Mingo (footballer)

Mingo
Personal information
Full name	Carles Domingo Pladevall
Date of birth	10 June 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth	Hostalric, Spain
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Left back
Youth career
	Barcelona
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994–1995	Barcelona C
1995–1997	Barcelona B
1997–2000	Sporting Gijón
2000–2001	Rayo Vallecano
2001–2004	Betis
2004–2006	Albacete
2006–2012	Gimnàstic
Total
International career
1992–1993	Spain U16
1993–1995	Spain U18
1995	Spain U19
1995	Spain U20
1997	Spain U23
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carles Domingo Pladevall (born 10 June 1977), known as Mingo, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a left back.

A FC Barcelona youth product, he appeared in 279 Segunda División matches over 11 seasons, mainly with Gimnàstic (five years) and Barcelona B (three). He added in 134 and one goal in La Liga, where he represented the former club and also Sporting de Gijón, Rayo Vallecano, Betis and Albacete.

Club career

Born in Hostalric, Girona, Catalonia, Mingo began his football career in FC Barcelona's youth system. Playing alongside Albert Celades and Iván de la Peña, he won the 1994 División de Honor and the Copa del Rey Juvenil; already a senior, he spent three seasons with the club's B-team.

Mingo was released in the summer of 1997, moving to Sporting de Gijón and making his La Liga debut that season as the Asturias side were finally relegated. After two seasons he returned to the top flight with Rayo Vallecano, where his good performances attracted attention from Real Betis, with a good first campaign being followed by two subpar ones (in his last year, however, he scored his first goal in the top level, a 2–1 away win against RCD Espanyol on 25 January 2004).^[1]

In 2004, Mingo moved to Albacete Balompié, playing one season each in the first and second divisions – in his second year, he was sent off three times. In 2006–07 he returned to his region of birth, signing with Gimnàstic de Tarragona and appearing in 16 league games in a season that ended in top-tier relegation.

Veteran Mingo was regularly used by Nàstic in the following four second division campaigns, featuring in a minimum of 21 and a maximum of 29 league matches. He was released at the end of 2011–12, with the club suffering relegation.^[2]

Honours

Spain U18

UEFA European Under-18 Championship: 1995

References

^ El Betis aprovecha la bicoca del Espanyol (Betis take advantage of Espanyol's jinx); El País, 26 January 2004 (in Spanish)
^ Llista de baixes (List of released players); Gimnàstic Tarragona, 3 July 2012 (in Catalan)

External links

Mingo at BDFutbol
Mingo – FIFA competition record (archived)
Mingo at Soccerway

[1] El Betis aprovecha la bicoca del Espanyol (Betis take advantage of Espanyol's jinx); El País, 26 January 2004 (in Spanish)

[2] Llista de baixes (List of released players); Gimnàstic Tarragona, 3 July 2012 (in Catalan)

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