Óscar Miñambres

Óscar Miñambres
Personal information
Full name Óscar Miñambres Pascual
Date of birth (1981-01-01) 1 January 1981
Place of birth Fuenlabrada, Spain
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Right back / Midfielder
Youth career
1994–1999 Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2000 Real Madrid C
2000–2002 Real Madrid B 62 (5)
2002–2007 Real Madrid 18 (0)
2004–2005 → Espanyol (loan) 5 (0)
2007 Hércules 0 (0)
Total 85 (5)
National team
2002–2003 Spain U21 11 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Óscar Miñambres Pascual (born 1 January 1981) is a Spanish retired footballer.

He could operate as either a defender or midfielder on the right side, and had his professional career marred by constant injuries.[1] He appeared in 37 competitive games for Real Madrid.

Club career

A product of Real Madrid's youth academy, Miñambres was born in Fuenlabrada, Community of Madrid, and first appeared with the first team on 10 February 2002, playing 90 minutes in a 7–0 home thrashing of UD Las Palmas in his sole La Liga appearance in the season.[2] He would also make his UEFA Champions League debut that year, appearing against FC Porto and setting up a goal for Santiago Solari in a 2–1 away win.[3]

After years of battling with injuries and a loan at fellow league side RCD Espanyol in the 2004–05 campaign,[4] Miñambres became a free agent after Real Madrid did not offer him a new deal. On 8 August 2007, Marca officially announced that he would play the next three years with second division's Hércules CF; the following day, however, he terminated his contract with the club because his knee was not fully recovered,[5] and he immediately retired from football.

Honours

References

  1. ↑ Misery for Miñambres; UEFA, 3 January 2005
  2. ↑ "7–0: Cinco goles de Morientes al Las Palmas" [7–0: Five goals from Morientes to Las Palmas] (in Spanish). ABC. 10 February 2002. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "Madrid progress as Porto falter". UEFA. 27 February 2002. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  4. ↑ Miñambres makes Espanyol move; UEFA, 30 August 2004
  5. ↑ Miñambres rescinde su contrato con el Hércules horas después de ser presentado (Miñambres terminates contract with Hércules hours after being presented); Marca, 9 August 2007 (in Spanish)
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