Toni Grande

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Grande and the second or maternal family name is Cereijo.
Toni Grande
Grande with South Korea at the 2018 World Cup
Personal information
Full name José Antonio Grande Cereijo
Date of birth (1947-09-17) 17 September 1947 (age 77)
Place of birth Valencia, Spain
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
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 24 (3)
Total 262 (51)
International career
1969–1971 Spain U23 2 (0)
1968–1971 Spain amateur 14 (4)
Managerial career
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)
2017–2018 South Korea (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Antonio 'Toni' Grande Cereijo (born 17 September 1947) is a Spanish retired football central midfielder and manager.

Playing career

Born in Valencia, Grande graduated from Real Madrid's academy, going on to appear in 121 competitive games with the first team, winning two La Liga championships and one Copa del Rey trophy.[1] He made his league debut on 19 January 1969 in a 2–2 away draw against Córdoba CF (90 minutes played),[2] but only totalled 14 appearances over his first two seasons; he did manage to score four times in the European Cup during his spell,[3] including twice in the 1969–70 edition in victories over Olympiakos Nicosia (8–0 away, 6–1 at home).[4][5]

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 top division, where he amassed totals of 176 matches and 31 goals. He retired from professional football at the age of 31.[1]

Internationally, Grande competed for Spain at the 1968 Summer Olympics as a member of Rayo.[6]

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 Santiago Bernabéu Stadium briefly and returned again, being part of Fabio Capello's coaching staff as the side won the 2007 national championship.[7][1]

In 2004, Grande re-joined del Bosque during his brief adventure in Turkey with Beşiktaş JK.[8] The pair reunited again four years later, in the same capacity, at the Spain national team.[9][10][11][12][13]

On 2 November 2017, Grande was named assistant coach of South Korea under Shin Tae-Yong for their 2018 FIFA World Cup campaign.[14]

Managerial statistics

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Real Madrid C Spain 6 June 1989 2 September 1996 285 142 67 76 524 325 +199 049.82
Real Madrid B Spain 16 February 1997 16 June 1997 15 5 3 7 17 27 −10 033.33 [15]
Total 300 147 70 83 541 352 +189 049.00 —

Honours

Real Madrid

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Cuando iba con Vicente al palco del Bernabéu nos sentíamos incómodos" ("When I went with Vicente to the Bernabéu stands we felt uneasy"); El Confidencial, 1 February 2017 (in Spanish)
  2. ^ 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)
  3. ^ Pla Díaz, Emilio. "Real Madrid CF – All the players in European Cups". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  4. ^ 8–0: El Olympiakos fue una breva para los «blancos» (8–0: Olympiakos were a breeze for "whites"); Mundo Deportivo, 25 September 1969 (in Spanish)
  5. ^ 6–1: El Olympiakos no fue enemigo en la Copa de Europa (6–1: Olympiakos were no enemy in the European Cup); Mundo Deportivo, 1 October 1969 (in Spanish)
  6. ^ El Rayo Vallecano en México 68 (Rayo Vallecano in Mexico 68); Diario AS, 25 October 2018 (in Spanish)
  7. ^ 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)
  8. ^ El pasado turco de Del Bosque (Del Bosque's Turkish past); ABC, 17 June 2016 (in Spanish)
  9. ^ 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)
  10. ^ "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)
  11. ^ Toni Grande: "España no va a condicionar su estilo por Cristiano Ronaldo" (Toni Grande: "Spain are not going to condition their style because of Cristiano Ronaldo"); Europa Press, 24 June 2012 (in Spanish)
  12. ^ 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)
  13. ^ 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)
  14. ^ 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)
  15. ^ "Grande: José Antonio Grande Cereijo: Matches 1996–97". BDFutbol. Retrieved 18 February 2020.