José Mari Bakero
![]() Bakero in 2010 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | José María Bakero Escudero[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 11 February 1963||
Place of birth | Goizueta, Spain[1] | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Real Sociedad | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1980–1988 | Real Sociedad | 223 | (67) |
1988–1996 | Barcelona | 260 | (72) |
1997 | Veracruz | 17 | (3) |
Total | 500 | (142) | |
National team | |||
1980 | Spain U16 | 3 | (1) |
1980–1981 | Spain U18 | 9 | (2) |
1982–1986 | Spain U21 | 5 | (1) |
1986 | Spain U23 | 1 | (0) |
1987–1994 | Spain | 30 | (7) |
Teams managed | |||
1999 | Puebla | ||
2005 | Málaga B | ||
2006 | Real Sociedad | ||
2009–2010 | Polonia Warsaw | ||
2010–2012 | Lech Poznań | ||
2013 | Juan Aurich | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
José María Bakero Escudero (born 11 February 1963) is a Spanish former professional footballer, and a manager. Having played mainly for Real Sociedad and Barcelona,[2] he began his career as a forward (not being a prolific goalscorer) but was converted into an attacking midfielder, who possessed passing and scoring ability (with both his right foot and his head, the second despite his short stature) and great leadership skills.
During a 17-year professional career, he amassed La Liga totals of 483 games and 139 goals, winning a total of 17 titles. A Spanish international for seven years, he represented the nation in two World Cups and one European Championship.
Bakero began working as a manager in 1999.
Playing career[]
Club[]
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Born in Goizueta, Navarre, Bakero made his senior debut with Real Sociedad on 6 September 1980 when only 17, coming from the bench in a 3–2 away loss against Valencia CF, and finished his debut season with 27 appearances but no goals. Appearing only in two games in 1981–82, he was however part of the Basque sides which won back-to-back La Liga titles, his teammates including Luis Arconada, Jesús María Satrústegui and Jesús María Zamora.
Bakero then signed for FC Barcelona, where he was joined by several other Real and Basque players: Txiki Begiristain, Luis López Rekarte, with Julio Salinas coming from Atlético Madrid but having also played with Athletic Bilbao, as another Real player, Jon Andoni Goikoetxea, joined two years later – they would form the backbone of the legendary Dream Team. Between 1988 and 1997 he (who scored 47 league goals in his first four years) played 329 matches overall for the Catalans, being instrumental in their league conquests from 1990 to 1994 and also appearing in the historic 1992 European Cup Final; in the latter tournament, as his team was trailing 3–0 at 1. FC Kaiserslautern in the second round after a 2–0 home win, his 90th-minute header secured qualification.[3]
Having appeared scarcely during 1996–97, his last game coming on 18 November 1996 in a 6–1 home thrashing of Real Valladolid in which he scored,[4][5] Bakero retired later that campaign after a small abroad stint with Mexico's C.D. Veracruz. He also had unsuccessful trials with Middlesbrough and Norwich City.[6]
International[]
Bakero earned 30 caps for Spain, netting on seven occasions. His debut came on 14 October 1987 during an UEFA Euro 1988 qualifier against Austria, replacing future Barcelona teammate Francisco Carrasco in a 2–0 home win.[7]
Bakero would subsequently represent the nation at Euro 1988, as well as in two FIFA World Cup editions, 1990 and 1994.
International goals[]
- Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bakero goal.[8][7]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 18 November 1987 | Benito Villamarín, Seville, Spain | ![]() |
1–0 | 5–0 | Euro 1988 qualifying |
2 | 2–0 | |||||
3 | 5–0 | |||||
4 | 19 December 1990 | Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville, Spain | ![]() |
9–0 | 9–0 | Euro 1992 qualifying |
5 | 20 February 1991 | Parc des Princes, Paris, France | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–3 | Euro 1992 qualifying |
6 | 16 December 1992 | Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville, Spain | ![]() |
1–0 | 5–0 | 1994 World Cup qualification |
7 | 24 February 1993 | Benito Villamarín, Seville, Spain | ![]() |
2–0 | 5–0 | 1994 World Cup qualification |
Coaching career[]
Bakero moved into coaching after retiring in 1997, first as an assistant under both Lorenzo Serra Ferrer and Louis van Gaal. He also worked as a sports adviser with the Generalitat de Catalunya and, in 2004–05, had his first head coaching experience, joining Málaga CF's B side in January 2005[9] and helping them narrowly escape relegation from the second division.
