Miquel Soler Sarasols (born 16 March 1965) is a Spanish former football player and manager.

Mainly a left-back who could also operate as a wide midfielder, his career spanned two La Liga decades (with 652 competitive matches), and he was the only player to represent both Barcelona and Madrid main clubs.Soler flair lights Mallorca; UEFA, 8 November 2002

Soler appeared for Spain at Euro 1988.

Club career Born in Girona, Catalonia, Soler was a RCD Espanyol youth graduate, making his first-team – and La Liga – debut in the 1983–84 season and becoming first-choice following a loan to neighbouring CE L'Hospitalet. In his fourth year, as the club finished third after the second stage, he appeared in 41 out of 42 games and scored two goals, going on to help it to reach the final of the 1987–88 UEFA Cup, netting in the 3–0 home win in the first leg as the Pericos eventually lost on penalties against Bayer 04 Leverkusen.¡Y continua la "Euro-fiesta"! ("Euro-party" continues!); Mundo Deportivo, 5 May 1988 (in Spanish)Miquel SOLER; Hall of Fame Perico, 14 May 2009 (in Spanish)

Subsequently, Soler joined FC Barcelona,"El primer derbi de Cruyff fue especial. Era el líder, como Xavi" ("Cruyff's first derby was special. He was the leader, as Xavi"); El Periódico de Catalunya, 18 November 2021 (in Spanish) winning the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in his first season while also playing 23 matches in the league. After a sole campaign with Atlético Madrid, where he won his second Copa del Rey, he returned to Barcelona, with no impact.Cruyff anuncia que Soler regresa a la plantilla del Barcelona (Cruyff announces Soler returns to Barcelona's squad); El País, 29 July 1992 (in Spanish)Soler: "Estuve en siete equipos y nunca me sentí un mercenario" (Soler: "I was in seven teams and I never felt like a mercenary"); Diario AS, 15 May 2013 (in Spanish)

After two excellent years with Sevilla FC, still on loan from Barcelona,Soler seguirá un año más en el Sevilla (Soler will continue at Sevilla another year); El País, 16 June 1994 (in Spanish) Soler moved to Real Madrid,El Madrid ultima el fichaje del sevillista Soler (Madrid completing signing of Sevilla man Soler); El País, 8 April 1995 (in Spanish) but appeared scarcely during 1995–96 (his only season) as coach Arsenio Iglesias was ordered by chairman Lorenzo Sanz not to utilise him as he would be automatically renewed if he played the required number of 20 matches.El peculiar 'plan renove' del Real Madrid con Soler (Real Madrid's peculiar 'renew plan' with Soler); El Norte de Castilla, 5 June 2013 (in Spanish) Following a spell with Real ZaragozaMiquel Soler: "El Zaragoza era un grande cuando llegué" (Miquel Soler: "Zaragoza were giants when I arrived"); El Periódico de Aragón, 11 November 2013 (in Spanish) he was still able, at 33, to sign for RCD Mallorca, where he made a further 152 top-flight appearances, winning another domestic cup and retiring at the end of 2002–03; he totalled 504 games at that level, scoring 11 times.

Soler started working as a manager with Mallorca's reserves, going on to be in charge of the team for three years, two in the Segunda División B.'Nanu' Soler y Patxi Salinas entrenarán en Tercera ('Nanu' Soler and Patxi Salinas will coach in Tercera); Marca, 22 June 2011 (in Spanish) In the summer of 2014, he was appointed at the helm of the main squad in the Segunda División,Miguel Soler, nuevo entrenador del Mallorca (Miguel Soler, new manager of Mallorca); Marca, 11 July 2014 (in Spanish) being relieved of his duties one month later following a directorial changeAouate anuncia a Karpin como nuevo entrenador del Mallorca (Aouate announces Karpin as new Mallorca manager); Diario AS, 12 August 2014 (in Spanish) but returning in February 2015 after his successor Valery Karpin was dismissed.'Nanu' Soler: "La plantilla tiene un margen importante de mejora" ('Nanu' Soler: "The squad can still improve dramatically"); Sport, 10 February 2015 (in Spanish)

International career Soler won nine caps for the Spain national side, and represented the nation at UEFA Euro 1988, where he appeared in the win against Denmark (playing the second half) and the loss to Italy.Fichas técnicas de los partidos de España en fases finales (Match sheets of Spain's games in finals); La Información, 4 June 2012 (in Spanish)1988: Vialli cava la fosa hispana (1988: Vialli digs the Hispanic grave); Marca, 9 June 2012 (in Spanish) His debut came in a Euro 1988 qualifier in Bucharest, a 3–1 defeat against Romania on 29 April 1987.La violencia, en boca de todos (Violence, on everyone's lips); Mundo Deportivo, 30 April 1987 (in Spanish)

Managerial statistics

+ Managerial record by team and tenure TeamNatFromToRecord Mallorca B22 June 201111 July 2014 Mallorca11 July 2014 12 August 2014 Mallorca10 February 201520 June 2015 Career total

Honours Barcelona La Liga: 1990–91, 1992–93 Copa del Rey: 1989–90 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1988–89; runner-up: 1990–91

Atlético Madrid Copa del Rey: 1991–92

Mallorca Copa del Rey: 2002–03Eto'o pone Mallorca a brindar (Eto'o has Mallorca toasting); El País, 29 June 2003 (in Spanish) Supercopa de España: 1998Se cumplen 25 años del primer título en la historia del RCD (25th anniversary of the first title in RCD Mallorca's history); Diario AS, 22 August 2023 (in Spanish) UEFA Cup Winners' Cup runner-up: 1998–99El Mallorca pierde con orgullo (Mallorca lose proudly); El País, 20 May 1999 (in Spanish)

See also List of La Liga players (400+ appearances)

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