| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Maycoll Cañizalez-Smith | ||
| Date of birth | December 28, 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Quezaltepeque, El Salvador | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Fortuna Köln | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001 | Toronto Lynx | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2001–2004 | Werder Bremen II | 47 | (2) |
| 2004–2006 | Hannover 96 II | 20 | (2) |
| 2006–2007 | FC Oberneuland | 15 | (1) |
| 2007 | Toronto FC | 12 | (1) |
| 2008–2010 | Bonner SC | 58 | (2) |
| 2011- | Fortuna Köln | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| 1998 | Canada U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 1999–2001 | Canada U20 | 14 | (2) |
| 2002–2003 | Canada U23 | 4 | (1) |
| 2003 | Canada | 5 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 September 2007. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Miguel (Maycoll) Cañizalez-Smith (born December 28, 1982 in Quezaltepeque, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran-Canadian professional soccer player currently playing for Fortuna Köln in Germany.
Maycoll is the Spanish phonetic pronunciation of Michael, hence his preference for being called Miguel.
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Cañizalez was born in Quezaltepeque, El Salvador and raised in Toronto, Ontario.[1]
He had played in Germany for Werder Bremen and Hannover 96 reserve sides before signing with Toronto FC in April 2007.[2] Cañizalez became the first Canadian to score for Toronto FC at BMO Field, registering a goal against the Columbus Crew on 22 September 2007. Toronto waived him at the end of the 2007 season.
He played a long time in Germany as Miguel Campos.[3]
Cañizalez played at the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship in Argentina,[4] alongside Atiba Hutchinson and Mike Klukowski among others.
He made his senior debut for Canada in a January 2003 friendly match against the United States. He earned a total of 5 caps, scoring 1 goal. His final international was a July 2003 Gold Cup match against Cuba.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 February 2003 | June 11 Stadium, Tripoli, Libya | Libya | 4–2 | 4–2 | Friendly match |
As of 18 October 2011[update]
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club | League | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Germany | League | DFB-Pokal | — | Total | ||||||
| Werder Bremen II | Regionalliga Nord | 2001–02 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 28 | 0 | |
| 2002–03 | 15 | 2 | — | 15 | 2 | |||||
| 2003–04 | 6 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |||||
| Hannover 96 II | Oberliga Nord | 2004–05 | 14 | 1 | — | 14 | 1 | |||
| 2005–06 | 14 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | |||||
| FC Oberneuland | 2006–07 | 14 | 1 | — | 14 | 1 | ||||
| Canada | MLS | — | MLS Playoffs | Total | ||||||
| Toronto FC | MLS | 2007 | 12 | 1 | — | — | 12 | 1 | ||
| Germany | League | DFB-Pokal | — | Total | ||||||
| Bonner SC | Oberliga Nordrhein | 2007–08 | 15 | 2 | — | — | 15 | 2 | ||
| NRW-Liga | 2008–09 | 35 | 0 | — | 35 | 0 | ||||
| Regionalliga West | 2009–10 | 27 | 0 | — | 27 | 0 | ||||
| Fortuna Köln | NRW-Liga | 2010–11 | 33 | 1 | — | 33 | 1 | |||
| Regionalliga West | 2011–12 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Career totals | Germany | 191 | 8 | 2 | 0 | — | 193 | 8 | ||
| Canada | 12 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | |||
| Career statistics | 203 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205 | 2 | ||
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