Miguel Albiol
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Miguel Albiol Tortajada | ||
| Date of birth | 2 September 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Vilamarxant, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Ribarroja | |||
| Valencia | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2003 | Valencia B | 81 | (8) |
| 2002–2003 | Valencia | 1 | (0) |
| 2003 | → Murcia (loan) | 19 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Recreativo | 37 | (0) |
| 2004–2009 | Rayo Vallecano | 190 | (18) |
| 2009–2015 | Murcia | 135 | (6) |
| Total | 463 | (32) | |
| National team | |||
| 1999 | Spain U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2001 | Spain U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2002 | Spain U21 | 2 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Miguel Albiol Tortajada (born 2 September 1981) is a Spanish retired footballer who played mainly as a right midfielder.
During a 16-year professional career, he amassed Segunda División totals of 178 games and two goals over the course of seven seasons, in representation of three clubs. In La Liga, he appeared for Valencia.
Club career
Born in Vilamarxant, Valencian Community, Albiol was a product of hometown Valencia CF's youth ranks, as younger brother Raúl after him, and played once with its first team, during 2002–03's La Liga.[1] He finished that season in the second division with Real Murcia, featuring regularly en route to the club's promotion.
Released by the Che, Albiol spent a further year with Recreativo de Huelva (also second level), then had a steady period with Rayo Vallecano. He was instrumental in the latter side's 2008 promotion to division two, after four consecutive playoff failures.
In July 2009, apparently after having everything arranged with Hércules CF,[2] Albiol agreed on a return move to Murcia, signing for three years.[3] He appeared in 30 games in his first season – 22 starts, 2,200 minutes of play – in a relegation-ending second division campaign.
Personal life
Albiol's younger brother, Raúl, is also a footballer. He represented with success Valencia, Real Madrid and the Spain national team.[4][5]
References
- ↑ "El Valencia gana un 'derby' sin rival" [Valencia wins opposition-free derby] (in Spanish). El Mundo. 14 December 2002. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
- ↑ Albiol, dos años (Albiol, two years); Diario Información, 3 July 2009 (in Spanish)
- ↑ Mercado: Miguel Albiol vuelve al Murcia (Market: Miguel Albiol returns to Murcia); Goal.com, 7 July 2009 (in Spanish)
- ↑ "Los hermanos Albiol frente a frente" [The Albiol brothers face to face] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 26 October 2010. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
- ↑ RealAlbiol: "Mourinho nos ha dado carácter. Día a día demuestra lo gran entrenador que es" (RealAlbiol: "Mourinho has built our character. Every day he shows the great manager he is"); Real Madrid CF, 17 November 2011 (in Spanish)
External links
- Miguel Albiol at BDFutbol
- CiberChe stats and bio (in Spanish)
- Miguel Albiol at Futbolme (in Spanish)
- Miguel Albiol at Soccerway