Juan Miranda González (born 19 January 2000) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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Club career

Barcelona

Born in Olivares,

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, Miranda joined Barcelona's youth setup in June 2014, from

. After progressing through the youth setup, he made his senior debut with the reserves on 19 August 2017, starting in a 2–1 away win against

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in the Segunda División. Miranda scored his first senior goal on 27 January 2018, netting the second in a 3–0 home win against Granada. On 11 December, he made his

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debut for the first team in a 1–1 draw against

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Loan to Schalke 04

On 30 August 2019, Miranda joined

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club FC Schalke 04 on a two-year loan deal. On 15 December 2019, he made his

debut in a 1–0 home win against

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when he came on for the injured

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in the 13th minute. On 1 July 2020, he returned to Barcelona as the loan was ended early.

Loan to Betis

On 5 October 2020, Miranda joined

side

on loan for the 2020–21 campaign.

Real Betis

On 1 June 2021, Barcelona announced that the clause in Miranda's contract to automatically extend it until 2023 would not triggered, and that and he would join Real Betis permanently once his loan spell ended. Barça will reserve 40% of the rights of any future sale, and a right to first refusal on re-signing Miranda. On 23 April 2022, Miranda scored the winning goal in the penalty shootout for Real Betis in the

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International career

Due to the isolation of some national team players following the positive

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test of

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, Spain's under-21 squad were called up for the international friendly against Lithuania on 8 June 2021. Miranda made his senior debut in the match and scored as Spain won 4–0.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Miranda goal.''

Honours

Barcelona Youth *

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: 2017–18 Barcelona * Supercopa de España:

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Real Betis *

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: 2021–22 Spain U17 *

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Spain U18 * Mediterranean Games:

Spain U19 *

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Spain U23 * Summer Olympic silver medal:

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Individual * UEFA European Under-21 Championship Team of the Tournament:

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References

External links

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at the Real Betis website * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Miranda, Juan 2000 births Living people People from Aljarafe Footballers from the Province of Seville Spanish men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players FC Barcelona Atlètic players FC Barcelona players Real Betis players Bundesliga players FC Schalke 04 players Spain men's youth international footballers Spain men's under-21 international footballers Spain men's international footballers Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games medalists in football Spanish expatriate men's footballers Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Olympic footballers for Spain Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in football Olympic silver medalists for Spain Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics