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Migue Leal
Personal information
Full name Miguel Ángel Leal Díaz
Date of birth (1997-02-01) 1 February 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Villarreal, Spain
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Youth career
2002–2016 Villarreal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Villarreal C 62 (4)
2017–2023 Villarreal B 96 (4)
2018–2019Murcia (loan) 3 (0)
2019–2023 Villarreal 0 (0)
2020–2021Groningen (loan) 10 (0)
2023–2024 Andorra 15 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 June 2024

Miguel Ángel "Migue" Leal Díaz (born 1 February 1997) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right-back.

Club career

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Born in Villarreal, Valencian Community, Leal joined Villarreal CF's youth setup at the age of five.[1] He made his senior debut with the C-team on 9 May 2015, aged 18, by playing the last 16 minutes of a 1–4 Tercera División home loss against Atlético Levante UD.[2]

On 14 August 2018, after establishing himself as a regular starter for the C's, Leal moved to Segunda División B side Real Murcia on a one-year loan.[3] He moved back to his parent club the following 24 January, after appearing rarely, and was assigned to the reserves also in the third division.[4]

Leal made his first team debut on 18 December 2019, starting in a 5–0 away routing of Comillas CF for the season's Copa del Rey.[5] On 19 September of the following year, he moved to FC Groningen on loan for one year.[6]

Leal made his Eredivisie debut on 25 September 2020, coming on as a second-half substitute for Bart van Hintum in a 1–3 loss at FC Twente.[7] Back to the Yellow Submarine in July 2021, he was again assigned to the B-team, being a regular starter during the 2021–22 Primera División RFEF as the side achieved promotion to Segunda División.

Leal scored his first professional goal on 3 September 2022, netting the B's second in a 3–0 home win over CD Mirandés. The following 14 June, he permanently left Villarreal after two decades with the club,[8] and moved to FC Andorra also in the second division a day later.[9]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 19 December 2023[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Murcia (loan) 2018–19 Segunda División B 3 0 0 0 3 0
Villarreal 2019–20 La Liga 0 0 1 0 1 0
Groningen (loan) 2020–21 Eredivisie 10 0 0 0 10 0
Villarreal B 2018–19 Segunda División B 5 0 5 0
2019–20 Segunda División B 25 0 25 0
2021–22 Primera División RFEF 36 3 2[a] 0 38 3
2022–23 Segunda División 30 1 30 1
Total 96 4 0 0 2 0 98 4
Andorra 2023–24 Segunda División 12 0 1 0 0 0 13 0
Career total 121 0 2 0 2 0 125 4

References

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  1. ^ "Trece años vestido de amarillo" [Thirteen years wearing yellow] (in Spanish). Villarreal CF. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Duro correctivo para un Villarreal C en cuadro" [Hard lesson for a framed Villarreal C] (in Spanish). Golsmedia. 9 May 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Migue, lateral sub 23 para el Real Murcia CF" [Migue, under-23 full-back for Real Murcia CF] (in Spanish). Real Murcia. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Movimientos del Villarreal B en el mercado invernal" [Villarreal B movements in the winter market] (in Spanish). Villarreal CF. 24 January 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  5. ^ "El Villarreal no tuvo compasión con el Comillas" [Villarreal had no pity of Comillas] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  6. ^ "FC Groningen haalt Spaanse vleugelverdediger Leal" [FC Groningen bring in Spanish full back Leal] (in Dutch). FC Groningen. 19 September 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  7. ^ "FC Twente lijstaanvoerder na zege op slordig FC Groningen" [FC Twente take the lead after defeating sloppy FC Groningen] (in Dutch). Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Migue Leal se despide del Submarino tras 20 años" [Migue Leal bids farewell from the Submarine after 20 years] (in Spanish). Villarreal CF. 14 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  9. ^ "Migue Leal, primer reforç tricolor per al curs 23/24" [Migue Leal, first tricolour addition for the 23/24 season] (in Catalan). FC Andorra. 15 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  10. ^ Migue Leal at Soccerway
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