Miguel Ángel Guerrero

Miguel Ángel Guerrero Martín (born 12 July 1990) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Rayo Vallecano as a forward.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Guerrero and the second or maternal family name is Martín.
Miguel Ángel Guerrero
Guerrero with Sporting in 2014
Personal information
Full name Miguel Ángel Guerrero Martín
Date of birth (1990-07-12) 12 July 1990
Place of birth Toledo, Spain
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Rayo Vallecano
Youth career
1996–1999 Atlético Madrid
1999–2000 Real Madrid
2000–2007 Getafe
2007–2008 Toledo
2008–2009 Rayo Vallecano
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Albacete B 60 (19)
2010 Albacete 2 (0)
2011–2013 Sporting Gijón B 51 (29)
2012–2016 Sporting Gijón 91 (16)
2016–2018 Leganés 53 (9)
2018–2020 Olympiacos 37 (9)
2020 → Leganés (loan) 13 (1)
2020–2021 Nottingham Forest 9 (0)
2021– Rayo Vallecano 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 December 2020

Club career

Albacete

Born in Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Guerrero started his senior career with Albacete Balompié's reserves, spending two full seasons in Tercera División after having represented a host of clubs as a youth.

On 9 January 2010, he made his official debut with the first team, appearing as a late substitute in a 0–0 away draw against Recreativo de Huelva for the Segunda División.[1]

Sporting Gijón
Guerrero warming up with Sporting de Gijón in 2014.

In the summer of 2011, Guerrero joined Sporting de Gijón, again initially being assigned to the B side, this time in Segunda División B.[2] On 19 August 2012 he made his official debut with the Asturians' main squad, playing 25 minutes in a 0–2 loss at CD Numancia for the second level championship.[3]

On 6 January 2013, in a local derby against Real Oviedo, Guerrero scored all of Sporting B's goals in a 4–1 home victory.[4] Roughly one month later, he scored his first goal for the first team, the opening goal in a 2–1 away win over CD Lugo.[5]

After being promoted to the main squad in 2013, Guerrero was an important attacking player in the 2014–15 campaign,[6] scoring 11 goals in 36 appearances. Highlights included two goals against CD Lugo and Racing de Santander, both in May 2015.[7][8]

Guerrero made his La Liga debut on 23 August 2015, starting in a 0–0 home draw against Real Madrid.[9] He scored for the first time in the top flight on 19 October, equalising late on in a 3–3 home draw with Granada CF,[10] and added another the following 12 February to open a 2–2 draw against Rayo Vallecano also at El Molinón.[11] Sporting avoided relegation in 2015–16 at Rayo Vallecano's expense.

Leganés

On 27 June 2016, Guerrero signed a two-year deal with the option for a third at CD Leganés, newly promoted to the top tier.[12] He scored five goals from 31 appearances in his first season, helping the club retain its league status.[13]

Olympiacos

On 13 June 2018, Guerrero moved abroad for the first time in his career after agreeing to a three-year contract with Olympiacos FC, with a rumoured annual salary of €400,000.[14][15] On 9 August, he scored a brace in a 4–0 home defeat of FC Luzern in the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round.[16]

On 30 July 2019, Guerrero scored after a solo run in the 4–0 home win over FC Viktoria Plzeň in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League.[17] He scored again in the same competition on 21 August, as the hosts defeated FC Krasnodar in the play-off round.[18]

Guerrero signed for six months with Leganés on 31 January 2020, with the deal including a €2.5 million buyout clause.[19]

Nottingham Forest

On 4 September 2020, Guerrero joined EFL Championship side Nottingham Forest for an undisclosed fee.[20] Manager Sabri Lamouchi was reportedly not interested in signing him but felt that he had no choice but to agree to the transfer as it came under the recommendation of Evangelos Marinakis, who owned both clubs.[21] He made his debut as a substitute in a 2–0 home loss against Cardiff City on 19 September,[22] and his first start came the following month in a 1–0 defeat at Middlesbrough.[23]

Rayo Vallecano

On 1 February 2021, Guerrero joined Rayo Vallecano for an undisclosed fee.[24][25]

Career statistics
As of match played 1 February 2021[26][27]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Albacete 2009–10 Segunda División 2000——20
2010–11 Segunda División 0000——00
Total 2000——20
Sporting B 2011–12 Segunda División B 3013———3013
2012–13 Segunda División B 2116———2116
Total 5129———5129
Sporting Gijón 2012–13 Segunda División 18200——182
2013–14 Segunda División 14110——151
2014–15 Segunda División 361110——3711
2015–16 La Liga 23220——252
Total 911640——9516
Leganés 2016–17 La Liga 31520——335
2017–18 La Liga 22400——224
Total 53920——559
Olympiacos 2018–19 Super League Greece 23730—9[lower-alpha 1]43511
2019–20 Super League Greece 14222—11[lower-alpha 2]2276
Total 37952—2066217
Leganés (loan) 2019–20 La Liga 13100——131
Nottingham Forest 2020–21 EFL Championship 902000—110
Career total 256641320020628972
  1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours

