Antonio Poyatos Medina (born 19 February 1966) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a midfielder.
 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 | |||
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
editEarly career
editBorn 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
editIn 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
editPoyatos 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