Míchel (footballer, born 1985)

Miguel Marcos Madera (born 8 November 1985), commonly known as Míchel, is a Spanish professional footballer who last played as a central midfielder for Spanish club Marino de Luanco.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Marcos and the second or maternal family name is Madera.

Míchel
Personal information
Full name Miguel Marcos Madera
Date of birth (1985-11-08) 8 November 1985[1]
Place of birth Lena, Spain
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Marino Luanco
Youth career
0000–2003 Oviedo
2003–2004 Sporting Gijón
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 Sporting B
2005–2010 Sporting Gijón 138 (7)
2010–2011 Birmingham City 9 (0)
2011 → AEK Athens (loan) 15 (1)
2011–2014 Getafe 54 (1)
2014–2015 Maccabi Haifa 25 (1)
2015–2020 Qarabağ 104 (16)
2020– Marino Luanco
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 July 2020

Having been brought through the youth academy of Real Oviedo, he played with the first team of rivals Sporting de Gijón in both the Segunda División and La Liga, before eventually leaving for Premier League club Birmingham City in January 2010.

He spent the second half of 2010–11 on loan at AEK Athens, before returning to Spain for a three-year spell with Getafe. After a year with Maccabi Haifa, he signed for Qarabağ in 2015, with whom he won the Azerbaijan Premier League and Azerbaijan Cup in each of his first two seasons.

Playing career

Sporting Gijón

Born in Lena, Asturias,[2] Míchel emerged through Real Oviedo's youth academy and transferred to Sporting de Gijón for the 2003–04 season. He helped Sporting's under-19 team win the Youth Champions Cup that year, and was named MVP of the final game.[3]

Míchel started his senior career in 2004, with the club's reserves. Subsequently, he progressed to the first team, competing in the Segunda División; he played 24 matches in the 2005–06 campaign and scored one goal, in a 4–0 away win against Gimnàstic de Tarragona.[4]

In 2007–08, Míchel helped the Asturian club return to La Liga after a ten-year absence. He was handed the vice-captaincy for the start of the following season, and made his debut in the top flight on 31 August 2008, playing 90 minutes in a 2–1 home defeat to Getafe.[5][6] He went on to appear in 30 matches, 24 as a starter, as Sporting avoided relegation on the last matchday.

Birmingham City
Míchel with Birmingham in 2011

Speculation had linked Míchel with Birmingham City, newly promoted to the English Premier League, in the summer of 2009,[7] but the transfer was not completed until 11 January 2010, for a fee of £3 million. The player signed a two-and-a-half-year deal, with an option to extend the contract for a further 12 months.[8][9] Spanish journalist and Sky Sports pundit Guillem Balagué described him as a good passer of the ball, tactically aware and positionally disciplined, and "not scared of the physical side", comparing him in style to Javier Mascherano, but "with a better range of passing".[9]

Míchel made his first appearance in the Premier League on 27 January, replacing James McFadden in the 73rd minute as Birmingham's 15-game unbeaten run came to an end as they lost 3–0 to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge,[10] and made his home debut three days later, again as a substitute.[11] However, the fitness and what manager Alex McLeish described as "stunning" form of captain Barry Ferguson in central midfield meant that Míchel was restricted to just nine league appearances, and he was made available for loan in the January 2011 transfer window.[12][13]

In January 2011, Míchel joined Superleague Greece club AEK Athens on loan for the remainder of the season.[14] He made his debut in a 2–0 away win against Skoda Xanthi,[15] and on his second appearance, scored a 40-metre (44 yd) free kick against Panathinaikos in the seventh minute of stoppage time to take his team through to the semi-finals of the 2010–11 Greek Cup, 4–3 on aggregate.[16] AEK went on to win the competition, but Míchel was an unused substitute in the final.[17]

Getafe

In August 2011, Míchel played his first 45 minutes for Birmingham in over six months, in a 1–0 pre-season friendly defeat of Cork City. He then returned to La Liga with the Madrid-based Getafe for an undisclosed fee.[18] On 6 November he scored his first goal for the club as, despite having only ten players, they came from behind to beat Atlético Madrid 3–2.[19] He himself was sent off once in each of his three seasons:[6] the first two were straight red cards in away defeats to local rivals Rayo Vallecano,[20][21] and the third was for a second booking in a 4–1 defeat to another team from the capital, Real Madrid.[22] Míchel appeared in 60 competitive games, scoring once, during his three years with Getafe, and was released on 22 August 2014.[23]

Maccabi Haifa

Míchel signed a one-year contract with Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Haifa in September 2014.[24][25] He made 25 appearances across the campaign, scoring his only goal on 14 December in a 4–0 Haifa derby win at rivals Hapoel.[26]

Qarabağ

Míchel signed a two-year contract with Qarabağ of the Azerbaijan Premier League just ahead of the summer 2015 transfer deadline, and in time to be included in their Europa League squad.[27][28] He appeared regularly in his first year as Qarabağ won a third consecutive championship,[29] and scored four times in five Azerbaijan Cup ties – including a goal in the last minute of extra time to decide the final against Neftchi Baku – as his team completed a double.[30] He played in 40 matches in all competitions to help Qarabağ achieve another double in the 2016–17 season,[1] at the end of which his contract was extended for a further two years.[31]

