- Miguel Cañizalez
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Miguel Cañizalez 
Personal information Full name Maycoll Cañizalez-Smith Date of birth December 28, 1982 Place of birth Quezaltepeque, El Salvador Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Playing position Attacking midfielder Club information Current club Fortuna Köln Youth career 2001 Toronto Lynx Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2001–2004 Werder Bremen II 47 (2) 2004–2006 Hannover 96 II 20 (2) 2006–2007 FC Oberneuland 15 (1) 2007 Toronto FC 12 (1) 2008–2010 Bonner SC 58 (2) 2011- Fortuna Köln National team‡ 1998 Canada U17 3 (0) 1999–2001 Canada U20 14 (2) 2002–2003 Canada U23 4 (1) 2003 Canada 5 (1) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 September 2007.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 December 2009Miguel (Maycoll) Cañizalez-Smith (born December 28, 1982 in Quezaltepeque, El Salvador) is a Salvadoran-Canadian professional soccer player currently playing for Fortuna Köln in Germany.
Maycoll is the Spanish phonetic pronunciation of Michael, hence his preference for being called Miguel.
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Club career
Cañizalez was born in Quezaltepeque, El Salvador and raised in Toronto, Ontario.[1]
He had played in Germany for Werder Bremen and Hannover 96 reserve sides before signing with Toronto FC in April 2007.[2] Cañizalez became the first Canadian to score for Toronto FC at BMO Field, registering a goal against the Columbus Crew on 22 September 2007. Toronto waived him at the end of the 2007 season.
He played a long time in Germany as Miguel Campos.[3]
International career
Cañizalez played at the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship in Argentina,[4] alongside Atiba Hutchinson and Mike Klukowski among others.
He made his senior debut for Canada in a January 2003 friendly match against the United States. He earned a total of 5 caps, scoring 1 goal. His final international was a July 2003 Gold Cup match against Cuba.
Career stats
International goals
- Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 12 February 2003 June 11 Stadium, Tripoli, Libya 
Libya4–2 4–2 Friendly match Club
As of 18 October 2011[update]
Club performance League Cup League Cup Total Club League Season Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Germany League DFB-Pokal — Total Werder Bremen II Regionalliga Nord 2001–02 26 0 2 0 — 28 0 2002–03 15 2 — 15 2 2003–04 6 0 — 6 0 Hannover 96 II Oberliga Nord 2004–05 14 1 — 14 1 2005–06 14 0 — 14 0 FC Oberneuland 2006–07 14 1 — 14 1 Canada MLS — MLS Playoffs Total Toronto FC MLS 2007 12 1 — — 12 1 Germany League DFB-Pokal — Total Bonner SC Oberliga Nordrhein 2007–08 15 2 — — 15 2 NRW-Liga 2008–09 35 0 — 35 0 Regionalliga West 2009–10 27 0 — 27 0 Fortuna Köln NRW-Liga 2010–11 33 1 — 33 1 Regionalliga West 2011–12 2 0 — 2 0 Career totals Germany 191 8 2 0 — 193 8 Canada 12 1 — 0 0 12 1 Career statistics 203 9 2 0 0 0 205 2 External links
- Player profile – Bonner SC
- Profile on the CSA website
- Career stats – National Football Teams
References
Canada squad – 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup 
Categories:- 1982 births
- Living people
- People from Quezaltepeque
- Canadian people of Salvadoran descent
- Salvadoran emigrants to Canada
- Naturalized citizens of Canada
- Association football midfielders
- Canadian soccer players
- Canadian men's international soccer players
- Canadian expatriate soccer players
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Werder Bremen II players
- Hannover 96 II players
- Toronto FC players
- Bonner SC players
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- FC Oberneuland players
- 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
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