Corona (footballer)

Corona

Personal information
Full name	Miguel Angel García Pérez-Roldán
Date of birth	12 February 1981 (1981-02-12) (age 30)
Place of birth	Talavera de la Reina, Spain
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Almería
Number	15
Youth career
	Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1999–2000	Real Madrid C
2000–2001	Real Madrid B	21	(9)
2001–2007	Zaragoza	62	(2)
2004–2005	→ Poli Ejido (loan)	31	(1)
2006	→ Albacete (loan)	13	(2)
2006–2007	→ Almería (loan)	40	(7)
2007–	Almería	114	(4)
National team
1997–1998	Spain U16	17	(4)
1997–1998	Spain U17	10	(1)
1998–2000	Spain U18	12	(2)
2001	Spain U20	1	(0)
2000–2003	Spain U21	15	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 May 2011. † Appearances (Goals).

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is García and the second or maternal family name is Pérez-Roldán.

Miguel Angel García Pérez-Roldán, aka Corona (born 12 February 1981 in Talavera de la Reina, Toledo, Castile-La Mancha) is a Spanish footballer who plays for UD Almería in Segunda División, usually as an attacking midfielder.

Football career

A product of La Liga powerhouse Real Madrid, skilled Corona never made it past its C and B sides, being signed by Real Zaragoza in 2001–02, but would only amass 33 top flight matches for the Aragonese side during four seasons, with loans in the second division in between (one season with Polideportivo Ejido, six months with Albacete Balompié).

In 2006–07, Corona was loaned again, to UD Almería, being instrumental in the Andalusia outfit's first ever promotion to the top level. He reunited with former Zaragoza teammate Fernando Soriano for 2007–08, and the move was made permanent after the season's end,^[1] with Almería finishing eighth.

Corona scored his first top flight goal with a header, in a 9 March 2008 1–2 defeat at CA Osasuna, his season only. He continued to be a regular for Almería in the subsequent seasons, often starting but rarely finishing a game.

On 19 January 2011, Corona scored one of Almería's most important goals, in a 3–2 win at Deportivo de La Coruña (4–2 on aggregate), with the club reaching the semifinals of the Copa del Rey for the first time ever.^[2] On 9 April, through a counter-attack, he opened the score for the last-placed team at FC Barcelona - his second goal of the season - but the hosts eventually won it 3–1, and Almería eventually suffered relegation after a four-year stay.^[3]

Honours

Spain U16

• UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship: 1997

References

1. ^ Corona staying at Almería
2. ^ El Almería se niega a despertar del sueño (Almería refuses to awake from dream); Marca, 19 January 2011 (Spanish)
3. ^ Barca come back to avoid upset; ESPN Soccernet, 9 April 2011

External links

• Almería official profile (Spanish)
• BDFutbol profile
• Futbolme profile (Spanish)
• Corona (footballer) – FIFA competition record
• Transfermarkt profile

Persondata
Name	Corona
Alternative names	Miguel Angel García Pérez-Roldán
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	12 February 1981
Place of birth	Talavera de la Reina, Spain
Date of death
Place of death