Miguel López-Cedrón

Miguel Lopez-Cedron
Personal information
Full name	Miguel Ángel López-Cedrón Freije
Date of birth	3 June 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	Oviedo, Spain
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Centre forward
Youth career
1989–1990	Llanera
1990–1996	Sporting Gijón
1992–1993	→ Veriña (loan)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1996–2000	Sporting B
1998–2004	Sporting Gijón
2000–2001	→ Leganés (loan)
2002–2003	→ Eibar (loan)
2004–2006	Numancia
2006–2009	Elche
2009–2011	Oviedo
2011–2013	Avilés
2013–2014	Tuilla
2014–2015	Llanes
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Miguel Ángel López-Cedrón Freije (born 3 June 1978), known simply as Miguel, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a centre forward.

Playing career

Born in Oviedo, Asturias, Miguel had his career mainly associated with Sporting de Gijón, being however mainly registered with the reserves during his eight-year tenure. He made his La Liga debut with the first team on 26 April 1998 by coming on as a 57th-minute substitute in a 0–4 away loss against UD Salamanca,^[1] and amassed Segunda División totals of 213 matches and 40 goals over ten seasons, representing in the competition Sporting, CD Leganés, SD Eibar, CD Numancia – for which he also appeared in the top flight, in 2004–05^[2]– and Elche CF.

Miguel's last two years were spent in Tercera División, with CD Tuilla and CD Llanes.^[3]

After retiring, Miguel joined amateurs UD Llanera as director of football.^[4] On 26 June 2019, he was named president of the club.^[5]

^ Sintes, Agustí (27 April 1998). "El Salamanca sufre para superar el trámite del Sporting" [Salamanca suffer to overcome Sporting formality]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 February 2016.
^ "Breve enciclopedia numantina" [Brief numantina encyclopedia]. Desde Soria (in Spanish). 29 May 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
^ "Llanes, llega Miguel López Cedrón" [Llanes, Miguel López Cedrón arrives] (in Spanish). Todo Mercado Web. 22 June 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
^ Durán, Davinia (20 May 2015). "Miguel López-Cedrón será el director deportivo del UD Llanera y la escuela de fútbol David Villa puede venir a nuestro concejo" [Miguel López-Cedrón will be UD Llanera's sporting director and the David Villa football school may come to town] (in Spanish). El Tapín. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
^ De la Fuente, A. (28 June 2019). "Miguel López-Cedrón, nuevo presidente del Llanera" [Miguel López-Cedrón, new Llanera president]. La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 October 2019.