Miguel Ángel Nieto

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.

Miguel Ángel Nieto
Personal information
Full name Miguel Ángel Nieto de la Calle
Date of birth (1986-01-12) 12 January 1986
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)
2011Xerez (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)
Total 295 (55)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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