Miguel Flaño

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Miguel Flaño
Personal information
Full name	Miguel Flaño Bezunartea
Date of birth	(1984-08-19) 19 August 1984
Place of birth	Pamplona, Spain
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9 ¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	Osasuna
Number	4
Youth career
	Osasuna
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2001–2004	Osasuna B	70	(2)
2004–	Osasuna	214	(9)
National team
2001	Spain U16	7	(1)
2001	Spain U17	4	(0)
2002	Spain U19	1	(0)
2005	Spain U23	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 November 2013. † Appearances (Goals).

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Flaño and the second or maternal family name is Bezunartea.

Miguel Flaño Bezunartea (born 19 August 1984) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for CA Osasuna as a central defender.

A Spain under-23 international, his twin brother Javier is also a professional footballer, and both were brought up at local Osasuna.

Football career

Flaño was born in Pamplona. A product of hometown CA Osasuna's youth ranks, he made his first-team debut on 18 September 2004 in a 3–2 La Liga home win against Real Betis, finishing his debut season with eight games. Aged only 17 he began playing regularly with the B-side, in the third division.

On 9 June 2007 Flaño scored his first goal for the Navarrese, in a 5–0 success at Betis.^[1] He added three appearances in the club's semifinal run in the UEFA Cup.

From then on Flaño became an essential defensive fixture with the side, as twin brother Javier, who had been a starter from 2005–07, gradually lost his importance, leaving the side after the 2008–09 campaign, where Miguel netted four times in 33 matches in an eventual narrow escape from relegation.

Honours

Country

Spain U23

Mediterranean Games: 2005

Spain U16

UEFA European U-16 Championship: 2001

References

↑ Real Betis 0–5 Osasuna; ESPN Soccernet, 9 June 2007

External links

v t e CA Osasuna – current squad

1 Riesgo 2 Bertrán 3 Oriol 4 M. Flaño 5 Lolo 6 Nino 7 Acuña 8 De las Cuevas 9 Armenteros 10 Puñal (c) 11 Sisi 12 Satrústegui 13 Andrés 14 Arribas 15 Oier 16 Cejudo 17 Lobato 18 Onwu 19 Riera 20 Silva 21 Torres 22 Lotiès 23 Loé 24 Damià Coach: Gracia

Persondata
Name	Flano, Miguel
Alternative names
Short description	Spanish footballer
Date of birth	19 August 1984
Place of birth	Pamplona, Spain
Date of death
Place of death

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