Antonio Nieves Martín (born 2 December 1989), commonly known as Maikel Nieves is a Spanish footballer who plays for Norwegian club

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as a

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Club career

Born in

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, Nieves started his youth career with the academy of CD Yoñe before passing through the youth setups of

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and

UD Las Palmas Unión Deportiva Las Palmas, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Las Palmas, on the island of Gran Canaria in the autonomous community of Canary Islands. Founded on 22 August 1949, it plays in Segunda División, holding home games at the ...

. Subsequently, he went to play for lower league clubs in his native country, representing

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and

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. In April 2014, Nieves moved abroad for the first time and signed with Norwegian third-tier club

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. In his first season abroad, he contributed with 16 goals ans 11 assists. He moved to

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in December. He contributed with 11 goals in his first season with the club, with his team winning promotion to the second tier. He went on to play regularly with the club, and also featured for the side in the

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final. After amassing 85 caps and scoring 30 goals, Nieves left the club in December 2017. On 8 January 2018, Nieves switched to Swedish

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...

club

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. In January 2019, Nieves signed with

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in the Norwegian

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.Overganger i 2.divisjon vinter 2019
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nieves, Maikel 1989 births Living people Men's association football forwards Spanish men's footballers Segunda División B players Tercera División players UD Las Palmas Atlético players UD Vecindario players Norwegian First Division players Norwegian Second Division players Nybergsund IL-Trysil players Kongsvinger IL Toppfotball players Allsvenskan players IF Brommapojkarna players Fredrikstad FK players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden