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Miguel Tendillo
	Tendillo (right) in August 1980
Personal information
Full name	Miguel Tendillo Belenguer
Date of birth	1 February 1961 (age 63)
Place of birth	Moncada, Spain
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
	Moncada
	Valencia
Senior career*
Years	Team
1977–1979	Mestalla
1979–1986	Valencia
1986–1987	Murcia
1987–1992	Real Madrid
1992–1993	Burgos
Total
International career
1977–1979	Spain U18
1979	Spain U19
1979	Spain U20
1979	Spain U21
1980–1988	Spain
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Miguel Tendillo Belenguer (born 1 February 1961) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a central defender.

Over 15 seasons, he amassed La Liga totals of 370 matches and 28 goals, appearing most notably for Valencia (eight years) and Real Madrid (five) and winning ten major titles.^[1]

Tendillo played nearly 30 times with Spain, representing the nation at the 1982 World Cup and Euro 1980.

Club career edit

Born in Moncada, Valencia, Tendillo started his professional career with local Valencia CF, being first choice since the age of 18 (29 La Liga games in his first full season, which culminated with the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup conquest – he started in the final against Arsenal).^[2]^[3]

After nearly 300 official appearances with Valencia, Tendillo moved to Real Murcia upon the Che's 1986 relegation, and produced another solid season, which earned him the interest of league powerhouse Real Madrid as a replacement to longtime injuree Antonio Maceda. A starter in three of his five years, he helped the club to three leagues and as many domestic supercups.^[2]

Tendillo signed for lowly Real Burgos CF for 1992–93, not being able to help them prevent relegation from the top division and retiring at the end of the campaign, aged 32.^[2] Subsequently, he returned to the Mestalla Stadium as youth system coordinator.^[4]

International career edit

Tendillo earned his first cap for Spain on 21 May 1980, at not yet 20, appearing in a 2–2 friendly with Denmark in Copenhagen. Subsequently, he was called for that year's UEFA European Championship and the 1982 FIFA World Cup, totalling 27 matches and being deployed at right-back in the former competition.^[2]

International goals edit


#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	28 April 1982	Luis Casanova, Valencia, Spain	Switzerland	1–0	2–0	Friendly^[5]

Personal life edit

Both Tendillo's father Miguel (born 1937) and son Alberto (1995) were footballers and defenders. The latter was also developed at Valencia.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Honours edit

Valencia

Real Madrid

References edit

^ Que fue de... Miguel Tendillo (What happened to... Miguel Tendillo); Cadena SER, 23 July 2009 (in Spanish)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Miguel Tendillo: el cierre de Moncada (Miguel Tendillo: the lock of Moncada); La Galerna, 1 February 2018 (in Spanish)
^ Cup Winners' Cup 1979–80; at RSSSF
^ Salvo y Rufete clausuran el curso de la escuela en Paterna (Salvo and Rufete close school year at Paterna); Las Provincias, 19 June 2013 (in Spanish)
^ 2–0: La selección, ni fu ni fa (2–0: The national team, neither here nor there); Mundo Deportivo, 29 April 1982 (in Spanish)
^ Tendillo: "Hay unos cuantos payasos que deben de estar sufriendo mucho" (Tendillo: "Some bozos must be really hurting"); ABC, 12 October 1987 (in Spanish)
^ Tendillo, fuera del Valencia (Tendillo, out of Valencia); Super Deporte, 17 July 2017 (in Spanish)
^ El Levante UD ficha al central Tendillo para su filial tras su paso por el Mestalla (Levante UD sign stopper Tendillo for their reserves after his spell with Mestalla); Levante-EMV, 26 July 2017 (in Spanish)