Miguel Ángel Estay

Miguel Ángel Estay Peña (born 2 May 1991) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a midfielder for clubs in Chile and Tahiti.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Estay and the second or maternal family name is Peña.
Miguel Ángel Estay
Personal information
Full name Miguel Ángel Estay Peña
Date of birth (1991-05-02) 2 May 1991
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2005–2011 Deportes La Serena
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Deportes La Serena 21 (3)
2012 → Deportes Linares (loan) – (–)
2014–2016 Deportes Ovalle 51 (9)
2016 Provincial Ovalle – (–)
2017 Central Sport
2017 Colchagua 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Football career

A left-footed playmaker from the Deportes La Serena youth system,[1] where he came at the age of 14,[2] Estay played on loan at Deportes Linares in the 2012 Chilean Tercera A.[3] He permanently played for Deportes La Serena between 2013 and 2014.[4][5]

From 2014 to 2016, he played for Deportes Ovalle in the Segunda División Profesional.[6][7] In the second half of 2016, he switched to Provincial Ovalle in the same city,[8] winning the Tercera B league title and earning promotion.[9]

In 2017, he emigrated to French Polynesia and signed with AS Central Sport in the Tahiti Ligue 1 alongside César Castillo, after they were spotted by the President and the assistant coach and player of the team, Efraín Araneda, in Ovalle, Chile.[10] In the squad, they coincided with his compatriots Sergio Sandoval and Diego Cifuentes, in addition to Araneda.[2] All of them took part in the 2017 OFC Champions League, with Estay scoring against both Madang FC[11] and Lupe o le Soaga.[12]

Back in Chile, he played for Colchagua in the Segunda División Profesional, his last club.[13]

Personal life

Estay is a relative of the Chilean-Tahitian footballers Efraín Araneda Estay[10] and Diego Araneda, father and son.[14]

He went on playing football at amateur level for clubs such as Fedenort from Coquimbo.[7]

References
  1. "Pocos rostros en primera cita granate". Diario El Día (in Spanish). 12 December 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  2. Vega, Diego (14 February 2017). "La exótica aventura de los 5 chilenos que juegan en Tahití". AS Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  3. "Pocos, pero buenos, dicen en La Serena". Diario El Día (in Spanish). 11 December 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  4. "Todos juntos". www.diarioeldia.cl (in Spanish). Diario El Día. 30 March 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  5. "Coquimbo Unido goleó a La Serena en el clásico por la Primera B". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 19 January 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  6. "Deportes Ovalle superó a Mejillones y se mantuvo como líder de la Segunda División". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 13 September 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  7. "¿Qué fue del último plantel de Deportes Ovalle en el profesionalismo?". Diario El Día (in Spanish). 13 October 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  8. Lancellotti González, Angelo (29 June 2016). "Miguel Ángel Estay es el nuevo refuerzo de Provincial Ovalle". Ovalle Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  9. "Provincial Ovalle ascendió a Tercera División A a una fecha de finalizar la liguilla". Diario El Día (in Spanish). 8 December 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  10. Pizarro, Rodolfo (19 January 2017). "Miguel Ángel Estay y César Castillo inician aventura en el fútbol de Tahití". Diario El Ovallino (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  11. "Los 5 goles chilenos en el inicio de la Champions de Oceanía". Diario AS (in Spanish). 27 February 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  12. "Central Sport 3-0 Lupe Ole Soaga". Oceania Football Confederation. 2 March 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  13. Savoy, Álex (5 July 2017). "Colchagua comienza a armarse para el Transición de Segunda División". El Tipógrafo (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  14. "Diego Araneda :: Diego Antonio Araneda". playmakerstats.com. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
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