Toni Grande

Toni Grande
Personal information
Full name José Antonio Grande Cereijo
Date of birth (1947-09-17) 17 September 1947
Place of birth Valencia, Spain
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 South Korea (assistant)
Youth career
1963–1967 Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1967–1974 Real Madrid 83 (9)
1967–1968 → Rayo Vallecano (loan) 30 (14)
1973–1974 → Racing Santander (loan) 33 (11)
1974–1977 Granada 92 (14)
1977–1978 Palencia
Total 238 (48)
National team
1969–1971 Spain U23 2 (0)
1968–1971 Spain amateur 14 (4)
Teams managed
1989–1996 Real Madrid C
1997 Real Madrid B
1997–2003 Real Madrid (assistant)
2004–2005 Beşiktaş (assistant)
2006–2007 Real Madrid (assistant)
2008–2016 Spain (assistant)
2017– South Korea (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

José Antonio 'Toni' Grande Cereijo (born 17 September 1947) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central midfielder, and is a current assistant manager.

Playing career

Born in Valencia, Grande graduated from Real Madrid's youth academy, going on to play in a total of 111 official games during his five-year spell with the first team, winning two La Liga championships and one Copa del Rey trophy. He made his league debut for the Merengues on 19 January 1969 in a 2–2 away draw against Córdoba CF (90 minutes played),[1] but only amassed fourteen appearances in his first two seasons combined.

Additionally, Grande also represented Rayo Vallecano, Racing de Santander, Granada CF and Palencia CF, the first and the last being the only clubs with which he did not play in the first division, where he amassed totals of 176 matches and 31 goals, having retired professionally at only 31.

Internationally, Grande competed for Spain at the 1968 Summer Olympics.[2]

Coaching career

Grande returned to Real Madrid in 1979, managing several youth teams as well as Real Madrid Castilla and Real Madrid C. In the late 90s/early 2000s he worked as first-team assistant under several coaches, mainly Vicente del Bosque, then left the club briefly and returned again, being part of Fabio Capello's coaching staff as the side won the 2007 national championship.[3]

In 2004, Grande re-joined del Bosque during his brief adventure in Turkey with Beşiktaş JK. The pair reunited again four years later, in the same capacity, in the Spanish national team.[4][5][6][7][8]

On 2 November 2017, Grande was named assistant coach of South Korea under Shin Tae-Yong for their 2018 FIFA World Cup campaign.[9]

Honours

Real Madrid

References

  1. ↑ 2–2: Aunque perdía por 2–0, el R. Madrid acabó sin ser batido (2–2: Even though they lost 2–0, R. Madrid ended up undefeated); Mundo Deportivo, 20 January 1969 (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ "Grande". Sports Reference. Retrieved 17 November 2009.
  3. ↑ José Antonio Grande regresa al Real Madrid (José Antonio Grande returns to Real Madrid) Archived 7 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine.; Terra, 11 July 2006 (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ Toni Grande previene contra la euforia (Toni Grande warns against euphoria) Archived 7 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine.; Terra, 15 November 2008 (in Spanish)
  5. ↑ "No es imposible que Guti vaya al Mundial" ("It is not impossible for Guti to go to the World Cup"); Defensa Central, 1 February 2010 (in Spanish)
  6. ↑ Toni Grande: "España no va a condicionar su estilo por Cristiano Ronaldo" (Toni Grande: "Spain is not going to condition its style because of Cristiano Ronaldo"); Europa Press, 24 June 2012 (in Spanish)
  7. ↑ Grande: "Xavi nos dijo que le interesaba jugar más con uno que con otro" (Grande: "Xavi told us he would rather play with one guy than with another"); Mundo Deportivo, 22 June 2013 (in Spanish)
  8. ↑ Toni Grande: "Casillas es el mejor portero de España con diferencia" (Toni Grande: "Casillas is by far the best goalkeeper of Spain"); Marca, 26 February 2014 (in Spanish)
  9. ↑ Toni Grande y Javier Miñano refuerzan a Corea del Sur con vistas al Mundial (Toni Grande and Javier Miñano bolster South Korea ahead of the World Cup); Marca, 3 November 2017 (in Spanish)
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