Miguel Ángel Lozano

Miguel Ángel

Personal information
Full name	Miguel Ángel Lozano Ayala
Date of birth	(1978-09-16) 16 September 1978
Place of birth	Sabadell, Spain
Height
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Youth career
	Sabadell
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–1996	Sabadell	19	(0)
1996–1997	Barcelona C
1997–1999	Barcelona B	91	(16)
1999–2001	Levante	63	(2)
2001–2005	Málaga	131	(7)
2005–2008	Betis	33	(0)
2007–2008	→ Levante (loan)	23	(1)
2008–2010	Málaga	19	(0)
2009–2010	→ Gimnàstic (loan)	29	(2)
2010–2011	Ponferradina	17	(0)
2011	Badalona	18	(1)
2011–2012	Castellón	22	(4)
2012	Terrassa	14	(0)
2012–2013	Caldes Montbui
Total		479	(33)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Lozano and the second or maternal family name is Ayala.

Miguel Ángel Lozano Ayala (born 16 September 1978), known as Miguel Ángel, is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

Over the course of eight seasons he amassed La Liga totals of 206 games and eight goals, mainly representing Málaga (five years, two spells). He played in the Champions League with Betis.

Club career

Born in Sabadell, Barcelona, Catalonia, Miguel Ángel began his career at hometown's CE Sabadell FC, where he played during the 1995–96 season in the third division. He moved to neighbours FC Barcelona in 1996, spending some time with its C and B-teams.

In the 1999 summer Ángel signed for Levante UD, where he spent two years playing in the second level. In the 2001–02 campaign he joined Málaga CF, being a key element in midfield during his five-year stay, scoring seven La Liga goals and helping the club to the 2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup.

For 2005–06 Miguel Ángel was transferred to Andalusia neighbours Real Betis in a deal worth €2 million, signing a five-year contract with the club. In his first season he suffered knee ligament damage in a UEFA Champions League group stage match against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, which Betis lost 0–4.

In July 2007 Ángel returned to Levante, playing out 2007–08 on a one-year loan and being released at the end of the campaign, after which he returned to Málaga. After being relatively used in the first season in his second spell he was loaned to Gimnàstic de Tarragona, in division two.

On 13 July 2010, Miguél Ángel was released by Málaga. Two weeks later, at nearly 32, he signed a one-year contract with SD Ponferradina, freshly returned to the second division; in the following transfer window, however, he was released.

Honours

Málaga

• UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2002

External links

• Miguel Ángel profile at BDFutbol
• Miguel Ángel at Soccerway