Spanish footballer and manager
Àngel "Pichi" Alonso Herrera (born 17 December 1954) is a Spanish former professional football striker and manager .
A player with a prolific scoring rate, though he never won the Pichichi Trophy , he represented, amongst others, both Barcelona major clubs during his career. He amassed La Liga totals of 261 games and 107 goals over 11 seasons, and won four titles with FC Barcelona .[ 1]
Born in Benicarló , Castellón , Valencian Community , Alonso made his professional debut with local club CD Castellón in the Segunda División , in 1975.[ 2] Real Zaragoza two years later, playing 33 La Liga matches in every season he remained there and never netting less than 15 goals;[ 3] his debut campaign , he scored five in an 8–1 rout of RCD Español .[ 4]
For the 1982–83 campaign , Alonso moved to FC Barcelona , being used frequently in his first year but losing his importance after the purchase of Scotland's Steve Archibald , and never regaining it again. Still, he scored three goals against IFK Göteborg in the 1986 European Cup semi-finals , allowing the Catalans to reach the final of the competition against FC Steaua București in Seville ,[ 5] substitute in extra time , in an eventual penalty shootout loss; he was one of four players that had his attempt saved by opposing goalkeeper Helmut Duckadam .[ 6]
Alonso regained his scoring prowess at Barça neighbours Espanyol, helping the side to finish third in his first season with 17 goals.[ 7] 1987–88 another penalty shootout defeat occurred, now in the UEFA Cup against Bayer 04 Leverkusen .[ 8] Spain national team – his debut came on 21 December 1978 in a 1–0 friendly loss with Italy , in Rome.[ 9] [ 2]
Alonso started his manager career as assistant to his former Barcelona teammate Víctor Muñoz at RCD Mallorca .[ 10] autonomous team of Catalonia for several years,[ 11] [ 12] pundit for Televisió de Catalunya [ 13]
In 2006, Alonso had a brief managerial spell at Ukraine 's FC Metalurh Donetsk .[ 14]
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Barcelona
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