In August 2005, Bakero was appointed director of football at Real Sociedad, and would be promoted to coach towards the end of 2005–06.[10] Seven games into the following season, he was sacked.[11][12]
In October 2007, Bakero joined Ronald Koeman's (another Barcelona teammate) coaching staff at Valencia, being dismissed in late April 2008.[13] On 10 November 2009, more than a year after his last job, he signed with Polonia Warsaw, again as head coach.[14] While the team was last in the league at that point, not only did he manage to prevent relegation but also led them to a win against city neighbours Legia Warsaw, the first in ten years.[15][16] He was relieved of his duties on 13 September 2010, after suffering the first loss of the campaign.[17]
Bakero signed with another club in the Ekstraklasa on 3 November 2010, now Lech Poznań.[18] In his official debut, he led the side to a 3–1 victory over Manchester City in the group stage of the UEFA Europa League.[19]
On 25 February 2012, following a 3–0 away loss to Ruch Chorzów, Bakero was fired. In 2013, he moved to South America to coach Juan Aurich from Peru, being dismissed in September of that year due to poor results.[20]
In 2015, Venezuelan club Deportivo La Guaira hired Bakero as interim technical director, to help the new coaching staff by running training sessions.[21] He returned to Barcelona on 10 July 2017, as head of the youth academy alongside former teammate Guillermo Amor.[22]
Personal life[]
Bakero was the third of 11 children. His brothers Santiago and Jon were also footballers, and both forwards.[23] After he joined Polonia as a coach he was accompanied, at his request, by Jon as an assistant.[24]
Bakero's sister, Itziar, was also a footballer, who played at international level.[25] His son, Jon, played college soccer in the United States for Wake Forest University, winning the Hermann Trophy in 2017.[26]
Honours[]
Real Sociedad
- La Liga: 1980–81, 1981–82
- Copa del Rey: 1986–87
- Supercopa de España: 1982
Barcelona
- La Liga: 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94
- Copa del Rey: 1989–90
- Supercopa de España: 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996
- European Cup: 1991–92
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1988–89, 1996–97
- UEFA Super Cup: 1992
Managerial statistics[]
- As of 8 September 2013[27]
Team | From | To | Competition | Record | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | GF | GA | GD | ||||
Puebla | July 1999 | September 1999 | Liga MX | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12.50 | 6 | 11 | –5 |
Total | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12.50 | 6 | 11 | –5 | |||
Málaga B | January 2005 | August 2005 | Segunda División | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 27.27 | 13 | 25 | –12 |
Total | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 27.27 | 13 | 25 | –12 | |||
Real Sociedad | 23 March 2006 | 26 October 2006 | La Liga | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18.75 | 18 | 24 | –6 |
Copa del Rey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 4 | –3 | |||
Total | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17.65 | 19 | 28 | –9 | |||
Polonia Warsaw | 10 November 2009 | 13 September 2010 | Ekstraklasa | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 40.91 | 23 | 20 | +3 |
Total | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 40.91 | 23 | 20 | +3 | |||
Lech Poznań | 3 November 2010 | 25 February 2012 | Ekstraklasa | 39 | 18 | 8 | 13 | 46.15 | 53 | 27 | +26 |
Polish Cup | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 57.14 | 13 | 7 | +6 | |||
Europe | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 60.00 | 6 | 4 | +2 | |||
Total | 51 | 25 | 11 | 15 | 49.02 | 72 | 38 | +34 | |||
Juan Aurich | 5 January 2013 | 7 September 2013 | Peruvian Primera División | 31 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 25.81 | 38 | 39 | –1 |
Copa Sudamericana | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 6 | –4 | |||
Total | 33 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 24.24 | 40 | 45 | –5 | |||
Career totals | League | 138 | 45 | 37 | 56 | 32.61 | 151 | 146 | +5 | ||
Cup | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50.00 | 14 | 11 | +3 | |||
Europe | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 60.00 | 6 | 4 | +2 | |||
South America | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 6 | –4 | |||
Total | 153 | 52 | 40 | 61 | 33.99 | 173 | 167 | +6 |
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Bakero: José María Bakero Escudero". BDFutbol. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ "José Mari Bakero" (in Spanish). FC Barcelona. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ^ Murray, Andrew (22 October 2015). "How Johan Cruyff reinvented modern football at Barcelona". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ^ Besa, Ramón (18 November 1996). "Robson alineará a Ronaldo y Bakero ante el Valladolid" [Robson will play Ronaldo and Bakero against Valladolid]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ^ Bañeres, Enric (19 November 1996). "Bakero dicta una lección magistral" [Bakero puts on show for the ages]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ^ Steel, Adam (29 June 2017). "Trialists and tribulations: Three players who Middlesbrough declined to sign during pre-season". TeessideLive. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Pla Díaz, Emilio. "José María Bakero Escudero – International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
- ^ "Bakero II". European Football. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ^ "Bakero, nuevo entrenador" [Bakero, new manager]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 15 January 2005. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
- ^ López, Ángel (18 May 2006). ""Era mi sueño desde hace tiempo"" [It had been a dream of mine since a long time]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ^ "La Real Sociedad destituye a José Mari Bakero" [Real Sociedad dismiss José Mari Bakero]. El País (in Spanish). 26 October 2006. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
- ^ "Real Sociedad: Cesado el entrenador José Mari Bakero" [Real Sociedad: Coach José Mari Bakero fired] (in Spanish). El Futbolín. October 2006. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
- ^ Urrutia, Carlos (22 April 2008). "Koeman, a la calle" [Koeman, out you go] (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 May 2018.
