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{{Short description|Peruvian football manager (born 1945)}}
{{family name hatnote|Company|Chumpitazi|lang=Spanish}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Miguel Company
| image          = Sotil y Company.jpg
| caption        = Company with [[Hugo Sotil]] in 1973
| full_name      = Miguel Alejandro Company Chumpitazi
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1945|1|12|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Lima]], Peru
| position       = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| currentclub    = 
| years1         = 1965–1969 |clubs1 = [[Juan Aurich]]                 |caps1 =  |goals1 = 
| years2         = 1970–1973 |clubs2 = [[José Gálvez FBC|José Gálvez]] |caps2 =  |goals2 = 
| totalcaps      =  |totalgoals = 
| manageryears1  = 1985      |managerclubs1 = [[Asociación Deportiva Tarma|ADT]]
| manageryears2  = 1985      |managerclubs2 = [[Juventud La Joya]]
| manageryears3  = 1985      |managerclubs3 = [[Institución Deportiva Colegio Nacional de Iquitos|Colegio Nacional Iquitos]]
| manageryears4  = 1986      |managerclubs4 = [[Hungaritos Agustinos]]
| manageryears5  = 1986      |managerclubs5 = [[Unión Huaral]]
| manageryears6  = 1987–1988 |managerclubs6 = [[Sporting Cristal]]
| manageryears7  = 1989      |managerclubs7 = [[Alianza Lima]]
| manageryears8  = 1990–1991 |managerclubs8 = [[Sport Boys]]
| manageryears9  = 1991      |managerclubs9 = [[Peru national football team|Peru]]
| manageryears10 = 1992–1993 |managerclubs10 = [[Deportivo Cali]]
| manageryears11 = 1993      |managerclubs11 = [[Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz|Veracruz]]
| manageryears12 = 1994–1995 |managerclubs12 = [[Peru national football team|Peru]]
| manageryears13 = 1997–1998 |managerclubs13 = [[Honduras national football team|Honduras]]
| manageryears14 = 1999      |managerclubs14 = [[Universitario de Deportes|Universitario]]
| manageryears15 = 2000      |managerclubs15 = [[Deportivo Saprissa|Saprissa]]
| manageryears16 = 2000–2004 |managerclubs16 = [[Cuba national football team|Cuba]]
| manageryears17 = 2010–2011 |managerclubs17 = [[Sport Boys]]
| manageryears18 = 2012      |managerclubs18 = [[Sport Huancayo]]

}}

'''Miguel Alejandro Company Chumpitazi''' (born 12 January 1945) is a Peruvian [[association football|football]] coach, former player (1965–1973), and sports reporter.

==Playing career==
Company did not have a great track record during his playing days.<ref name = "dechalaca Career info"/> He did manage to play for notable teams such as [[Chiclayo]] based club [[Juan Aurich]] and [[José Gálvez FBC]] of [[Chimbote]] around the 1970s.<ref name = "dechalaca Career info"/>

==Managerial career==
In the early 1980s Company contributed to Peruvian magazine Ovación by interviewing football figures such as [[César Luis Menotti]].<ref name = "dechalaca Career info"/> Then in 1985 he would start his managerial career with [[Asociación Deportiva Tarma]] in the [[1985 Torneo Descentralizado]] season.<ref name="dechalaca Career info">{{cite web|url=http://dechalaca.com/futblogs/busco-equipo/busco-equipo-controversial-company |title=Busco Equipo: Controversial Company |access-date=26 January 2012 |date=24 July 2009 |language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219034800/http://dechalaca.com/futblogs/busco-equipo/busco-equipo-controversial-company |archive-date=19 December 2013 |publisher=dechalaca.com |url-status=dead }}</ref> In his first two years as a manager he coached several clubs in a very short time such as [[Juventud La Joya]], [[Colegio Nacional de Iquitos]], [[Hungaritos Agustinos]], and [[Unión Huaral]].

