- Mista (footballer)
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Mista Personal information Full name Miguel Ángel Ferrer Martínez Date of birth November 12, 1978 Place of birth Caravaca de la Cruz, Spain Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) Playing position Striker Youth career 1990–1994 Peña Madridista Caravaca Cruz 1994–1995 Caravaca Promesas 1995–1996 Real Madrid Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1996–1997 Real Madrid C 28 (9) 1997–1998 Real Madrid B 43 (19) 1999–2001 Tenerife 71 (19) 2001–2006 Valencia 144 (40) 2006–2008 Atlético Madrid 35 (3) 2008–2010 Deportivo La Coruña 26 (2) 2010 Toronto FC 9 (0) National team 1995 Spain U17 3 (1) 1996–1997 Spain U18 10 (1) 1999 Spain U21 1 (0) 2005 Spain 2 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 November 2010.
† Appearances (Goals).This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Ferrer and the second or maternal family name is Martínez.Miguel Ángel Ferrer Martínez, aka Mista (born 12 November 1978 in Caravaca de la Cruz, Murcia), is a Spanish footballer who plays as a striker.
An unsuccessful Real Madrid youth graduate, he would make a name for himself with Valencia CF, helping the club win a total of four major titles during a five-year spell, and scoring a total of 48 goals in 218 La Liga games in ten seasons, in representation of four teams.
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Club career
Spain
Mista was a protégé of Rafael Benítez, who first coached him at Real Madrid Castilla, also working with the player at CD Tenerife and then Valencia CF.
At Tenerife, Mista - along with Curro Torres and Luis García - was a key member of the team that won promotion to La Liga in 2000–01. He subsequently signed for Valencia, and was a prominent member[1] of the successful teams that won two league titles and the 2004 UEFA Cup, where he scored the second goal in the 2–0 win against Olympique de Marseille.[2] On 21 March 2004, he netted a hat-trick for the eventual champions, in a 5–1 home win over RCD Mallorca,[3] but his goal rate decreased drastically after 2004–05.
In 2006, Mista joined Atlético Madrid,[4] playing 29 games in 2006–07, but almost absolutely no part in the following season. In July 2008 he joined Deportivo de La Coruña, on a three-year contract. On his official debut with his new club, he scored the first goal in a 2–1 triumph against Real Madrid, on 31 August 2008.[5] Constantly troubled by injuries and a loss of form, his second league goal came more than a year later (7 November 2009), in a 2–0 win at Getafe CF.[6]
Toronto
After only two league goals for Depor in two seasons, Mista signed with Toronto FC of Major League Soccer on 6 July 2010, in a deal running until the end of the season.[7] He made his unofficial debut for the club in a friendly against Bolton Wanderers, at BMO Field on the 21st, and first appeared in the league in a home match against FC Dallas on July 24; his first and only goal came on 17 August, in a 2–1 home against over Cruz Azul in the CONCACAF Champions League.[8]
On 24 November 2010, in the 2010 MLS Expansion Draft, 32-year old Mista was waived following a poor season with Toronto.[9]
International career
Mista made his debut with Spain on 26 March 2005, in a 3–0 friendly win against China, in Salamanca. He added another cap seven months later, in a 6–0 away thrashing of San Marino for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
Honours
- Valencia:
- Spanish League: 2001–02, 2003–04
- UEFA Cup: 2003–04
- UEFA Super Cup: 2004
References
- ^ Valencia reclaim pole position; UEFA.com, 19 April 2004
- ^ Valencia 2–0 Marseille; BBC Sport, 19 May 2004
- ^ Mista magic dazzles Mallorca; UEFA.com, 21 March 2004
- ^ Mista to start again at Atlético; UEFA.com, 27 July 2006
- ^ Deportivo La Coruña 2-1 Real Madrid; ESPN Soccernet, 31 August 2008
- ^ Depor ease past Getafe; ESPN Soccernet, 7 November 2009
- ^ Toronto FC signs Spanish forward Mista; Toronto FC, 6 July 2010
- ^ Mista's first goal in Champions League; Toronto FC, 18 August 2010
- ^ Toronto waives five players; Toronto FC, 24 November 2010
External links
- BDFutbol profile
- National team data (Spanish)
- MLS player profile
- Mista at National-Football-Teams.com
- Mista – FIFA competition record
Categories:- 1978 births
- Living people
- Spanish footballers
- Association football forwards
- La Liga footballers
- Real Madrid C footballers
- Real Madrid Castilla footballers
- CD Tenerife players
- Valencia CF footballers
- Atlético Madrid footballers
- Deportivo de La Coruña players
- Major League Soccer players
- Toronto FC players
- Spain youth international footballers
- Spain under-21 international footballers
- Spain international footballers
- Spanish expatriate footballers
- Expatriate soccer players in Canada
- Valencia:
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