Miguel Ángel Lozano

Miguel Ángel Lozano Ayala (born 16 September 1978), known as Miguel Ángel, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Lozano and the second or maternal family name is Ayala.
Miguel Ángel
Personal information
Full name Miguel Ángel Lozano Ayala
Date of birth (1978-09-16) 16 September 1978
Place of birth Sabadell, Spain
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1993–1995 Sabadell
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1995 Sabadell B 29 (8)
1995–1996 Sabadell 18 (0)
1996–1997 Barcelona C 32 (2)
1997–1999 Barcelona B 88 (13)
1999–2001 Levante 62 (2)
2001–2005 Málaga 131 (7)
2005–2008 Betis 33 (0)
2007–2008 → Levante (loan) 23 (1)
2008–2010 Málaga 19 (0)
2009–2010 → Gimnàstic (loan) 29 (2)
2010–2011 Ponferradina 17 (0)
2011 Badalona 14 (1)
2011–2012 Castellón 21 (7)
2012 Terrassa 14 (0)
2012–2014 Caldes Montbui 52 (24)
Total 582 (67)
Teams managed
2015 Caldes Montbui B
2015–2016 Ordino
2017 Lusitanos
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Over eight seasons, he amassed La Liga totals of 206 matches and eight goals, mainly representing Málaga (five years, two spells). He appeared in the Champions League with Betis.

Club career

Born in Sabadell, Barcelona, Catalonia, Miguel Ángel began his career at hometown's CE Sabadell FC, where he played during the 1995–96 season in the third division. He moved to neighbours FC Barcelona in 1996, spending some time with its C and B-teams.

In summer 1999, Miguel Ángel signed for Levante UD, where he spent two years playing in the second level. In the 2001–02 campaign he joined Málaga CF, being a key element in midfield during his five-year stay, scoring seven La Liga goals and helping the side to the 2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup.

For 2005–06, Miguel Ángel was transferred to Andalusia neighbours Real Betis in a deal worth €2 million, signing a five-year contract with the club.[1] In his first season, he suffered knee ligament damage in a UEFA Champions League group stage match against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, a 0–4 loss.[2]

Miguel Ángel returned to Levante in July 2007, playing out 2007–08 on a one-year loan and being released at the end of the campaign, after which he returned to Málaga. After being relatively used in the first season in his second spell, he was loaned to Gimnàstic de Tarragona in division two.

On 13 July 2010, Miguél Ángel was released by Málaga. Two weeks later, at nearly 32, he signed a one-year contract with SD Ponferradina, freshly returned to the second tier;[3] in the following transfer window, however, he was released.

Miguel Ángel moved abroad for the first time on 28 May 2015, becoming player-manager of FC Ordino in Andorra's Primera Divisió.[4]

Honours

Málaga

References
  1. Betis make Miguel Ángel move; UEFA, 1 August 2005
  2. Miguel Ángel nightmare for Betis; UEFA, 20 October 2005
  3. Miguel Ángel, otro refuerzo de lujo para la ‘Ponfe’ (Miguel Ángel, another deluxe signing for ‘Ponfe’); Marca, 29 July 2010 (in Spanish)
  4. "Un exprimera, nou tècnic de l'Ordino" [Former Primera man, new manager of Ordino] (in Catalan). Bon Dia. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
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