Roberto Miña

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Roberto Miña
Personal information
Full name	Roberto Javier Miña Mercado
Date of birth	November 7, 1984 (age 22)
Place of birth	Guayaquil, Ecuador
Height	6'0
Nickname	Raging Bull
Position	striker
Club information
Current club	F.C. Dallas
Number	9
Youth clubs
1999-03	Ecuador's U-15, U-17, U-20, U-23 national teams LDU (Loja)
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
2002-03 2004 2005-	Huracán El Nacional F.C. Dallas	2 (1) 20 (1) 37 (10)
National team**
2002-	Ecuador	6 (?)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:32, 13 July 2006 (UTC). ** National team caps and goals correct as of 13 July 2006.

Roberto Javier Miña Mercado (born November 7, 1984) is an Ecuadorian soccer striker, who currently plays for FC Dallas of Major League Soccer.

Prior to coming to Dallas, Miña has played for Emelec, Deportivo Quevedo, LDU (Loja), and El Nacional in his native Ecuador, as well as for Huracán in Argentina. He has appeared for Ecuador on various youth levels, and got his first senior cap during the 2002-03 season. Miña scored seven league goals for Dallas in his first year in MLS. Miña missed a good portion of the 2006 season with an injury to his knee; as a result, he finished with only 16 appearances (of which nine were starts) and three goals.

Miña is well liked by fans for his great passing and long shots.

[edit] See also

• List of current MLS players

FC Dallas - Current Squad
00 Cassar | 1 Hislop | 3 Vanney | 4 Gbandi | 5 Saragosa | 7 Thompson | 8 Mulrooney | 9 Miña | 10 Núñez | 11 Goodson | 12 Alvarez | 13 McCarty | 14 Moor | 16 Wagenfuhr | 17 Valakari | 19 Rhine | 20 Ruiz | 21 Yi | 22 Dello-Russo | 23 Wagner | 24 Moore | 25 Oduro | 27 Pitchkolan | 30 Burse | 33 Cooper | 48 Sala | - Serioux | Coach: Vacant