Then in 1987 Company had his first experience in charge of a big Peruvian club, [[Sporting Cristal]].<ref name = "dechalaca Career info"/> Lasting only one year and a half, he was in charge of the ''Celestes'' for the [[1987 Torneo Descentralizado]] which extended into early 1980 and left before the start of the [[1988 Torneo Descentralizado]].<ref name = "dechalaca Career info"/> He did however manage to win his first trophy with Sporting Cristal in the [[Marlboro Cup (soccer)|1988 Marlboro Cup]] tournament.

Company then went on to have a short spell with [[Alianza Lima]] in the [[1989 Torneo Descentralizado]]. He helped the club to a strong start to the season but then later struggled in the second half.<ref name = "dechalaca Career info"/> Then he was in charge of [[Sport Boys]] for [[1990 Torneo Descentralizado]] and led the club to a Copa Libertadores groupstage place by winning the [[1990 Torneo Descentralizado#Liguilla Final|Liguilla Final]].<ref name = "dechalaca Career info"/> He left right after and came back for the 1991 season only to leave again a few months later.<ref name = "dechalaca Career info"/>

Company then managed the [[Peru national football team|Peru national team]] in two [[Copa America]] tournaments (1991 and 1995).<ref name = "dechalaca Career info"/> In both editions of the Copa America, he could not lead Peru out of the first group stage. During the 1991 edition he had physical altercations with a journalist and later with his player, Andrés Gonzales, who refused to play against Paraguay.<ref name = "dechalaca Career info"/> Gonzales was later banned from playing for Peru for two years.<ref name = "dechalaca Career info"/>

He was also in charge of the [[Honduras national football team|Honduras national team]] in 1997 and 1998,<ref>{{cite web|author=Courtney, Barrie |title=CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1998 - Full Details |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/98gc-full.html |date=20 February 2005 |url-status=live |website=[[RSSSF]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090610084535/http://www.rsssf.com/tables/98gc-full.html |archive-date=10 June 2009 }}</ref> and the [[Cuba national football team|Cuba national team]] from 2000 to 2004. In terms of national clubs, he led the Peruvian team [[Universitario de Deportes]] to a Torneo Apertura cup in 1999.

===Manager===
'''Sporting Cristal'''
*[[Marlboro Cup (soccer)|1988 Marlboro Cup]]

'''Universitario de Deportes'''
*[[List of Peruvian football champions#Apertura and Clausura seasons|Torneo Apertura]]: [[1999 Torneo Descentralizado#Torneo Apertura|1999]]

==References==
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|title= Miguel Company managerial positions
|list1=
{{Asociación Deportiva Tarma managers}}
{{Sporting Cristal managers}}
{{Alianza Lima managers}}
{{Sport Boys managers}}
{{Peru national football team managers}}
{{Honduras national football team managers}}
{{Cuba national football team managers}}
{{Universitario de Deportes managers}}
{{Deportivo Cali managers}}
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|title= Miguel Company international squads
|list1=
{{Peru squad 1991 Copa América}}
{{Peru squad 1995 Copa América}}
{{Honduras squad 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup}}
{{Cuba squad 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup}}
{{Cuba squad 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup}}
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[[Category:1945 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Footballers from Lima]]
[[Category:Men's association football defenders]]
[[Category:Peruvian men's footballers]]
[[Category:Juan Aurich footballers]]
[[Category:José Gálvez FBC footballers]]
[[Category:Peruvian football managers]]
[[Category:Asociación Deportiva Tarma managers]]
[[Category:Sporting Cristal managers]]
[[Category:Club Alianza Lima managers]]
[[Category:Sport Boys managers]]
[[Category:Peru national football team managers]]
[[Category:Deportivo Cali managers]]
[[Category:C.D. Veracruz managers]]
[[Category:Honduras national football team managers]]
[[Category:Club Universitario de Deportes managers]]
[[Category:Deportivo Saprissa managers]]
[[Category:Cuba national football team managers]]
[[Category:1991 Copa América managers]]
[[Category:1995 Copa América managers]]
[[Category:Peruvian expatriate football managers]]
[[Category:Expatriate football managers in Colombia]]
[[Category:Expatriate football managers in Honduras]]
[[Category:Expatriate football managers in Mexico]]
[[Category:Expatriate football managers in Cuba]]
[[Category:Expatriate football managers in Costa Rica]]
[[Category:20th-century Peruvian sportsmen]]