| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Miguel Ángel Ferrer Martínez | ||
| Date of birth | November 12, 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Caravaca de la Cruz, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Retired | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1990–1994 | Peña Madridista Caravaca Cruz | ||
| 1994–1995 | Caravaca Promesas | ||
| 1995–1996 | Real Madrid | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1996–1997 | Real Madrid C | 28 | (9) |
| 1997–1998 | Real Madrid B | 43 | (19) |
| 1999–2001 | Tenerife | 71 | (19) |
| 2001–2006 | Valencia | 144 | (40) |
| 2006–2008 | Atlético Madrid | 35 | (3) |
| 2008–2010 | Deportivo La Coruña | 26 | (2) |
| 2010 | Toronto FC | 9 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1995 | Spain U17 | 3 | (1) |
| 1996–1997 | Spain U18 | 10 | (1) |
| 1999 | Spain U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2005 | Spain | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Miguel Ángel Ferrer Martínez, aka Mista (born 12 November 1978 in Caravaca de la Cruz, Murcia), is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a striker.
An unsuccessful Real Madrid youth graduate, he would make a name for himself with Valencia, helping the club win a total of four major titles during a five-year spell, and scoring a total of 48 goals in 218 La Liga games in ten seasons, in representation of four teams.
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Mista was a protégé of Rafael Benítez, who first coached him at Real Madrid Castilla, also working with the player at CD Tenerife and then Valencia CF.
At Tenerife, Mista - along with Curro Torres and Luis García - was a key member of the team that won promotion to La Liga in 2000–01. He subsequently signed for Valencia, and was a prominent member[1] of the successful teams that won two league titles and the 2004 UEFA Cup, where he scored the second goal in the 2–0 win against Olympique de Marseille.[2] On 21 March 2004, he netted a hat-trick for the eventual champions, in a 5–1 home win over RCD Mallorca,[3] but his goal rate decreased drastically after 2004–05.
In 2006, Mista joined Atlético Madrid,[4] playing 29 games in 2006–07, but almost absolutely no part in the following season. In July 2008 he joined Deportivo de La Coruña, on a three-year contract. On his official debut with his new club, he scored the first goal in a 2–1 triumph against Real Madrid, on 31 August 2008.[5] Constantly troubled by injuries and a loss of form, his second league goal came more than a year later (7 November 2009), in a 2–0 win at Getafe CF.[6]
After only two league goals for Depor in two seasons, Mista signed with Toronto FC of Major League Soccer on 6 July 2010, in a deal running until the end of the season.[7] He made his unofficial debut for the club in a friendly against Bolton Wanderers, at BMO Field on the 21st, and first appeared in the league in a home match against FC Dallas on July 24; his first and only goal came on 17 August, in a 2–1 home against over Cruz Azul in the CONCACAF Champions League.[8]
On 24 November 2010, in the 2010 MLS Expansion Draft, 32-year old Mista was waived following a poor season with Toronto.[9] He announced his retirement on 14 August of the following year.
Mista made his debut with Spain on 26 March 2005, in a 3–0 friendly win against China, in Salamanca. He added another cap seven months later, in a 6–0 away thrashing of San Marino for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.