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Miguel Ángel Nieto
Personal information
Full name Miguel Ángel Nieto de la Calle
Date of birth (1986-01-12) 12 January 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth San Sebastián de los Reyes, Spain
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
1993–2000 Juventud Sanse
2000–2004 Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 Real Madrid C 48 (28)
2006–2008 Real Madrid B 48 (6)
2007 Real Madrid 2 (0)
2008–2011 Almería 25 (1)
2011 → Xerez (loan) 2 (0)
2011–2013 Numancia 42 (4)
2013–2014 Racing Santander 14 (2)
2014 Córdoba 14 (1)
2015 Lleida Esportiu 14 (1)
2015–2017 Hércules 50 (9)
2018–2019 Alcoyano 36 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 April 2019

Miguel Ángel Nieto de la Calle (Spanish pronunciation: [miˈɣel ˈaŋxel ˈnjeto]; born 12 January 1986) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right winger.

Club career

A Real Madrid youth graduate, Nieto was born in San Sebastián de los Reyes, Community of Madrid, and spent his first three professional seasons with its C-team. He sometimes trained with and was called up to the main squad, as against Racing de Santander (18 November 2006) and Valencia CF (27 November), as an unused substitute.[1]

Nieto made his first-team debut in a match with FC Dynamo Kyiv for the 2006–07 edition of the UEFA Champions League, in a final group stage tie that ended with a 2–2 away draw.[2] His La Liga debut was against Villarreal CF on 27 January 2007,[3] and he also appeared the next week against Levante UD for two consecutive 0–1 defeats, although Madrid would be crowned league champions; in the latter match the player, who had replaced an injured Robinho, tried his luck with a shot which sliced the woodwork of José Francisco Molina's goal.[4][5]

After spending one full season with Real Madrid Castilla in the third division, Nieto signed a five-year deal with 2007–08's top flight overachievers UD Almería on 1 July 2008, after finishing his contract with Real Madrid.[6] Rarely played in his first year he did score an important goal, in a 3–1 home win against Sporting de Gijón on 10 May 2009 which confirmed that the Andalusians would remain in the top level for a further year.[7]

In late January 2011, having been severely undermined by injury problems under both Juan Manuel Lillo and his successor José Luis Oltra[8] but also being deemed surplus to requirements during Hugo Sánchez's tenure as coach,[9] Nieto was loaned to another side in the region, second level's Xerez CD, until the end of the campaign,[10] also being rarely used. In July, he left the Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos.[11]

Honours

Real Madrid

Racing Santander

References

  1. ^ Capello y la cantera (Capello and the youth system)[permanent dead link]; Real Madrid CF (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Ronaldo salva al Real Madrid del ridículo ante el Dinamo de Kiev (2–2) (Ronaldo saves Real Madrid from ridicule against Dynamo Kiev (2–2)); Libertad Digital, 6 December 2006 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Villarreal 1–0 Real Madrid; ESPN Soccernet, 27 January 2007
  4. ^ Real Madrid 0–1 Levante; ESPN Soccernet, 4 February 2007
  5. ^ El Bernabéu ya no aguanta a este Madrid (The Bernabéu can not stand this Madrid anymore); Marca, 4 February 2007 (in Spanish)
  6. ^ Nieto se convierte en el cuarto fichaje almeriense (Nieto becomes fourth Almería signing); Marca, 2 July 2008 (in Spanish)
  7. ^ Quini recibe a la expedición almeriense (Quini welcomes Almería expedition); La Nueva España, 13 September 2009 (in Spanish)
  8. ^ Nieto estará dos meses de baja tras operación en tendón de un tobillo (Nieto to miss two months after ankle tendon surgery); La Información, 29 September 2010 (in Spanish)
  9. ^ Almería: “Sí no juego, tendré que mirar otras cosas”, advierte Nieto (Almería: “If I don't play, I'll have to look elsewhere”, Nieto warns); Goal, 28 January 2009 (in Spanish)
  10. ^ El Xerez confirma la cesión de Nieto y espera la llegada de Guilherme (Xerez confirm Nieto loan and await arrival of Guilherme); Andalucía Información, 26 January 2011 (in Spanish)
  11. ^ Nieto pone fin a tres años en la UD Almería marcados por las lesiones (Nieto ends three years at UD Almería marked by injuries); Ideal, 19 July 2011 (in Spanish)
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