Miguel Albiol
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Miguel Albiol Tortajada | ||
| Date of birth | 2 September 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Vilamarxant, Spain | ||
| Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
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Current team
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Retired | ||
| 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) | |
| International career | |||
| 1999 | Spain U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2001 | Spain U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2002 | Spain U21 | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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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 during 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, was also a footballer. He represented with success Valencia, Real Madrid and the Spanish national team.[4][5]
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Albiol, dos años (Albiol, two years); Diario Información, 3 July 2009 (Spanish)
- ↑ Mercado: Miguel Albiol vuelve al Murcia (Market: Miguel Albiol returns to Murcia); Goal.com, 7 July 2009 (Spanish)
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 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's official website, 17 November 2011 (Spanish)
External links
- Miguel Albiol profile at BDFutbol
- Miguel Albiol profile at Futbolme (Spanish)
- Miguel Albiol at Soccerway
- Articles with Spanish-language external links
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- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
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- 1981 births
- Living people
- People from Camp de Túria
- Spanish footballers
- Valencian footballers
- Association football midfielders
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- Valencia CF Mestalla footballers
- Valencia CF players
- Real Murcia players
- Recreativo de Huelva players
- Rayo Vallecano footballers
- Spain youth international footballers
- Spain under-21 international footballers
