Michael Ryan Hoyos (born August 2, 1991) is an

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player who currently plays for

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Club

Youth

Hoyos attended

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where he played soccer. He played club soccer with Irvine Strikers, coached by

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. He moved to Argentina together with his mother at age fifteen, and soon had a successful trial with

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and was placed into the club's youth system.

Estudiantes

Hoyos debuted with the first team in a January 2010 non-official match against

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. He scored on a solo run from midfield, earning a spot on the first team bench. On January 29, 2010, he made his league debut as a substitute against

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OFI

Hoyos moved to

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club

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on July 8, 2013.

International

After managers for both the

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and

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national teams expressed interest in having Hoyos attend their Under-20 camps, Hoyos was part of the sparring roster that practiced with the Argentina national team during the South Africa

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, and was called for the Argentina Under-20. In his international debut on July 27, 2010 against Uruguay, in Asunción, he scored the winning goal. Hoyos also scored against Uruguay in the 2011 edition of the South American Under-20 tournament.

Personal

His parents were from

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. Hoyos, who holds dual USA-Argentine citizenship, is the third USA player to play in the Argentine top league, after

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, who played for

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and other teams in the 1980s, and Bryan Gerzicich, who played for

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in 2006. His younger brother, Kevin, is also American and currently plays in the Estudiantes youth system as a striker. On April 4, 2011, Hoyos was involved in a car accident when his car struck a tree at the González roundabout in the outskirts of La Plata. After a few days in

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, Hoyos was released April 19 and started undergoing physical therapy to rejoin the team.

Honours

;Estudiantes *

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(1): 2010 Apertura

References

External links

Argentine Primera statistics
at Fútbol XXI
Inferiores Platenses
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoyos, Michael 1991 births Living people People from Fountain Valley, California American people of Argentine descent American emigrants to Argentina Citizens of Argentina through descent Argentine footballers Argentine Primera División players Super League Greece players Ecuadorian Serie A players Estudiantes de La Plata footballers Boca Unidos footballers C.D. Cuenca footballers OFI Crete F.C. players Guayaquil City F.C. footballers L.D.U. Quito footballers Association football midfielders Footballers at the 2011 Pan American Games Soccer players from California Argentina youth international footballers Pan American Games medalists in football Pan American Games silver medalists for Argentina Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Expatriate footballers in Greece Expatriate footballers in Ecuador