Migue Leal
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Miguel Ángel Leal Díaz | ||
| Date of birth | 1 February 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Villarreal, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2016 | Villarreal | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2018 | Villarreal C | 62 | (4) |
| 2017–2023 | Villarreal B | 96 | (4) |
| 2018–2019 | → Murcia (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2019–2023 | Villarreal | 0 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | → Groningen (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Andorra | 15 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 June 2024 | |||
Miguel Ángel "Migue" Leal Díaz (born 1 February 1997) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right-back.
Club career
[edit]Born in Villarreal, Valencian Community, Leal joined Villarreal CF's youth setup at the age of five.[1] He made his senior debut with the C-team on 9 May 2015, aged 18, by playing the last 16 minutes of a 1–4 Tercera División home loss against Atlético Levante UD.[2]
On 14 August 2018, after establishing himself as a regular starter for the C's, Leal moved to Segunda División B side Real Murcia on a one-year loan.[3] He moved back to his parent club the following 24 January, after appearing rarely, and was assigned to the reserves also in the third division.[4]
Leal made his first team debut on 18 December 2019, starting in a 5–0 away routing of Comillas CF for the season's Copa del Rey.[5] On 19 September of the following year, he moved to FC Groningen on loan for one year.[6]
Leal made his Eredivisie debut on 25 September 2020, coming on as a second-half substitute for Bart van Hintum in a 1–3 loss at FC Twente.[7] Back to the Yellow Submarine in July 2021, he was again assigned to the B-team, being a regular starter during the 2021–22 Primera División RFEF as the side achieved promotion to Segunda División.
Leal scored his first professional goal on 3 September 2022, netting the B's second in a 3–0 home win over CD Mirandés. The following 14 June, he permanently left Villarreal after two decades with the club,[8] and moved to FC Andorra also in the second division a day later.[9]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 19 December 2023[10]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Murcia (loan) | 2018–19 | Segunda División B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
| Villarreal | 2019–20 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| Groningen (loan) | 2020–21 | Eredivisie | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |
| Villarreal B | 2018–19 | Segunda División B | 5 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | Segunda División B | 25 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | Primera División RFEF | 36 | 3 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 38 | 3 | ||
| 2022–23 | Segunda División | 30 | 1 | — | — | 30 | 1 | |||
| Total | 96 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 98 | 4 | ||
| Andorra | 2023–24 | Segunda División | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Career total | 121 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 125 | 4 | ||
- ^ Appearances in 2022 Primera División RFEF play-offs
References
[edit]- ^ "Trece años vestido de amarillo" [Thirteen years wearing yellow] (in Spanish). Villarreal CF. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- ^ "Duro correctivo para un Villarreal C en cuadro" [Hard lesson for a framed Villarreal C] (in Spanish). Golsmedia. 9 May 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- ^ "Migue, lateral sub 23 para el Real Murcia CF" [Migue, under-23 full-back for Real Murcia CF] (in Spanish). Real Murcia. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- ^ "Movimientos del Villarreal B en el mercado invernal" [Villarreal B movements in the winter market] (in Spanish). Villarreal CF. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- ^ "El Villarreal no tuvo compasión con el Comillas" [Villarreal had no pity of Comillas] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- ^ "FC Groningen haalt Spaanse vleugelverdediger Leal" [FC Groningen bring in Spanish full back Leal] (in Dutch). FC Groningen. 19 September 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- ^ "FC Twente lijstaanvoerder na zege op slordig FC Groningen" [FC Twente take the lead after defeating sloppy FC Groningen] (in Dutch). Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- ^ "Migue Leal se despide del Submarino tras 20 años" [Migue Leal bids farewell from the Submarine after 20 years] (in Spanish). Villarreal CF. 14 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
- ^ "Migue Leal, primer reforç tricolor per al curs 23/24" [Migue Leal, first tricolour addition for the 23/24 season] (in Catalan). FC Andorra. 15 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ^ Migue Leal at Soccerway
External links
[edit]- Migue Leal at BDFutbol
- Migue Leal at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
- Migue Leal at Soccerway
- 1997 births
- Living people
- People from Villarreal
- Footballers from the Province of Castellón
- Spanish men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Primera Federación players
- Segunda División B players
- Tercera División players
- Villarreal CF C players
- Villarreal CF B players
- Real Murcia CF players
- Villarreal CF players
- FC Andorra players
- Eredivisie players
- FC Groningen players
- Spanish expatriate men's footballers
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Andorra
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- Expatriate men's footballers in Andorra
- 21st-century Spanish sportsmen