Olympiacos

References
  1. Sin fútbol y sin goles en Huelva (No football and no goals in Huelva); Marca, 9 January 2010 (in Spanish)
  2. El Sporting B se acerca a Guerrero (Sporting B near Guerrero); El Comercio, 6 July 2011 (in Spanish)
  3. Numancia, 2; Sporting, 0; Sporting Gijón, 19 August 2012 (in Spanish)
  4. El Sporting B golea al Oviedo (4–1) con cuatro goles de Guerrero (Sporting B rout Oviedo (4–1) with four Guerrero goals); Sporting Gijón, 6 January 2013 (in Spanish)
  5. Guerrero encuentra su sitio (Guerrero finds his place) Archived 2 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine; El Comercio, 11 February 2013 (in Spanish)
  6. García-Cuervo, Pablo (13 May 2015). "Un Guerrero de Primera" [Primera Warrior ("Guerrero" in English)] (in Spanish). Marca. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  7. El Sporting sigue la estela de Betis y Girona (Sporting hot on Betis and Girona's heels) Archived 23 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine; Marca, 9 May 2015 (in Spanish)
  8. El Sporting remonta al Racing y duerme el sábado como segundo (Sporting complete comeback over Racing and sleep as second on Saturday) Archived 15 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine; Marca, 16 May 2015 (in Spanish)
  9. El Madrid sigue seco (Madrid are still dry) Archived 10 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine; Marca, 23 August 2015 (in Spanish)
  10. Un Sporting muy Guerrero (Quite Warrior ("Guerrero" in English) Sporting) Archived 10 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine; Marca, 19 October 2015 (in Spanish)
  11. Jozabed da un punto al Rayo ante un Sporting que sufrió (Jozabed gives point to Rayo against Sporting who suffered); Diario AS, 12 February 2016 (in Spanish)
  12. Guerrero, nuevo delantero del Leganés hasta 2018 (Guerrero, new forward of Leganés until 2018); CD Leganés, 27 June 2016 (in Spanish)
  13. Valoraciones de la temporada del Leganés (Notes on season of Leganés); Be Soccer, 20 May 2017 (in Spanish)
  14. Οι λεπτομέρειες για Γκερέρο (vid) (Details on Guerrero (vid)); Gazzetta, 11 June 2018 (in Greek)
  15. Olympiacos welcomes Guerrero!; Olympiacos CF, 13 June 2018
  16. Saoulis, Antonis (August 2018). "Ολυμπιακός-Λουκέρνη 4–0" [Olympiacos-Luzern 4–0] (in Greek). Gazzetta. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  17. Samolis, Dimitris (30 July 2019). "Ολυμπιακός – Πλζεν 4–0: Διέλυσε τους Τσέχους με μπαλάρα" [Olympiacos – Plzeň 4–0: Czechs sent packing with a stunner] (in Greek). Sport 24. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  18. Ntymenos, Giorgos (21 August 2019). "Ολυμπιακός – Κρασνοντάρ 4–0 (vid)" [Olympiacos – Κrasnodar 4–0 (vid)] (in Greek). Gazzetta. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  19. Tempelis, Vassilis (31 January 2020). "Ολυμπιακός: Η Λεγκανές ανακοίνωσε τον Γκερέρο" [Olympiacos: Leganés announce Guerrero] (in Greek). Sport 24. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  20. "Reds sign Guerrero". Nottingham Forest F.C. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  21. Taylor, Daniel (24 October 2020). "Is 4–4–2 really the answer for goal-shy Forest?". The Athletic. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  22. Pearlman, Michael (19 September 2020). "Nottingham Forest 0–2 Cardiff City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  23. "Middlesbrough 1–0 Nottingham Forest". BBC Sport. 31 October 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  24. https://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/news/2021/february/guerrero-departs/
  25. http://www.rayovallecano.es/noticia/guerrero-nuevo-jugador-del-rayo-vallecano
  26. Miguel Ángel Guerrero at Soccerway
  27. Miguel Ángel Guerrero at FootballDatabase.eu
  28. "Olympiacos win their 45th Greek Super League title". Greek City Times. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
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