Michel Espinosa
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 15 September 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Yaoundé, Cameroon[1] | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Virton | ||
Youth career | |||
2002–2007 | FA Carcassonne | ||
2007–2012 | Toulouse | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2014 | Toulouse B | 20 | (2) |
2014–2015 | Trélissac | 27 | (1) |
2015–2017 | Clermont B | 10 | (0) |
2015–2017 | Clermont | 45 | (0) |
2018 | Laval | 11 | (1) |
2018–2019 | Istra 1961 | 8 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Lyon-Duchère | 4 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Lyon-Duchère B | 5 | (0) |
2020–2021 | Botev Plovdiv | 26 | (3) |
2021–2022 | Dinamo București | 3 | (0) |
2022– | Virton | 11 | (0) |
International career | |||
2011 | France U18 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 June 2023 |
Michel Espinosa (born 15 September 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Challenger Pro League club Virton. Born in Cameroon, he was a French youth international.[2]
Club career
[edit]Espinosa started his career in the youth ranks of Toulouse FC where he spent seven seasons, but did not make it into the professional team. He moved to Trélissac in 2014 and spent a year there, before signing an amateur contract with Clermont.[3] He made his Ligue 2 debut for the club in the first game of the 2015–16 Ligue 2 season, on 31 July 2015, in a 0–0 draw against Sochaux.[4] He signed his first professional contract with the club on 3 November 2015.[5]
Espinosa left Clermont in January 2018, signing for Laval in Championnat National until the end of the 2017–18 season.[6] He was not retained at the end of his contract, and signed for Croatian side Istra 1961.
In June 2019, Espinosa signed a two-year contract with Lyon-Duchère.[7]
In October 2021, he joined Dinamo București until the end of the season, with the option for an extension.[8][9]
Espinosa joined Belgian Challenger Pro League club Virton on 9 August 2022 after a successful trial.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ Michel Espinosa at L'Équipe Football (in French)
- ^ "Fédération Française de Football".
- ^ "De Trélissac au Clermont Foot" (in French). La Montagne. 26 June 2015.
- ^ "Clermont vs Sochaux 0-0". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ "Premier contrat pro pour Michel Espinosa" (in French). Clermont Foot. 3 November 2015.
- ^ "Officiel : Michel Espinosa Quitte le Clermont Foot" (in French). maligue2.fr. 29 January 2018.
- ^ "Lyon-Duchère : Un ancien Toulousain a signé (off)" (in French). foot-national.com. 12 June 2019.
- ^ "OFICIAL! Michel Espinosa a semnat cu Dinamo. Detaliile contractului" (in Romanian). as.ro. 14 October 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ "Dinamo, prima achiziție din colecția toamnă-iarnă » Fotbalistul a fost prezentat oficial" (in Romanian). gsp.ro. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- ^ "Michel Espinosa à Virton ! –". UNFP (in French). 9 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
External links
[edit]- Michel Espinosa at Soccerway
- Michel Espinosa – French league stats at Ligue 1 – also available in French
- 1993 births
- Living people
- People from Yaoundé
- Men's association football midfielders
- French men's footballers
- Naturalized citizens of France
- Cameroonian men's footballers
- France men's youth international footballers
- French sportspeople of Cameroonian descent
- Ligue 2 players
- Championnat National players
- Championnat National 2 players
- Championnat National 3 players
- Croatian Football League players
- Liga I players
- Toulouse FC players
- Trélissac-Antonne Périgord FC players
- Clermont Foot players
- Stade Lavallois players
- NK Istra 1961 players
- Lyon-La Duchère players
- Botev Plovdiv players
- FC Dinamo București players
- R.E. Virton players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia
- French expatriate sportspeople in Croatia
- Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia
- Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria
- French expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria
- Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
- French expatriate sportspeople in Romania
- Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Romania
- French expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- 21st-century French sportsmen