On 29th January 1936, Joaquín Peiró Lucas was born in the Spanish capital. The ‘galgo del Metropolitano’, a fabulous player who left his mark on Atlético de Madrid and the Spanish national team, and a legendary pioneer in Italian football with Torina, Roma and Inter Milan, where he was European champion, is remembered by Málaga fans for his brilliant career as coach with Málaga CF between 1998 and 2003.
Peiró, who arrived in the 1998/99 season from Badajoz, achieved First Division promotion that same season with anthology football. The following four seasons, in the footballing elite, Peiró’s Málaga was characterised as a team with great ball skills to the delight of ‘Malaguista’ fans, achieving historic results that will always remain in the memory of every Blue and Whites’ fan.
The Madrid-born manager coached the highest number of games with MCF (224), and always ensured Málaga was in the mid to upper part of the League table, achieving the Club’s only title during the first journey into European football: the Intertoto Cup (2002), which gave access to the UEFA Cup, in which the team reached the quarter finals (2002/03).
Career | Achievements (player):
Spain | Covadonga, Tolosa, Jusa, AD Ferroviaria, Real Murcia 54/55 (22 League matches, 15 goals – on loan from Atlético de Madrid) and Atlético de Madrid 55/62 (166 League matches, 92 goals; 36 Cup games, 20 goals; 10 Copa de Europa matches, 6 goals; 9 matches in the Recopa de Europa, 6 goals).
Italy | AC Torino 62/64 (46 League matches, 10 goals), Inter Milan 64/66 (25 League matches, 8 goals) and AS Roma 66/70 (103 League matches, 21 goals).
International | Spain
- Debuted with first team on 03/06/1956, in the Portugal 3-1 Spain match (scored the Spain goal).
- Spain’s first team (12 matches – 5 goals): His goal against Mexico stands out (1-0) in the victory in the Chile World Cup (4 matches played in World Cup competitions: 2 in Chile’62 and 2 in England’66).
- B team (5 matches – 5 goals): He scored a hat trick against Italy.
- Spain’s under-21s (1 match – 0 goals).
Titles: 2 Copas del Generalísimo (Atlético de Madrid, 1960 and 1961); 2 Italian League titles (Inter Milan, 64/65 and 65/66); 1 Copa de Italia (AS Roma, 1969); 2 Intercontinental Cups (Inter Milan, 1964 and 1965); 1 Copa de Europa (Inter Milan, 64/65) and 1 Recopa de Europa (Atlético de Madrid, 61/62).
Career | Achievements (coach):
- Teams: Atlético Madrileño (78/85), Granada CF (85/88), UE Figueres (88/90), Atlético de Madrid (1990), Real Murcia (91/93), CD Badajoz (97/98), Málaga CF (98/03) and Real Murcia (03/04).
- Titles: Málaga CF (UEFA Intertoto Cup champion and Second Division winners – First Division promotion); Granada CF (Promotion to Second Division) and Atlético Madrileño (Promotion to Second Division).
Málaga CF | Joaquín Peiró (coach):
- 193 League matches (151 in the First Division and 42 in the Second Division); 15 Copa del Rey games; 10 UEFA Cup matches and 6 UEFA Intertoto Cup games.
- Total: 224 matches (89 victories, 71 draws, 64 defeats).
