Gerardo Miranda Concepción (born 16 November 1956), known simply as Gerardo, is a Spanish former
footballer who played as a
right-back.
Club career
Gerardo was born in
Nouakchott
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Once a ...
, French West Africa, to Spanish parents working there.
During his career he played for
UD Las Palmas
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and
FC Barcelona
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, retiring in 1990 at his first club in the
Segunda División
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;
he started out as a
winger under manager
Roque Olsen
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Playing career
Olsen started his playing career in the local leagues of ...
, being reconverted by
Miguel Muñoz.
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Gerardo's best season came in 1984–85, when he appeared in 28 matches and scored three goals as the ]Catalans
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won the La Liga
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title. When his team conquered the 1981–82 edition of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
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, he contributed five appearances.
International career
Gerardo earned nine caps with the Spain national team, but was never selected for any major tournament.[ His debut was on 20 June 1981, in a 2–0 friendly loss against ]Portugal
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where he was deployed as sweeper.[
]
Honours
Barcelona
*La Liga
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: 1984–85[
*]Copa del Rey
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: 1982–83, 1987–88[
* Copa de la Liga: ]1983
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, 1986[
* European Cup Winners' Cup: 1981–82][
]
See also
* List of Spain international footballers born outside Spain
References
External links
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1956 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Nouakchott
Spanish men's footballers
Men's association football fullbacks
La Liga players
Segunda División players
Divisiones Regionales de Fútbol players
UD Las Palmas Atlético players
UD Las Palmas players
FC Barcelona players
Spain men's amateur international footballers
Spain men's B international footballers
Spain men's under-23 international footballers
Spain men's international footballers
20th-century Spanish sportsmen