Miguel Ángel Cordero

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cordero and the second or maternal family name is Sánchez.
Miguel Ángel Cordero
Personal information
Full name Miguel Ángel Cordero Sánchez
Date of birth (1987-09-10) 10 September 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Lebrija, Spain
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1995–2000 Antoniano
2000–2006 Sevilla
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2010 Sevilla B 79 (1)
2009–2010 → Real Madrid B (loan) 25 (0)
2010–2012 Xerez 68 (6)
2012–2016 AEK Athens 80 (1)
2016–2017 Gimnàstic 17 (1)
2017–2020 Cartagena 90 (2)
2021–2023 Atlético Baleares 58 (0)
2023–2024 Atlético Sanluqueño 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:42, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

Miguel Ángel Cordero Sánchez (born 10 September 1987) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder.

Club career

Born in Lebrija, Province of Seville, Cordero arrived at Sevilla FC's youth ranks at the age of 12 from local CA Antoniano. In 2006 he moved to Sevilla Atlético, helping Sevilla FC's reserves to achieve promotion to Segunda División.[1]

After totalling 45 matches with Sevilla B the following two seasons – suffering relegation in his second – and some call-ups to the first team, although he never appeared officially for the Andalusians, Cordero was loaned to another side in the third tier, Real Madrid Castilla. In August 2010 he signed with Xerez CD, returning to his native region.[2]

In his first season, Cordero was one of the most used players by manager Javi López (almost 2,900 minutes of action), scoring five goals as Xerez easily retained their status. He also collected 15 yellow cards.

Cordero joined AEK Athens F.C. in the summer of 2012, going on to remain several years in Greece and help to two consecutive promotions to reach the Super League after they were relegated twice in the same campaign due to irregularities.[3] On 25 June 2016, however, as his contract was nearing its expiration, he was told by the board of directors to look for a new club.[4]

On 30 August 2016, Cordero signed a one-year deal with Gimnàstic de Tarragona of the Spanish second division.[5] After featuring sparingly, he moved to the level below with FC Cartagena the following 1 August.[6]

Cordero helped the Efesé to promote to division two in 2020, contributing 21 games to this feat. On 29 December 2020, already a fringe player,[7] the 33-year-old terminated his contract with the club[8] and joined third-tier side CD Atlético Baleares just hours later.[9]

Career statistics

As of 13 May 2024[10][11]
Club Season League Cup1 Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sevilla B 2005–06 Segunda División B 2 0 — — — 2 0
2006–07 Segunda División B 28 1 — — 4[a] 0 32 1
2007–08 Segunda División 14 0 — — — 14 0
2008–09 Segunda División 31 0 — — — 31 0
Total 75 1 — — 4 0 79 1
Real Madrid B (loan) 2009–10 Segunda División B 25 0 — — — 25 0
Xerez 2010–11 Segunda División 37 5 1 1 — — 38 6
2011–12 Segunda División 29 1 1 0 — — 30 1
2012–13 Segunda División 2 0 0 0 — — 2 0
Total 68 6 2 1 — — 70 7
AEK Athens 2012–13 Super League Greece 23 0 0 0 — — 23 0
2013–14 Gamma Ethniki 24 1 4 0 — — 28 1
2014–15 Super League Greece 2 16 0 3 1 — — 19 1
2015–16 Super League Greece 17 0 7 0 — — 24 0
Total 80 1 14 1 — — 94 2
Gimnàstic 2016–17 Segunda División 17 1 3 0 — — 20 1
Cartagena 2017–18 Segunda División B 25 0 3 0 — 4[a] 0 32 0
2018–19 Segunda División B 33 1 2 0 — 4[a] 1 39 2
2019–20 Segunda División B 20 0 2 0 — 1[a] 0 23 0
2020–21 Segunda División 3 0 0 0 — — 3 0
Total 81 1 7 0 — 9 1 97 2
Atlético Baleares 2020–21 Segunda División B 14 0 — — — 14 0
2021–22 Primera División RFEF 21 0 3 0 — — 24 0
2022–23 Primera Federación 23 0 1 0 — — 24 0
Total 58 0 4 0 — — 62 0
Atlético Sanluqueño 2023–24 Primera Federación 11 0 1 0 — — 12 0
Career total 415 10 31 2 0 0 13 1 459 13

1Includes two appearances in the semi-professional Gamma Ethniki Cup

  1. ^ a b c d Appearances in Segunda División B promotion play-offs

Honours

Sevilla B

AEK

References

  1. ^ a b "¿Qué fue de los integrantes del Sevilla Atlético de Segunda división?" [What happened to members of Sevilla Atlético of Segunda división?] (in Spanish). Sevillismo en Vena. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Cordero, calidad y juventud al servicio del nuevo Xerez CD" [Cordero, skill and youth at the service of new Xerez CD] (in Spanish). Andalucía Información. 27 July 2010. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  3. ^ Cordero ready for AEK's comeback; Neos Kosmos, 4 May 2015
  4. ^ Δεν υπολογίζεται ο Κορδέρο στην ΑΕΚ (Cordero does not make the grade at AEK); Sport FM, 25 June 2016 (in Greek)
  5. ^ Miguel Ángel Cordero, nou jugador del Nàstic (Miguel Ángel Cordero, new player of Nàstic); Gimnàstic Tarragona, 30 August 2016 (in Catalan)
  6. ^ Miguel Ángel Cordero, nuevo jugador del Cartagena (Miguel Ángel Cordero, new player of Cartagena); La Opinión de Murcia, 1 August 2017 (in Spanish)
  7. ^ Moya, Francisco J. (26 December 2020). "FC Cartagena: Cordero y Verza ya saben que deberán irse y el club desconoce el interés del Cádiz por Rubén Castro" [FC Cartagena: Cordero and Verza already know they must go and club is not aware of Cádiz interest in Rubén Castro] (in Spanish). La Verdad. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  8. ^ "Cordero deja de ser jugador del FC Cartagena" [Cordero is no longer a FC Cartagena player] (in Spanish). FC Cartagena. 29 December 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  9. ^ "Cordero es el primer fichaje de invierno" [Cordero is the first winter signing] (in Spanish). CD Atlético Baleares. 29 December 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  10. ^ Miguel Ángel Cordero at ESPN FC
  11. ^ Miguel Ángel Cordero at Soccerway