Míchel (footballer, born August 1977)

Not to be confused with Michel (footballer, born November 1977).

Míchel
Míchel training with Xerez in 2009
Personal information
Full name Miguel Ángel Carrilero González
Date of birth (1977-08-03) 3 August 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1997 Conquense
1997 Penafiel 7 (3)
1997–1998 Rayo Vallecano B 30 (13)
1998–2002 Rayo Vallecano 63 (10)
2000–2001 → Sevilla (loan) 26 (7)
2001–2002 → Sporting Gijón (loan) 33 (5)
2003–2005 Getafe 67 (22)
2005–2007 Almería 61 (17)
2007–2010 Xerez 43 (5)
2010–2011 Guadalajara 14 (4)
2011–2013 Móstoles
Total 344 (86)
Managerial career
2014−2016 Móstoles
2020 Sant Rafel
2020−2021 Manchego Ciudad Real
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Miguel Ángel Carrilero González (born 3 August 1977), known as Míchel, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a forward, currently a manager.

In a 15-year professional career, he appeared in 231 Segunda División games over ten seasons (58 goals) in representation of six teams, adding 62 matches and eight goals in La Liga.

Career

Born in Madrid, Míchel first appeared professionally for UB Conquense (Segunda División B). In late 1997, after a very brief spell in Portugal with F.C. Penafiel, he moved to Rayo Vallecano, where he made his La Liga debut in the 1999–2000 season.[1]

Míchel returned to Rayo three years later, after two loans in the Segunda División: with Sevilla FC, he was a very important attacking unit in a 2001 promotion after a one-year absence.[2] The following campaign, he represented Sporting de Gijón.[1]

After leaving the capital outskirts club in December 2002, scoring only once over two top-flight campaigns, Míchel finished team top scorer in the following two seasons in division two, with Getafe CF (15 goals)[1][2] and UD Almería (12), as both achieved first-ever promotions to the top tier.[3] In 2004–05 he played mainly as a substitute for the former – also from Madrid – netting twice in a rare start, a 2–0 home win against Real Sociedad on 8 May 2005.[4]

For 2007–08, Míchel stayed in the second division, joining Xerez CD and playing mostly as backup to veteran Yordi, who won the Pichichi for the season. The following campaign they too reached the top division for the first time, but he only contributed three matches in less than 100 minutes of play.[2]

In July 2010, after having made 14 appearances in Xerez's top-tier season, which ended in immediate relegation, scoring in home victories over Real Valladolid (3–0)[5] and Real Zaragoza (3–2),[6] the 33-year-old returned to division three, signing for CD Guadalajara.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c Míchel. Biografía Miguel Carrilero González. Jugador Xerez CD − Fútbol ElConfidencial.com (Míchel. Miguel Carrilero González biography. Xerez CD player − Football ElConfidencial.com); El Confidencial, 28 January 2011 (in Spanish)
  2. ^ a b c Míchel II: El especialista en ascensos (Míchel II: The specialist in promotions); Pobla FM, 24 May 2018 (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Míchel, cerca de firmar por un Xerez que quiere a Francisco (Míchel, close to signing for a Xerez who want Francisco); Ideal, 19 August 2007 (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Jornada especial y de olvidar para Gari (Special and forgetful matchday for Gari); Mundo Deportivo, 9 May 2005 (in Spanish)
  5. ^ Xerez romp to victory; ESPN Soccernet, 28 March 2010
  6. ^ Victory keeps Xerez hopes alive Archived 24 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine; ESPN Soccernet, 8 May 2010
  7. ^ Míchel se despachó a gusto (Míchel fired in all directions); Nueva Alcarria, 24 October 2010 (in Spanish)