José Antonio 'Toni' Grande Cereijo (born 17 September 1947) is a Spanish former professional football central midfielder and manager.
Playing career Born in Valencia, Grande graduated from Real Madrid's academy, going on to appear in 121 competitive games with the first team, winning two La Liga championships and one Copa del Rey trophy."Cuando iba con Vicente al palco del Bernabéu nos sentíamos incómodos" ("When I went with Vicente to the Bernabéu stands we felt uneasy"); El Confidencial, 1 February 2017 (in Spanish) He made his league debut on 19 January 1969 in a 2–2 away draw against Córdoba CF (90 minutes played),2–2: Aunque perdía por 2–0, el R. Madrid acabó sin ser batido (2–2: Even though they lost 2–0, R. Madrid ended up undefeated); Mundo Deportivo, 20 January 1969 (in Spanish) but only totalled 14 appearances over his first two seasons; he did manage to score four times in the European Cup during his spell, including twice in the 1969–70 edition in victories over Olympiakos Nicosia (8–0 away, 6–1 at home).8–0: El Olympiakos fue una breva para los «blancos» (8–0: Olympiakos were a breeze for "whites"); Mundo Deportivo, 25 September 1969 (in Spanish)6–1: El Olympiakos no fue enemigo en la Copa de Europa (6–1: Olympiakos were no enemy in the European Cup); Mundo Deportivo, 1 October 1969 (in Spanish)
Grande also represented Rayo Vallecano, Racing de Santander, Granada CF and Palencia CF, the first and the last being the only clubs with which he did not play in the top division, where he amassed totals of 176 matches and 31 goals. He retired from professional football at the age of 31.
Internationally, Grande competed for Spain at the 1968 Summer Olympics as a member of Rayo.El Rayo Vallecano en México 68 (Rayo Vallecano in Mexico 68); Diario AS, 25 October 2018 (in Spanish)
Coaching career Grande returned to Real Madrid in 1979, managing several youth teams as well as Real Madrid Castilla and Real Madrid C. In the late 90s/early 2000s he worked as first-team assistant under several coaches, mainly Vicente del Bosque, then left the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium briefly and returned again, being part of Fabio Capello's coaching staff as the side won the 2007 national championship.José Antonio Grande regresa al Real Madrid (José Antonio Grande returns to Real Madrid) ; Terra, 11 July 2006 (in Spanish)
In 2004, Grande re-joined del Bosque during his brief adventure in Turkey with Beşiktaş JK.El pasado turco de Del Bosque (Del Bosque's Turkish past); ABC, 17 June 2016 (in Spanish) The pair reunited again four years later, in the same capacity, at the Spain national team.Toni Grande previene contra la euforia (Toni Grande warns against euphoria) ; Terra, 15 November 2008 (in Spanish)"No es imposible que Guti vaya al Mundial" ("It is not impossible for Guti to go to the World Cup"); Defensa Central, 1 February 2010 (in Spanish)Toni Grande: "España no va a condicionar su estilo por Cristiano Ronaldo" (Toni Grande: "Spain are not going to condition their style because of Cristiano Ronaldo"); Europa Press, 24 June 2012 (in Spanish)Grande: "Xavi nos dijo que le interesaba jugar más con uno que con otro" (Grande: "Xavi told us he would rather play with one guy than with another"); Mundo Deportivo, 22 June 2013 (in Spanish)Toni Grande: "Casillas es el mejor portero de España con diferencia" (Toni Grande: "Casillas is by far the best goalkeeper of Spain"); Marca, 26 February 2014 (in Spanish)
On 2 November 2017, Grande was named assistant coach of South Korea under Shin Tae-Yong for their 2018 FIFA World Cup campaign.Toni Grande y Javier Miñano refuerzan a Corea del Sur con vistas al Mundial (Toni Grande and Javier Miñano bolster South Korea ahead of the World Cup); Marca, 3 November 2017 (in Spanish)
Managerial statistics + Managerial record by team and tenure TeamNatFromToRecord Real Madrid C6 June 19892 September 1996 Real Madrid B16 February 199716 June 1997 Total —
Honours Real Madrid La Liga: 1968–69, 1971–72 Copa del Generalísimo: 1969–70
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