Miguel Ángel Muñoz Alonso (born 26 January 1996), known as Miguel Ángel, is a Spanish
football
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coach and a former
right back
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.
Playing career
Born in
Madrid
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, Miguel Ángel was a
Getafe CF
Getafe Club de Fútbol S.A.D. () is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Getafe, a city in the Community of Madrid. They compete in La Liga, the top tier of the Football in Spain, Spanish football. The team has pla ...
youth graduate. On 2 March 2014, while still a junior, he made his senior debut with
the reserves by starting in a 1–2
Segunda División B
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away loss against
Bilbao Athletic
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; it was his maiden appearance of
the campaign.
Miguel Ángel was definitely promoted to the B-team in June 2015, becoming a regular starter afterwards. On 21 April 2016 he made his first team – and
La Liga
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– debut, coming on as a first-half
substitute for injured
Roberto Lago in a 2–1 away win against
Real Sociedad
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.
On 29 June 2017, Miguel Ángel moved to
Pontevedra CF
Pontevedra Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team in Pontevedra, in the autonomous community of Galicia. Founded on 16 October 1941 it currently plays in , holding home matches at '' Estadio Municipal de Pasarón'', with a capacity o ...
in the third division.
Coaching career
In July 2023, he joined
Sheffield Wednesday
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Formed in 1867 as an off ...
manager
Xisco Muñoz
Francisco Javier Muñoz Llompart (born 5 September 1980), known as Xisco, is a Spanish football manager and former player who played mainly as a left winger. He is the head coach of Malaysia Super League club Johor Darul Ta'zim.
He played 194 m ...
as part of the back room coaching staff.
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1996 births
Footballers from Madrid
Living people
Men's association football defenders
Spanish men's footballers
Getafe CF B players
Getafe CF footballers
Pontevedra CF footballers
La Liga players
Segunda División players
Segunda División B players
Tercera División players
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in England
21st-century Spanish sportsmen