | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Miguel Rodrigo (born 15 July 1970) is a Spanish Futsal coach who is currently coaching Thailand national futsal team. Miguel Rodrigo had successful spell between 2009 to 2016 with Japan which won two titles of AFC Futsal Championship under his guidance. Due to his depth of tactics and formations, he was dubbed by the Japanese media and fans as The Magician (Japanese : 魔法使 - Mahōtsukai).[1]
Career
Japan
In June 2009, Japan Football Association (JFA) has appointed Miguel Rodrigo as the national Futsal trainer with one-year contract.[2] In 2010, Rodrigo guided Japan to the semi-finals of 2010 AFC Futsal Championship. Japan lost to Iran in the semi but secured the third-place after the win over China in the third-place playoff match. He got the two-years contract extension from JFA after the tournament.
In 2012 AFC Futsal Championship at United Arab Emirates, Miguel Rodrigo led Japan to their second title of Asian Championship after the win 6-1 over Thailand in the final.
In 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup at Thailand, Japan was in Group C along with Brazil, Portugal and Libya in the group stage. Rodrigo guided Japan to the next round by finishing third-place in the group with 4 points. Japan later lost 3-6 to Ukraine in Round of 16.[3] His most notable moment in the tournament was in the group stage when Rodrigo led Japan to draw 5 – 5 against Portugal after being downed 2 – 5 in the first half. In February 2013, he got contract extension to 2016.
In 2014 AFC Futsal Championship at Vietnam, Rodrigo guided Japan to their third and two-in-a-row Asian championship title after won the penalty shoot-out over Iran after 2-2 draw in time.[4]
In 2016 AFC Futsal Championship at Uzbekistan, Rodrigo failed to lead Japan to 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup after the defeat by penalty shoot-out to Vietnam in the Quarterfinals and the loss to Kyrgyzstan in 5th – 8th place play-off match. Miguel Rodrigo has stepped down from his position after the tournament.[5]
Thailand
On 1 July 2016, Football Association of Thailand announced the appointment of Miguel Rodrigo as the national trainer of Thailand with a-year-long-contract.[6] His official managerial debut for Thailand was on 20 August 2016, the game of 2016 Thailand Five's against his former side Japan which ended as 2–2 draw. He managed to win 7–5 over Asian champion Iran and draw 3–3 against third-place from UEFA Futsal Euro 2016, Kazakhstan in other two matches of the tournament.
Miguel Rodrigo led Thailand to 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Colombia. Thailand was placed in Group B along with Russia, Egypt and Cuba. Thailand played first match against the third place in World Ranking, Russia and lost by 4–6 with the impressive performance. Rodrigo lead Thailand to win other two games in the group stage against Cuba and Egypt and qualified for round of 16 as the runner-up of Group B behind Russia who fully collected 9 points. This is the first time in the history that Thailand could collect more than 3 points in the group stage. Rodrigo guided Thailand to the round of 16 and defeated to Azerbaijan with a 8–13 result in the extra-time after a 7–7 draw in 40 minutes.
Managerial statistic
- As of 23 September 2016
| Nat. | Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||||||
 |
Japan | June 2009 | 29 February 2016 | 92 | 46 | 13 | 33 | 50.00 | |||
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Thailand | 1 July 2016 | Present | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 37.50 | |||
| Career totals | 100 | 49 | 15 | 36 | 49.00 | ||||||
1 A win or loss by the penalty shoot-out is regarded as the draw in time.
Achievements
Manager
- AFC Futsal Championship:
Champion (2) : 2012, 2014.
Certification
References
- ↑ ロドリゴ監督続投へ カズを招集してブーム演出評価 スポニチ 2011年11月8日
- ↑ ［日本代表］「スペクタクルなフットサルを見せたい」ミゲル・ロドリゴ監督来日会見. futsalnet.com (in Japanese). 4 June 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- ↑ FIFA – Match report: Japan - Ukraine
- ↑ AFC – Match report: Japan - Iran
- ↑ "Miguel RODRIGO steps down as Japan Futsal National Team coach". jfa.jp. 12 March 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- ↑ ประกาศ : แต่งตั้ง “มิเกล โรดริโก้” รับตำแหน่งหัวหน้าผู้ฝึกสอนฟุตซอลทีมชาติไทย. Football Association of Thailand (in Thai). 1 July 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.