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.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Miguel Ángel Nieto de la Calle | ||
| Date of birth | 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) |
| 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) |
| 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
External links
- Miguel Ángel Nieto at BDFutbol
- Miguel Ángel Nieto at Futbolme (in Spanish)
- Miguel Ángel Nieto at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
- Miguel Ángel Nieto at Soccerway
- Miguel Ángel Nieto at AS.com (in Spanish)
- Miguel Ángel Nieto at FBref.com
