Miguel Almirón

Miguel Almirón
Personal information
Full name Miguel Ángel Almirón Rejala
Date of birth (1994-02-10) 10 February 1994
Place of birth Asunción, Paraguay
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 12 in)
Playing position Attacking Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Lanús [1]
Number 10
Youth career
2008–2012 Cerro Porteño
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Cerro Porteño 39 (6)
2015– Lanús 34 (3)
National team
2010 Paraguay U17 10 (1)
2012–2013 Paraguay U20 16 (2)
2015– Paraguay 7 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 December 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 December 2016

Miguel Ángel Almirón Rejala (born 10 February 1994) is a Paraguayan footballer who plays for Lanús in the Argentine Primera División.

Club career

Almirón took his first steps in school football Club 3 Noviembre and, at age 14, proved to the Club Nacional. He signed a contract Cerro Porteño. Five years later, he debuted with Cerro Porteño the first team on March 10, 2013, in a match against Deportivo Capiatá. A month later (on April 19, 2013), in a match against Club Rubio Nu, he scored his first goal for a first division team. At the end of 2013, Miguel achieved his first title in first division with Cerro Porteño who achieved the title while undefeated, but Miguel failed to have much involvement.

In August 2015 Almirón was transferred to Lanús in Argentine Primera División[2]

International career

He played for the Paraguay U20 South American Championship in 2013, with significant involvement, since he obtained the sub championship.[3] Due to this, Paraguay was classified to dispute the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2013. This competition was also called Almirón.[4]

References

  1. "Fútbol – Profesional" (in Spanish). Club Lanús. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  2. "Lanús acordó la incorporación del volante Miguel Almirón" (in Spanish). ESPN. 31 July 2015.
  3. "Convocados para el Suda" (in Spanish). D10. 2 January 2013.
  4. "Paraguay es subcampeón" (in Spanish). D10. 4 February 2013.

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