Miguel Ángel Moyá Rumbo (; born 2 April 1984) is a Spanish former professional

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who played as a

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. He played 274

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games over 15 seasons, representing in the competition

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and

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. At youth level, Moyá earned 38

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Club career

Mallorca

Born in

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, Moyá made his professional debut with hometown

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on 29 August 2004 in a 1–0 home loss against

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, appearing in 32

games for a team that barely avoided relegation (17th). After backing up another youth system product, veteran

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, for two years, he became the undisputed starter. From 2007 to 2009, however, Moyá struggled mightily with injuries, only appearing in 13 matches for the

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side in the latter season.

Valencia

In late June 2009, Moyá agreed on a move to fellow top-division club

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for about

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5 million. On 5 August, in a 2–0 preseason defeat at

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, he featured more than 30 minutes as

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after all the replacements had been made by

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and an injury occurred; the score was then at 1–0. Moyá made his official debut against

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's opener, a 2–0 home win, but quickly lost his job to veteran

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after some costly mistakes.

Getafe

On 15 June 2011, Moyá joined

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on loan as part of the deal involving Dani Parejo. At the end of the campaign, in which he only missed two league games as the

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outskirts team again retained their status, he signed a permanent four-year contract. Moyá suffered a knee injury in March 2014 during a game against

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, being ruled out for the remainder of the season.

Atlético Madrid

On 4 June 2014, Moyá signed a three-year contract with league champions

, for a reported fee of €3 million. During his presentation on the following day, he said: "What better moment than this one to arrive, the demands will be strong but when a football player is born, he wishes to be in a club such as this one. Atlético de Madrid is one of Europe's greatest teams and has clearly demonstrated it". Moyá made his competitive debut in the first leg of the 2014 Supercopa de España on 19 August, a 1–1 draw at Real Madrid. He remained a starter until the final stretch of the season but, after suffering an injury to his left thigh in a

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game against

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, he lost his position to

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, going on to be restricted to

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matches throughout the next three seasons.

Real Sociedad

On 27 February 2018, Moyá was released from his contract with Atlético and joined

on a two-year deal as an emergency signing following the injury of Gerónimo Rulli. Though mainly a backup for

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in 2019–20, he played the last few games as the team from

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for the

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, and was rewarded with a new one-year deal in August.

International career

A Spain under-21 international, Moyá participated in the qualification stage for the 2007 UEFA European Championship, lost on aggregate to

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in the play-off round.

Career statistics

Honours

Atlético Madrid *

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: 2017–18 *

runner-up: 2015–16 Real Sociedad *

: 2019–20 Spain U16 *

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Spain U19 *

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Spain U20 *

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runner-up:

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References

External links

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Real Mallorca bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Moya, Miguel Angel 1984 births Living people 21st-century Spanish sportsmen Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Mallorca Men's association football goalkeepers La Liga players Segunda División B players RCD Mallorca B players RCD Mallorca players Valencia CF players Getafe CF footballers Atlético Madrid footballers Real Sociedad footballers Spain men's youth international footballers Spain men's under-21 international footballers