Miguel Ángel (footballer, born 1993)

Miguel Ángel
Personal information
Full name Miguel Ángel Sainz-Maza López
Date of birth (1993-01-06) 6 January 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Santoña, Spain
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Audace Cerignola
Number 20
Youth career
1998–2003 Meruelo
2003–2011 Racing Santander
2011–2012 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Barcelona B 1 (0)
2013 → Betis B (loan) 8 (0)
2013–2014 Reggina 10 (0)
2014–2018 Foggia 79 (11)
2017 → Pordenone (loan) 17 (3)
2018 → Pisa (loan) 16 (0)
2018–2019 Sicula Leonzio 20 (1)
2019–2020 Cavese 44 (4)
2020–2022 Gubbio 63 (8)
2022– Audace Cerignola 66 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 December 2024

Miguel Ángel Sainz-Maza López (born 6 January 1993), commonly known as Miguel Ángel, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Italian Serie C Group C club Audace Cerignola.

Club career

Born in Santoña, Cantabria, Miguel Ángel joined local giants Racing de Santander's youth system in 2003, aged 10. In 2011, after impressing with the Cantabrians Juvenil squad, he moved to FC Barcelona.[1]

On 20 June 2012 Miguel Ángel was promoted to the Catalans' reserve squad,[2] and played his first match as a professional on 13 October, coming on as a late substitute in a 3–0 home success over Sporting de Gijón in the Segunda División.[3]

On 10 January of the following year Miguel Ángel joined Real Betis B on loan until the end of the season.[4] After only starting once with the Andalusians (which eventually suffered relegation), he returned to Barça, and eventually rescinded his link, joining Italian Serie B side Reggina Calcio.[5]

After appearing in only ten matches with the Amaranto during the campaign, Miguel Ángel signed a two-year deal with Lega Pro club Foggia Calcio on 6 August 2014.[6] On 26 July 2017, he joined Pordenone Calcio on loan.[7]

On 31 January 2019, he signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with another Serie C club, Cavese.[8] Just three days later, in his first game for Cavese, he came on as a substitute against his previous club Sicula Leonzio and scored a winning penalty kick in a 3–2 victory.

On 22 August 2020 he went to Gubbio.[9]

On 3 August 2022, he moved to Audace Cerignola.[10]

References

  1. ^ El Barça se lleva a otra perla de la cantera del Racing (Barça takes another pearl from Racing's cantera); Marca, 13 July 2011 (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Set juvenils reforçaran el Barça B (Seven youth players reinforced Barça B); Barcelona's official website, 20 June 2012 (in Catalan)
  3. ^ Back to winning ways (3–0); Barcelona's official website, 13 October 2012
  4. ^ Miguel Maza se va cedido al Betis B (Miguel Maza goes on loan to Betis B); Barcelona's official website, 10 January 2013 (in Spanish)
  5. ^ Miguel Ángel Sainz-Maza ficha por la Reggina (Miguel Ángel Sainz-Maza signs for Reggina); Sport, 22 August 2013 (in Spanish)
  6. ^ Oficial: Foggia, firma el ex barcelonista Miguel Ángel Sáinz Maza (Official: Foggia, signs former Barcelona player Miguel Ángel Sainz Maza); Todo Mercado Web, 6 August 2014 (in Spanish)
  7. ^ "FANTASIA SPAGNOLA PER L'ATTACCO: SAINZ-MAZA È NEROVERDE" (in Italian). Pordenone. 26 July 2017.
  8. ^ "UFFICIALE: SAINZ-MAZA È UN CALCIATORE DELLA CAVESE" (in Italian). Cavese. 31 January 2019.
  9. ^ "Sainz-Maza è un nuovo giocatore rossoblu'" (in Italian). Gubbio. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  10. ^ Parlati, Emanuele (3 August 2022). "Il Cerignola torna a parlare spagnolo: biennale per Miguel Angel Sainz Maza". lanotiziaweb.it (in Italian). Retrieved 31 August 2022.