Miguel Escobar

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Miguel Escobar
Personal information
Full name Miguel Alejandro Escobar
Date of birth (1995-08-24) 24 August 1995 (age 27)
Place of birth Moreno, Argentina
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) [1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder [1]
Team information
Current team
 General Caballero JLM
Number 18
Youth career
2000–2009 Los Polleros
2009–2014 Banfield
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2017 Banfield 2 (0)
2016–2017 → Defensores (loan) 21 (2)
2017 Senglea Athletic 5 (0)
2018 Magallanes 7 (1)
2018–2019 JJ Urquiza 21 (1)
2019–2020 Sportivo Belgrano 12 (2)
2020–2021 Los Andes 11 (0)
2022– General Caballero JLM 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:11, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

Miguel Alejandro Escobar (born 24 August 1995) is an Argentine footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for General Caballero JLM. [2]

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Career

After youth spells with Los Polleros and Banfield, Escobar started his pro career in Argentina with the latter. [3] He first appeared on the club's substitutes bench for an Argentine Primera División draw with Atlético de Rafaela in October 2014. [2] He made his professional debut on 16 February 2016 in a league match versus Quilmes, with his only other appearance in 2016 coming against Godoy Cruz just over a week later. [2] [4] In July 2016, Escobar joined Defensores de Belgrano of Primera B Metropolitana on loan. [2] [5] He scored two goals in twenty-one games. [2]

August 2017 saw Escobar join Maltese Premier League side Senglea Athletic. [2] [6] His first appearance for Senglea came in a 0–1 defeat to Valletta on 25 August. [2] In total, he played five times for Senglea. [2] In January 2018, Escobar signed for Primera B de Chile team Magallanes. [7] He netted his first Magallanes goal during a Copa Chile match with Tomás Greig FC in May. [2] A move to JJ Urquiza was completed in the following August. [2] After spending the 2019–20 campaign with Sportivo Belgrano, Escobar headed to Los Andes in October 2020. [8]

Career statistics

As of 30 December 2020. [2]
Club statistics
ClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Banfield 2014 Primera División 0000——0000
2015 0000——0000
2016 2000——0020
2016–17 0000—000000
Total2000—000020
Defensores de Belgrano (loan) 2016–17 Primera B Metropolitana 21210——00222
Senglea Athletic 2017–18 Premier League 5000——0050
Magallanes 2018 Primera B 7121——0092
JJ Urquiza 2018–19 Primera B Metropolitana 21100——00211
Sportivo Belgrano 2019–20 Torneo Federal A 12210——00132
Los Andes 2020 Primera B Metropolitana 1000——0010
Career total69641—0000737

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    References

    1. 1 2 "Miguel Escobar". World Football. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
    2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Miguel Escobar profile". Soccerway. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
    3. ↑ "Entrevista. Miguel Escobar: "Sueño con ganar algo con Banfield"". Vavel. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
    4. ↑ "Miguel Escobar profile". BDFA. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
    5. ↑ "Oficial: Banfield, Escobar cedido a Defensores de Belgrano". Todo Mercado Web. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
    6. ↑ "El mercado de pases, club por club". Clarín. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
    7. ↑ "Magallanes tiene un nuevo refuerzo pero tres con contrato vigente dejan el club". Primera B Chile. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
    8. ↑ "Para desequilibrar en ofensiva". Los Andes. 3 October 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
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