Michel Espinosa

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Michel Espinosa
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-09-15) 15 September 1993 (age 29)
Place of birth Yaoundé, Cameroon [1]
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Virton
Youth career
2002–2007 FA Carcassonne
2007–2012 Toulouse
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2014 Toulouse B 20 (2)
2014–2015 Trélissac 27 (1)
2015–2017 Clermont B 10 (0)
2015–2017 Clermont 45 (0)
2018 Laval 11 (1)
2018–2019 Istra 1961 8 (0)
2019–2020 Lyon-Duchère 4 (0)
2019–2020 Lyon-Duchère B 5 (0)
2020–2021 Botev Plovdiv 26 (3)
2021–2022 Dinamo București 3 (0)
2022– Virton 11 (0)
International career
2011 France U18 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 June 2023

Michel Espinosa (born 15 September 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Challenger Pro League club Virton. Born in Cameroon, he was a French youth international. [2]

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Club career

Espinosa started his career in the youth ranks of Toulouse FC where he spent seven seasons, but did not make it into the professional team. He moved to Trélissac in 2014 and spent a year there, before signing an amateur contract with Clermont. [3] He made his Ligue 2 debut for the club in the first game of the 2015–16 Ligue 2 season, on 31 July 2015, in a 0–0 draw against Sochaux. [4] He signed his first professional contract with the club on 3 November 2015. [5]

Espinosa left Clermont in January 2018, signing for Laval in Championnat National until the end of the 2017–18 season. [6] He was not retained at the end of his contract, and signed for Croatian side Istra 1961.

In June 2019, Espinosa signed a two-year contract with Lyon-Duchère. [7]

In October 2021, he joined Dinamo București until the end of the season, with the option for an extension. [8] [9]

Espinosa joined Belgian Challenger Pro League club Virton on 9 August 2022 after a successful trial. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ Michel Espinosa at L'Équipe Football (in French)
  2. ↑ "Fédération Française de Football".
  3. ↑ "De Trélissac au Clermont Foot" (in French). La Montagne. 26 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Clermont vs Sochaux 0-0". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  5. ↑ "Premier contrat pro pour Michel Espinosa" (in French). Clermont Foot. 3 November 2015.
  6. ↑ "Officiel : Michel Espinosa Quitte le Clermont Foot" (in French). maligue2.fr. 29 January 2018.
  7. ↑ "Lyon-Duchère : Un ancien Toulousain a signé (off)" (in French). foot-national.com. 12 June 2019.
  8. ↑ "OFICIAL! Michel Espinosa a semnat cu Dinamo. Detaliile contractului" (in Romanian). as.ro. 14 October 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  9. ↑ "Dinamo, prima achiziție din colecția toamnă-iarnă » Fotbalistul a fost prezentat oficial" (in Romanian). gsp.ro. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  10. ↑ "Michel Espinosa à Virton ! –". UNFP (in French). 9 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
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