Miguel Jones
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Miguel Jones Castillo | ||
| Date of birth | 27 October 1938 | ||
| Place of birth |
Santa Isabel, Spanish Guinea (now Malabo, Equatorial Guinea) | ||
| Date of death | 8 April 2020 (aged 81) | ||
| Place of death | Bilbao, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1956 | Baracaldo | 15 | (4) |
| 1956–1959 | Indauchu | 56 | (24) |
| 1959–1967 | Atlético Madrid | 80 | (28) |
| 1967–1968 | Osasuna | 10 | (2) |
| Total | 161 | (58) | |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 September 2006 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 September 2006 | |||
Miguel Jones Castillo (Spanish pronunciation: during the 1950s and 1960s.
Early life
Although born in
Football career
Jones began his career with local sides
Lezama and another emerging young player, Chus Pereda. Jones and Pereda, and later a third Indautxu player, José Eulogio Gárate, were all controversially rejected by Athletic Bilbao because the club's signing policy required for them to be born in Biscay; he maintained throughout his life that his rejection was not due to racism, as the other shunned players were white.[6]
Jones eventually joined
1963. He scored again in the 1962 final as Atlético beat Fiorentina 3–0 after a replay but finished on the losing side when they lost 5–1 to Tottenham Hotspur in 1963. He also won a La Liga
title with Atlético in 1966.
In October 1967, Jones was signed for a season with Osasuna, his last club.[7][8]
Later life
After retiring as a player he returned to live in Bilbao and served as a director at SD Indautxu. Jones was a teammate and friend of Luis Aragonés; when the Spain manager was accused of racism in 2004, he cited his friendship with Jones as proof that he was not.[9]
Jones died on 8 April 2020 at the age of 81. He had cancer for a long period before dying in Bilbao during the coronavirus pandemic.[9][10][11]
Honours
- Spanish Champions: 1
- 1966
- Copa del Generalísimo: 3
- 1960, 1961, 1965
- European Cup Winners Cup: 1
- 1962
References
- ^ Miguel Jones at BDFutbol
- ^ "Miguel Jones, el hijo de Don Wilwardo". 12 April 2020. Archived from the original on 13 April 2020.
- ^ "PRESENCIA DE LA SOCIEDAD ABAKUÁ EN FERNANDO POO A FINALES DEL SIGLO XIX" (PDF). p. 7.
Today, although there is no memory of their origins, many Cuban surnames are preserved among Creole families: Moreno, Castillo, Riquito, Mata, Rivas, Balboa, Valcárcel, etc.
- ^ "Jugadores de 1ª - Jones" [1st Division players - Jones] (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 August 2011.
Al no poder intercalar en las filas del Athletic, muy a pesar de la labor de Antón Gorostiaga, Secretario del Club y amigo estudiantil de Jones, recaló inmediatamente en las filas del Barakaldo, recomendado por Daucik.
- ^ "Sociedad Deportiva Indautxu - Indautxu - Bilbao". Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
- ^ "Miguel Jones y el Athletic: "Lo de que si era negro es una chorrada"" [Miguel Jones and Athletic: "The idea that it was about me being black is a load of rubbish"]. El Desmarque (in Spanish). 9 April 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ "Jones fichó por el Osasuna" [Jones signed for Osasuna] (in Spanish). ABC. 19 October 1967. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
Ultimado el ventajoso fichaje de Miguel Jones por el Osasuna de Pamplona -900.000 pesetas por una temporada-.
- ^ "Miguel Jones, que estudió en Lekaroz y jugó en Osasuna" [Miguel Jones, who studied in Lekaroz and played in Osasuna] (in Spanish). Noticias de Navarra. 2 March 2008. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
Por cierto que, muchos lo recordarán, acabó su vida deportiva en Osasuna fichado (un millón de pesetas, más sueldo y primas) por Félix Martialay, y aún luego fue 15 años directivo del Indautxu, en Vizcaya, donde reside en Bilbao.
[permanent dead link] - ^ a b "Muere por coronavirus Miguel Jones, otra leyenda del Atlético de Madrid" [Another Atlético Madrid legend, Miguel Jones, dies of coronavirus]. El Mundo (in Spanish). EFE. 8 April 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ "El día en el que Miguel Jones, fallecido por coronavirus, sí jugó con el Athletic". Deia. 9 April 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ Rivas, Jon (8 April 2020). "Muere Miguel Jones, héroe colchonero". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 April 2020.
External links
- La Liga stats
- (in Spanish) Voluntad de tradición, an article on Athletic Bilbao cantera policy in Spanish.