Mista (footballer)

Mista (footballer)
Mista
Personal information
Full name Miguel Ángel Ferrer Martínez
Date of birth November 12, 1978 (1978-11-12) (age 33)
Place of birth Caravaca de la Cruz, Spain
Height 1.84 m (6 ft  12 in)
Playing position Striker
Youth career
19901994 Peña Madridista Caravaca Cruz
19941995 Caravaca Promesas
19951996 Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
19961997 Real Madrid C 28 (9)
19971998 Real Madrid B 43 (19)
19992001 Tenerife 71 (19)
20012006 Valencia 144 (40)
20062008 Atlético Madrid 35 (3)
20082010 Deportivo La Coruña 26 (2)
2010 Toronto FC 9 (0)
National team
1995 Spain U17 3 (1)
19961997 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).

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 200001. 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 20 win against Olympique de Marseille.[2] On 21 March 2004, he netted a hat-trick for the eventual champions, in a 51 home win over RCD Mallorca,[3] but his goal rate decreased drastically after 200405.

In 2006, Mista joined Atlético Madrid,[4] playing 29 games in 200607, 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 21 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 20 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 21 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 30 friendly win against China, in Salamanca. He added another cap seven months later, in a 60 away thrashing of San Marino for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

Honours

References

  1. ^ Valencia reclaim pole position; UEFA.com, 19 April 2004
  2. ^ Valencia 20 Marseille; BBC Sport, 19 May 2004
  3. ^ Mista magic dazzles Mallorca; UEFA.com, 21 March 2004
  4. ^ Mista to start again at Atlético; UEFA.com, 27 July 2006
  5. ^ Deportivo La Coruña 2-1 Real Madrid; ESPN Soccernet, 31 August 2008
  6. ^ Depor ease past Getafe; ESPN Soccernet, 7 November 2009
  7. ^ Toronto FC signs Spanish forward Mista; Toronto FC, 6 July 2010
  8. ^ Mista's first goal in Champions League; Toronto FC, 18 August 2010
  9. ^ Toronto waives five players; Toronto FC, 24 November 2010

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