- ^ "José María Bakero zostanie trenerem Polonii Warszawa" [José María Bakero will be Polonia Warsaw's coach] (in Polish). 90 Minut. 10 November 2009. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- ^ "Ekstraklasa 2009/2010" (in Polish). 90 Minut. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- ^ Kamiński, Emil (11 May 2010). "Derby dla Polonii" [Polish derby]. Legia Warsaw. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- ^ "Jose Bakero zwolniony. Nadszedł Paweł Janas" [Jose Bakero released. Paweł Janas in] (in Polish). TVN24. 13 September 2010. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- ^ "José María Bakero trenerem Lecha" [José María Bakero trains Lech] (in Polish). 90 Minut. 3 November 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- ^ Ornstein, David (4 November 2010). "Lech Poznan 3–1 Man City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
- ^ "José Mari Bakero dejó de ser técnico del Juan Aurich" [José Mari Bakero is no longer manager of Juan Aurich]. El Comercio (in Spanish). 8 September 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- ^ "José María Bakero es el nuevo director deportivo de La Guaira" [José María Bakero is La Guaira's new sporting director] (in Spanish). Balonazos. 22 July 2015. Archived from the original on 20 April 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- ^ "Bakero y Amor, responsables del fútbol formativo profesional del Barça" [Bakero and Amor, in charge of Barça's professional formative football]. Sport (in Spanish). 10 July 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
- ^ Parcero, Bruno (9 January 2018). "La saga continúa" [The saga continues]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 February 2021.
- ^ "Bakero se lleva a su hermano de ayudante a Varsovia" [Bakero takes his brother to Warsaw as assistant]. Marca (in Spanish). 15 January 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
- ^ Reizabal, Gorka (9 February 1985). "Bakero, una intensa vida de 22 años" [Bakero, an intense 22-year-old life]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 May 2013.
- ^ "Wake's Jon Bakero wins Hermann Trophy as top college player". ESPN. 6 January 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
- ^ José Mari Bakero coach profile at Soccerway
External links[]
- José Mari Bakero at BDFutbol
- José Mari Bakero manager profile at BDFutbol
- José Mari Bakero at National-Football-Teams.com
- José Mari Bakero – FIFA competition record (archived)
- 1963 births
- Living people
- People from Norte de Aralar
- Spanish footballers
- Footballers from Navarre
- Association football midfielders
- La Liga players
- Real Sociedad footballers
- FC Barcelona players
- Liga MX players
- C.D. Veracruz footballers
- Spain youth international footballers
- Spain under-21 international footballers
- Spain under-23 international footballers
- Spain international footballers
- UEFA Euro 1988 players
- 1990 FIFA World Cup players
- 1994 FIFA World Cup players
- Basque Country international footballers
- Spanish beach soccer players
- Spanish expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Mexico
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
- Spanish football managers
- La Liga managers
- Segunda División managers
- Real Sociedad managers
- Liga MX managers
- Club Puebla managers
- Polonia Warsaw managers
- Lech Poznań managers
- Juan Aurich managers
- Spanish expatriate football managers
- Expatriate football managers in Mexico
- Expatriate football managers in Poland
- Expatriate football managers in Peru
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Poland
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Peru
- Real Sociedad non-playing staff
- FC Barcelona non-playing staff