Miguel de Andrés
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Miguel de Andrés Barace | ||
| Date of birth | 8 October 1957 | ||
| Place of birth | Ochagavía, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Berbinzana | |||
| 1974–1975 | Pamplona | ||
| 1975–1976 | Athletic Bilbao | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1976–1979 | Bilbao Athletic | 59 | (3) |
| 1978–1979 | → Castellón (loan) | 29 | (1) |
| 1979–1988 | Athletic Bilbao | 200 | (9) |
| Total | 288 | (13) | |
| National team | |||
| 1975 | Spain U18 | 4 | (0) |
| 1980 | Spain U23 | 1 | (0) |
| 1979–1983 | Spain amateur | 7 | (0) |
| 1980–1981 | Spain B | 3 | (0) |
| 1984 | Spain | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Miguel de Andrés Barace (born 8 October 1957) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder.
Born in Ochagavía, Navarre, de Andrés joined Athletic Bilbao's youth system, Lezama, in 1975, after reported interest from both Real Madrid and FC Barcelona. The Basque paid his previous club 400.000 pesetas, having to spend an additional 5 million if the player made his debuts with the first team.
After two years with the reserves in the lower leagues and one season with CD Castellón in Segunda División, on loan, 20-year-old de Andrés returned to his alma mater, being awarded a chance with the main squad by Helmut Senekowitsch – formerly in charge of the Austrian national team – and making his La Liga debut on 9 September 1979 in a 1–2 away defeat against UD Salamanca.
Early into the 1980–81 campaign, the Austrian manager was fired after a 1–7 loss at Real Madrid, but de Andrés kept his place in the starting XI. He would eventually start in every league match he appeared for Athletic, although he rarely played in his preferred position, sweeper, being mostly deployed as a defensive midfielder; under Javier Clemente, he contributed with 55 games and four goals as the team won back-to-back domestic leagues.
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