Place of birth Valencia, Spain Apps (Gls) Height 1.75 m | Years Team 1986–1991 Banco de Granada Weight 74 kg | |
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Full name Miguel Rodrigo Conde Salazar Date of birth (1970-07-15) 15 July 1970 (age 46) Current team Thailand national futsal team (Head coach) | ||
El partido con miguel rodrigo
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).
Contents
- El partido con miguel rodrigo
- Conferencia miguel rodrigo mpg
- Japan
- Thailand
- Thailand Under 20
- Managerial statistic
- Manager
- Certification
- References
Conferencia miguel rodrigo mpg
Japan
In June 2009, Japan Football Association (JFA) has appointed Miguel Rodrigo as the national Futsal trainer with one-year contract. 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. 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.
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.
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. 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.
In January of 2017, Miguel Rodrigo lead Thailand to the 2016 AFF Futsal Championship, the premier competition of Southeast Asia. Thailand under his coaching managed to collect two wins in the group stage over Timor-Leste and Brunei then advanced to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals against Malaysia, his Thailand was stunted with the 0–3 losing result in the first half. However, Thailand turned it around and won it with the 5–3 result. In the final of the tournament, Thailand comfortably won 8–1 over Myanmar and lifted their twelfth AFF Futsal Championship title. It was also the first trophy of Miguel Rodrigo with Thailand.
Thailand Under 20
Starting from February of 2017, Miguel Rodrigo also takes a charge on Thailand national under-20 futsal team in order to compete in 2017 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship.
Managerial statistic
As of 29 January 20171 Only official games against other national team.
2 A win or loss by the penalty shoot-out is regarded as the draw in time.
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Japan
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