Antonio Poyatos
 Poyatos with Xerez | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Antonio Poyatos Medina | ||
| Date of birth | 19 February 1966 | ||
| Place of birth | Jerez de la Frontera, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985–1991 | Xerez | 170 | (17) |
| 1991–1994 | Logroñés | 97 | (16) |
| 1994–1997 | Valencia | 82 | (10) |
| 1997–1999 | Sporting Gijón | 39 | (0) |
| Total | 388 | (43) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2010 | Xerez (caretaker) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Antonio Poyatos Medina (born 19 February 1966) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a midfielder.
He played seven consecutive seasons in La Liga, totalling 204 games and 26 goals for Logroñés, Valencia and Sporting de Gijón. In the Segunda División, made 149 appearances and scored 9 goals for Xerez and Sporting. He was caretaker manager of Xerez for one top-flight game in 2010.
Career
[edit]Early career
[edit]Born in Jerez de la Frontera in Andalusia, Poyatos began his career at hometown club Xerez. He made his senior debut with the club in Segunda División B in 1985–86; in the last game of the season on 18 May he scored the only goal of a home win over Ceuta that won the team promotion to the Segunda División.[1]
After Xerez's relegation in 1991, Poyatos transferred to La Liga club CD Logroñés. He had his most prolific season in 1993–94, scoring 8 goals in 36 games for the club from La Rioja; this included two on 19 December in a 3–1 win at Osasuna.[2]
Valencia
[edit]In May 1994, Poyatos agreed to move to Valencia upon the expiration of his contract in July.[3] His first season at the Mestalla Stadium saw his team reach the Copa del Rey final, which they lost 2–1 to Deportivo de La Coruña in a game that was abandoned due to rain with 11 minutes remaining and concluded three days later.[4] In 1996–97 he took part in his only European season as the Che team reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup; he scored their goal in the 1–1 home draw with Schalke 04 in the game that saw them eliminated 3–1 on aggregate.[5]
Later career
[edit]Poyatos transferred to fellow top-flight club Sporting de Gijón in late August 1997, on a three-year deal worth 200 million Spanish pesetas (€1.2 million).[6] His first season at El Molinón resulted in relegation, and in July 1999 he was transfer listed by manager Pedro Braojos.[7]
After retiring from playing, Poyatos became part of the coaching staff at Xerez. On 12 January 2010, halfway through the only top-flight season of their history, the club sacked manager José Ángel Ziganda and put Poyatos in charge as caretaker manager.[8] Five days later, in the only managerial game of his career, he led the club to a goalless draw at Real Zaragoza.[9] Néstor Gorosito was then appointed on 19 January.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ Romero, M. (1 June 2021). "Así recuerda Poyatos el gol del ascenso del Xerez CD ante el Ceuta hace 35 años" [How Poyatos remembers Xerez's promotion goal against Ceuta 35 years ago]. Diario de Jerez (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ Monreal, Félix (20 December 1993). "El Logroñés muerde tres veces a la crisis osasunista" [Logroñés bite Osasuna's crisis three times]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ "Un mayo con mucho fichaje" [A May with a lot of signings]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). EFE. 19 May 1994. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ Montalt, Manolo (8 April 2022). "1995, la lluvia ahogó al Valencia en la final" [1995, the rain drowned Valencia in the final] (in Spanish). Plaza Deportiva. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ Urrutia, Carlos (19 March 1997). "Fallaron" [They failed]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ Calleja, J. L.; Urrutia, C. (24 August 1997). "Poyatos, nuevo jugador rojiblanco" [Poyatos, new Red and White player]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ Domènech, Oriol (20 July 1999). "Distinto presente para tres ex 'culés'". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ Guerrero, Rubén; Ojeda, Álvaro (12 January 2010). "El Xerez destituye a Ziganda" [Xerez dismiss Ziganda]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ "Poyatos: "El punto servirá para coger confianza"" [Poyatos: "The point will serve to give us confidence"]. Diario de Jerez (in Spanish). EFE. 17 January 2010. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ "Néstor Gorosito, técnico del Xerez" [Néstor Gorosito, Xerez manager] (in Spanish). UEFA. 19 January 2010. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
External links
[edit]- Antonio Payatos at BDFutbol
- Antonio Poyatos at CiberChe
- 1966 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Jerez de la Frontera
- Spanish men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Xerez CD footballers
- CD Logroñés footballers
- Valencia CF players
- Sporting de Gijón players
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Tercera División players
- Spanish football managers
- La Liga managers
- Xerez CD managers