Miguel Alejandro Escobar (born 24 August 1995) is an Argentine

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who plays as an

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for General Caballero JLM.

Career

After youth spells with Los Polleros and Banfield, Escobar started his pro career in Argentina with the latter. He first appeared on the club's substitutes bench for an

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draw with

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in October 2014. He made his professional debut on 16 February 2016 in a league match versus

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, with his only other appearance in

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coming against Godoy Cruz just over a week later. In July 2016, Escobar joined

Defensores de Belgrano Club Atlético Defensores de Belgrano (usually known as Defensores de Belgrano) is an Argentine sports club from Nuñez, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in Primera Nacional, the regionalised sec ...

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on loan. He scored two goals in twenty-one games. August 2017 saw Escobar join

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side Senglea Athletic. His first appearance for Senglea came in a 0–1 defeat to

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on 25 August. In total, he played five times for Senglea. In January 2018, Escobar signed for

Primera B de Chile Campeonato Primera B ( en, Chilean First B Division) is the second tier in the Chilean football league system, and is organized by the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional. It was established in 1952 as ''Segunda División'', and later renam ...

team Magallanes. He netted his first Magallanes goal during a

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match with Tomás Greig FC in May. A move to JJ Urquiza was completed in the following August. After spending the 2019–20 campaign with

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, Escobar headed to Los Andes in October 2020.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Escobar, Miguel 1995 births Living people Argentine men's footballers Argentine expatriate men's footballers People from Moreno Partido Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Buenos Aires Province Argentine Primera División players Primera B Metropolitana players Maltese Premier League players Primera B de Chile players Torneo Federal A players Club Atlético Banfield footballers Defensores de Belgrano footballers Senglea Athletic F.C. players Deportes Magallanes footballers JJ Urquiza players Sportivo Belgrano footballers Club Atlético Los Andes footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Malta Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Expatriate men's footballers in Paraguay Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Malta Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Paraguay