Miguel Zepeda

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Zepeda and the second or maternal family name is Espinoza.

Miguel Zepeda

Personal information
Full name	Miguel Ángel Zepeda Espinoza
Date of birth	May 25, 1976 (1976-05-25) (age 35)
Place of birth	Tepic, Mexico
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Leones Negros
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1996–2001	Atlas	144	(34)
2001–2003	Cruz Azul	64	(18)
2003	Morelia	17	(2)
2004	Toluca	21	(3)
2004–2005	Cruz Azul	20	(7)
2005	Santos	13	(3)
2006	America	5	(0)
2006	San Luis	8	(0)
2007	Veracruz	5	(0)
2009–2010	Atlas	20	(7)
2010–	Leones Negros	37	(17)
National team‡
1999–2005	Mexico	50	(8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 18, 2010. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of August 22, 2007

Miguel Ángel Zepeda Espinoza (born May 25, 1976) is a Mexican footballer. He currently plays as a forward for Leones Negros in the Liga de Ascenso.

Career

Zepeda made his professional debut on November 13, 1996 in 2-2 draw against Chivas. He has played most of his career with Atlas, from 1996 to 2001. In the Invierno 2001 he transferred to Cruz Azul. With Cruz Azul Zepeda spent 4 short tournaments. In the 2003 Apertura Zepeda transferred to Monarcas Morelia, where he did not have any success. In the 2004 Clausura Zepeda he transferred to Toluca, where Toluca got eliminated in the semifinals by Guadalajara. Zepeda went back with Cruz Azul for two more seasons (Apertura 2004), (Clausura 2005). He later transferred to Santos Laguna, but he did not have many success, so he transferred to America. With Club America he only played in five games and did not score any goals, but won the 2006 CONCACAF Cup. Zepeda transferred to San Luis for the 2006 Apertura, where once again he did not have many success. After two years without playing professionally he's playing again for Atlas. Since his return to F.C Atlas Zepeda struggled during his first season, but after regaining his form. Do to differences between Zepeda and the Atlas institucion, Zepeda was separated from the team mid-season.

International career

Zepeda has played with the Mexican national team, his debut was in February 1999 against Argentina. He was part of the squad who won the Confederations Cup 1999 in which he scored two goals in the final against Brazil, thus making 2 goals in the entire tournament. Zepeda was with the Mexico national team when they won the 2003 Gold Cup.

International goals

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	July 17, 1999	Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay	Chile	2–1	2–1	1999 Copa América
2.	August 4, 1999	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico	Brazil	1–0	4–3	1999 FIFA Confederations Cup
3.	August 4, 1999	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico	Brazil	3–2	4–3	1999 FIFA Confederations Cup
4.	February 5, 2000	Hong Kong Stadium, Wan Chai, Hong Kong	Japan	1–0	1–0	2000 Carlsberg Cup
5.	February 8, 2000	Hong Kong Stadium, Wan Chai, Hong Kong	Czech Republic	1–2	1–2	2000 Carlsberg Cup
6.	July 5, 2000	Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey, Mexico	Venezuela	1–1	2–1	Friendly
7.	July 16, 2000	Estadio Rommel Fernandez, Panama City, Panama	Panama	1–0	1–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
8.	September 3, 2000	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico	Panama	3–0	7–1	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification

International Honors

• Confederations Cup 1999: Champions
• 2003 Gold Cup: Champions

References

External links

• Miguel Zepeda at National-Football-Teams.com
• Miguel Zepeda stats at Medio Tiempo.com (Spanish)

Persondata
Name	Zepeda, Miguel
Alternative names
Short description	Mexican footballer
Date of birth	May 25, 1976
Place of birth	Tepic, Mexico
Date of death
Place of death