Miguel Ángel Cordero
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Miguel Ángel Cordero Sánchez | ||
Date of birth | 10 September 1987 | ||
Place of birth | Lebrija, Spain | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Cartagena | ||
Youth career | |||
1995–2000 | Antoniano | ||
2000–2006 | Sevilla | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2010 | Sevilla B | 79 | (1) |
2009–2010 | → Real Madrid B (loan) | 25 | (0) |
2010–2012 | Xerez | 68 | (6) |
2012–2016 | AEK Athens | 80 | (1) |
2016–2017 | Gimnàstic | 17 | (1) |
2017– | Cartagena | 33 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 September 2018 |
Miguel Ángel Cordero Sánchez (born 10 September 1987) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for FC Cartagena as a defensive midfielder.
Football career
Born in Lebrija, Province of Seville, Cordero arrived at Sevilla FC's youth ranks at the age of 12 from local CA Antoniano. In 2006 he moved to Sevilla Atlético, helping Sevilla FC's reserves achieve promotion to the second division.
After 45 matches with Sevilla B in the following two seasons combined – suffering relegation in his second – and some call-ups to the first team, although he never appeared officially for the Andalusians, Cordero was loaned to another side in the third level, Real Madrid Castilla. In August 2010 he was transferred to Xerez CD, returning to his native region.
In his first season, Cordero was one of the most used players by manager Javi López (almost 2,900 minutes of action), scoring five goals as Xerez easily retained its division status. He also collected 15 yellow cards.
Cordero signed for AEK Athens F.C. in the summer of 2012, going on to remain several years in Greece and help to two consecutive promotions to reach the Superleague after they were relegated twice in the same campaign due to irregularities.[1] On 25 June 2016, however, as his contract was nearing its expiration, he was told by the board of directors to look for a new club.[2]
On 30 August 2016, Cordero signed a one-year deal with Gimnàstic de Tarragona in the Spanish second tier.[3] After featuring sparingly, he moved to the third level with FC Cartagena the following 1 August.[4]
Honours
Sevilla B
AEK
- Greek Football Cup: 2015–16
- Football League 2: 2013–14 (Group VI)
- Football League: 2014–15 (South Group)
References
- ^ Cordero ready for AEK's comeback; Neos Kosmos, 4 May 2015
- ^ Δεν υπολογίζεται ο Κορδέρο στην ΑΕΚ (Cordero does not make the grade at AEK); Sport FM, 25 June 2016 (in Greek)
- ^ Miguel Ángel Cordero, nou jugador del Nàstic (Miguel Ángel Cordero, new player of Nàstic); Gimnàstic Tarragona, 30 August 2016 (in Catalan)
- ^ Miguel Ángel Cordero, nuevo jugador del Cartagena (Miguel Ángel Cordero, new player of Cartagena); La Opinión de Murcia, 1 August 2017 (in Spanish)
External links
- Miguel Cordero at BDFutbol
- Miguel Cordero at ESPN FC
- Miguel Cordero at Soccerway
- 1987 births
- Living people
- People from Lebrija
- Spanish footballers
- Andalusian footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- Sevilla Atlético players
- Real Madrid Castilla footballers
- Xerez CD footballers
- Gimnàstic de Tarragona footballers
- FC Cartagena footballers
- Superleague Greece players
- Football League (Greece) players
- AEK Athens F.C. players
- Spanish expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Greece
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Greece