Miguel Almirón

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Miguel Almirón
2018-08-19 - Atlanta United - Miguel Almirón.jpg
Almirón 2018
Personnel
Surname Miguel Ángel Almirón Rejala
birthday February 10, 1994
place of birth Asunción ,  Paraguay
size 176 cm
position midfield
Juniors
Years station
2008–2012 Cerro Porteño
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2013-2015 Cerro Porteño 39 0(6)
2015-2016 CA Lanus 35 0(3)
2017-2019 Atlanta United 68 (22)
2019– Newcastle United 27 0(1)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2010 Paraguay U17 10 0(1)
2012-2013 Paraguay U20 16 0(2)
2015– Paraguay 16 0(3)
1 Only league games are given.
As of December 21, 2019

2 As of March 27, 2019

Miguel Ángel Almirón Rejala (born February 10, 1994 in Asunción ) is a Paraguayan football player who is currently under contract with Newcastle United .

Career

societies

Adolescence

He took his first football steps at the Paraguayan first division club Atlético 3 de Febrero. After a trial session in the youth department of Club Nacional , he decided to go to Cerro Porteño at the age of 14 .

Cerro Porteño (2013-2015)

After five years in the youth department, Almirón made his professional debut for Cerro Porteño against Deportivo Capiatá on March 10, 2013. About a month later (on April 19, 2013) he scored his first professional goal against Club Rubio Ñu.

Club Atlético Lanús (2015-2016)

In August 2015, the Argentine first division club CA Lanús announced the commitment of Almirón. In his first season under Guillermo Barros Schelotto he was slowly introduced to the team, a year later Almirón was a regular under Jorge Almirón . Almirón was instrumental in Lanús' title win at this time.

Atlanta United (2017-2019)

For the 2017 season, Almirón moved to Major League Soccer to the newly founded Atlanta United franchise and signed a contract as a "Young Designated Player". According to media reports Atlanta United paid a transfer fee of 8 million US dollars . On March 12, 2017, he scored his first MLS goals with a brace in the 6-1 win over Minnesota United . He scored his first hat trick on May 20 against Houston Dynamo . In August 2017 he was appointed to the MLS All-Star Team for the first time . After the season he was voted number 1 of the "24 players under the age of 24". With 12 goals and 14 assists, he was again included in the MLS Best XI alongside his teammate Josef Martínez . With Atlanta he won the MLS Cup 2018 2-0 against the Portland Timbers .

Newcastle United (2019–)

National team

He played Almirón at the U-20 South American Football Championship 2013 for the Paraguayan U20 national team . After he played a major role in the team's good performance, he was nominated for the 2013 U-20 World Cup a few weeks later . He made his debut for Paraguay's senior team in September 2015.

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.espn.com.ar/news/story/_/id/2435943/lanus-acordo-la-incorporacion-del-volante-miguel-almiron
  2. ↑ https://twitter.com/ATLUTD/status/805851351821459456
  3. ↑ http://www.tribalfootball.com/articles/atlanta-united-sign-paraguay-international-miguel-almiron-4158119
  4. ↑ http://global.espn.com/football/major-league-soccer/story/3012469/miguel-almiron-move-to-atlanta-united-nearly-done-at-$8-million-sources?src=com
  5. ↑ https://www.ajc.com/sports/atlanta-united-minnesota-united-observations/wFjrmdtScuGNirW2Kt5joK/
  6. ↑ https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2017/05/21/miguel-almiron-obliges-coachs-request-shoot-more-nets-hat-trick
  7. ↑ https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2017/07/30/atlanta-united-celebrates-first-year-three-all-star-picks
  8. ↑ https://www.atlutd.com/post/2017/09/28/miguel-almir-n-ranked-1-mls-24-under-24-list
  9. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from January 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.d10.com.py
  10. ↑ http://d10.paraguay.com/paraguay-es-subcampeon-n28038
personal data
SURNAME Almirón, Miguel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Almirón Rejala, Miguel Ángel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Paraguayan soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH February 10, 1994
PLACE OF BIRTH Asunción , Paraguay