Miguel Ángel Hoyos Guzmán (born March 11, 1981, in

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) in a

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n former football defender who last played for

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Club career

Hoyos began his career with hometown club

Oriente Petrolero Club Deportivo Oriente Petrolero () is a Bolivian football club based in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. They play at the 38,000-capacity Estadio Tahuichi Aguilera. Oriente have been Bolivian champions five times, Copa Aerosur winners two ti ...

where he played as a starter between 2002 and 2006. The following year he went to

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on a loan. In 2008, he returned to Oriente to play for another season. Subsequently, Hoyos awoke the interest of popular club Bolívar and he agreed to join the team for the 2009 season, on 21 September 2009 he was suspended after testing positive for

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in an anti-doping test. He signed for Israeli side Hapoel Tel Aviv on 22 January 2010,De ridder and Hoyos sign for Hapoel
but on 26 January 2010 just 4 days after he signed for club the team decided to release him. On 2 February he signed for Bolivian side Oriente Petrolero again.

Doping case

Hoyos was tested positive for use of a banned substance after a national team game against Venezuela in June 2009, in which game he clashed heads with Ronald García. He was cleared to play again by CONMEBOL in October 2009 after it was declared the injection used was aimed to help ease the sustained head injury.

International career

Hoyos has earned a total of 28 caps for the Bolivia national team with one goal scored between 2002 and 2011. He represented his country in 9

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matches.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Bolivia's goal tally first.''

Honours

Club

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: 2004 (C) * Bolívar **

: 2009 (A)

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* 1981 births Living people Footballers from Santa Cruz de la Sierra Men's association football fullbacks Bolivian men's footballers Bolivia men's international footballers Oriente Petrolero players The Strongest players Club Bolívar players Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. players Club San José players Israeli Premier League players Bolivian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Israel 2004 Copa América players 2007 Copa América players 2011 Copa América players Bolivian sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in association football {{Bolivia-footy-defender-stub