Miguel Mellado

Miguel Mellado

Personal information
Full name	Miguel Alberto Mellado
Date of birth	(1993-03-18) 18 March 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Río Negro, Argentina
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) [1]
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder [2]
Team information
Current team	AEL Limassol
Number	29
Youth career
	Chacarita Juniors
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2020	Chacarita Juniors	162	(3)
2013	→ Deportivo Merlo (loan)	17	(0)
2018–2020	→ OFI (loan)	42	(1)
2020–2024	OFI	104	(3)
2024–	AEL Limassol	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:10, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

Miguel Alberto Mellado (born 18 March 1993) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for AEL Limassol.

Career

Chacarita Juniors

Mellado started his career with Chacarita Juniors. ^{[1] [3]} He made his debut in Primera B Metropolitana on 1 September 2012 in a 1–3 win away to Tristán Suárez. ^[1] On 27 October, he scored his first professional goal at home to Brown. ^[1] In total, Mellado played twenty-six times during 2012–13. ^[1] From January 2014, across the next six seasons, Mellado scored two goals in one hundred and twenty appearances as the club rose from the third tier to the Argentine Primera División. ^[1]

Deportivo Merlo loan

Mellado was loaned out for the first part of 2013–14 to fellow Primera B Metropolitana club Deportivo Merlo, he went onto play seventeen times for Merlo before returning to Chacarita. ^{[4] [5]}

OFI loan

In July 2018, Mellado joined newly promoted Super League Greece side OFI on loan for one year. ^[6] On 14 June 2019, OFI announced that Mellado's loan had been extended by an additional year. ^[7] The Greek club also held a buy-out clause for the summer of 2020, for a reported sum of around €200,000. ^[7] In two years with OFI, Mellado made forty-eight appearances and scored one goal; versus Aris on 24 August 2019, in a season that ended with UEFA Europa League qualification - twelve months after the club narrowly avoided relegation via the play-offs. ^[1]

OFI

In August 2020, OFI completed the permanent signing of Mellado. ^[1] He made his continental competition debut on 17 September, featuring for the full duration of the club's loss to Apollon Limassol in the Europa League second qualifying round. ^[1] He scored his first goal of 2020–21 on 18 October versus Panathinaikos. ^[1]

Career statistics

As of 1 January 2021. ^[1]

Club statistics

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Chacarita Juniors	2012–13	Primera B Metropolitana	25	1	1	0	—		—		26	1
	2013–14		12	1	1	0	—		—		13	1
	2014		17	0	0	0	—		—		17	0
	2015	Primera B Nacional	37	1	4	0	—		—		41	1
	2016		16	0	0	0	—		—		16	0
	2016–17		38	0	0	0	—		—		38	0
	2017–18	Primera División	17	0	0	0	—		—		17	0
	2018–19	Primera B Nacional	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	2019–20		0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	Total		162	3	6	0	—		—		168	3
Deportivo Merlo (loan)	2013–14	Primera B Metropolitana	17	0	1	0	—		—		18	0
OFI (loan)	2018–19	Super League Greece	20	0	2	0	—		2 [a]	0	24	0
	2019–20		22	1	2	0	—		—		24	1
OFI	2020–21	Super League Greece	28	1	1	0	1 [b]	0	—		30	1
Career total			249	5	12	0	1	0	2	0	264	5

1. Appearances in Super League Greece play-offs
2. Appearance in UEFA Europa League

References

1. "Miguel Mellado profile". Soccerway. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
2. "Miguel Mellado". World Football. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
3. "Miguel Mellado profile". Chacarita Juniors. 20 January 2018. Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
4. "Mellado a Deportivo Merlo". Mundo Ascenso. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
5. "Miguel Mellado profile". BDFA. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
6. "Παίκτης του ΟΦΗ μας και ο 25χρονος αμυντικός μέσος Miguel Mellado". OFI Crete F.C. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
7. "ΟΦΗ: Ανανέωσε το δανεισμό του Μεγιάδο". gazzetta. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.

External links

• Miguel Mellado at Soccerway