Míchel played every minute of Qarabağ's six 2017–18 Champions League qualifiers as they became the first team from Azerbaijan to reach the group stage of the competition.[1][32]

On 7 June 2019, Míchel signed another two-year contract with Qarabağ.[33]

On 17 July 2020, Míchel left Qarabağ by mutual consent.[34]

Marino de Luanco

On 5 October 2020, Míchel came back to Asturias, after agreeing terms with Spanish third-tier club Marino de Luanco.[35]

Career statistics
As of match played 23 February 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sporting de Gijón[6] 2005–06 Segunda División 24000——240
2006–07 35000——350
2007–08 36010——370
2008–09 La Liga 30060——360
2009–10 13000——130
Total 138070——1450
Birmingham City[1] 2009–10 Premier League 900030—120
2010–11 000000—00
Total 900030—120
AEK Athens[1] (loan) 2010–11 Superleague Greece 15031——181
Getafe[1] 2011–12 La Liga 22120——241
2012–13 17020——190
2013–14 15020——170
Total 54160——601
Maccabi Haifa[1] 2014–15 Israeli Premier League 2511020—281
Qarabağ[1] 2015–16 Azerbaijan Premier League 24454—2[lower-alpha 1]0318
2016–17 25451—10[lower-alpha 2]2407
2017–18 23320—12[lower-alpha 3]3376
2018–19 20532—13[lower-alpha 4]1368
2019–20 12000—13[lower-alpha 5]1251
Total 10416157—50715930
Career total 345183285050743233
  1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League
  3. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. Six appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League

Honours

AEK Athens

Qarabağ

References

Infobox statistics

  • Sporting Gijón: "Míchel: Miguel Marcos Madera". BDFutbol. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  • Birmingham City, AEK Athens, Getafe, Maccabi Haifa, Qarabağ: "Míchel". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 15 September 2017.

General

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  3. Rivera, Victor (30 November 2008). "De campeones juveniles a futbolistas de Primera" [From youth champions to top flight footballers]. La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  4. "Gimnàstic 0–4 Sporting". ABC (in Spanish). 5 September 2005. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
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  9. Tattum, Colin (7 January 2010). "Birmingham City agree £3 million transfer of Sporting Gijon midfielder Michel". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  10. Tattum, Colin (27 January 2010). "Chelsea 3, Birmingham City 0: Colin Tattum's big match verdict". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  11. Soneji, Pranav (30 January 2010). "Birmingham 1–1 Tottenham". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
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  14. Ανακοίνωση [Announcement] (in Greek). AEK Athens F.C. 21 January 2011. Archived from the original on 24 January 2011.
  15. "Super League 2010–2011: Skoda Ξάνθη–ΑΕΚ" [Super League 2010–2011: Skoda Xanthi–ΑΕΚ] (in Greek). AEK Athens F.C. 29 January 2011. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012.
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  17. "Κυπελλούχος 2011 η ΑΕΚ!" [2011 cup-winner is AEK!] (in Greek). Hellenic Football Federation. 30 April 2011. Archived from the original on 3 May 2011.
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  19. "Getafe 3–2 Atlético Madrid". ESPN FC. 6 November 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  20. Aldunate, Ramiro (12 February 2012). "Para Álvarez Izquierdo, el grande es el Rayo" [For Álvarez Izquierdo, Rayo are the great ones]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  21. "El vendaval del Rayo acaba con un gélido Getafe" [The storm of Rayo finish off a frozen Getafe] (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
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  24. Sinai, Allon (8 September 2014). "Benayoun sidelined with knee injury; Toto Cup heats up". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  25. "'מהרגע הראשון שהגעתי נתנו לי להרגיש חלק מהקבוצה'" ['From the first moment I arrived they made me feel part of the team'] (in Hebrew). Maccabi Haifa. 4 September 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  26. Sinai, Alon (15 December 2015). "Soccer: Benayoun strike leads Greens to big derby win in Haifa". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  27. "Armenteros və Migel Markos Madera 'Qarabağ' da!" [Armenteros and Miguel Marcos Madera at Qarabağ] (in Azerbaijani). Qarabağ FK. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  28. "UEFA Europa League: Qarabağ FK: Squad". UEFA.com. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  29. ""Qarabağ" Topaz Premyer Liqasının qalibi oldu!" [Qarabağ won the Topaz Premier League!] (in Azerbaijani). Peşəkar Futbol Liqası. 1 May 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  30. Ghislain, Thomas (28 May 2016). "Saison 2015–2016: Un an de football en Azerbaïdjan" [2015–2016 season: A year of football in Azerbaijan] (in French). Footballski. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  31. "Miçel daha iki il "Qarabağ"ımızda" [Míchel at Qarabağ for two more years] (in Azerbaijani). Qarabağ FK. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  32. "Champions League round-up: Qarabag make history by qualifying for group stages". Sky Sports. 23 August 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  33. "Miçel daha iki il "Qarabağ"ımızda !". qarabagh.com/ (in Azerbaijani). Qarabağ. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  34. "MİÇELLƏ YOLLAR AYRILDI". qarabagh.com (in Azerbaijani). Qarabağ FK. 17 July 2020.
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