Miguel Ángel Rubio Lestán (born 11 March 1998), known as Miguel Rubio, is a Malaysian

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who plays as a

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for

RCD Espanyol Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona (; "Royal Spanish Sports Club of Barcelona"), commonly known as RCD Espanyol, is a Spanish professional sports club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The club competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spa ...

Career

Getafe

Born in

Leganés Leganés () is a city in the Community of Madrid, Spain. Considered part of the Madrid metropolitan area, it is located about 11 km southwest of the centre of Madrid. , it has a population of 188,425, making it the region's fifth most popu ...

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, Miguel Ángel finished his formation with

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 ...

. On 27 August 2017 he made his senior debut with the reserves, starting in a 2–1

Tercera División Tercera División () was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Until 1977, it was the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segund ...

home win against CF Pozuelo de Alarcón. Miguel Ángel scored his first senior goal on 15 October 2017, netting the opener in a 3–0 home defeat of

CD San Fernando de Henares Club Deportivo San Fernando is a Spanish football club based in San Fernando de Henares, in the Community of Madrid. Founded in 1929 it currently plays in , holding home games at ''Estadio Santiago del Pino''. History San Fernando de Henares wa ...

. The following 6 May he made his first team – and

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– debut, coming on as a second-half substitute for fellow debutant David Alba in a 1–0 away win against

UD Las Palmas Unión Deportiva Las Palmas S.A.D. is a professional association football, football club based in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain. The club will compete in Segunda División, the 2nd division in the Spanish football league syst ...

. On 14 June 2019, Miguel Ángel signed a new four-year contract with ''Geta''. On 25 July, he was loaned out to newly promoted

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club

CF Fuenlabrada Club de Fútbol Fuenlabrada, S.A.D. is a football club based in Fuenlabrada, Community of Madrid, Spain, that currently competes in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, the third tier of the Spanish league system. It was founded in 1975. It holds ...

in a season-long deal. On 31 January 2020, after only one

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match for ''Fuenla'', Miguel Ángel's loan was terminated. On 14 February, he joined

Real Valladolid Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., or simply Real Valladolid (), is a Spanish professional List of football clubs in Spain, football club based in Valladolid, Castile and León that will compete from the 2025–26 season in the . The club ...

's B-team on loan for the remainder of the season; on 18 August, his loan was renewed for a further year. On 20 August 2021, Miguel Ángel moved to

Burgos CF Burgos Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. The original Burgos CF (1936), Burgos CF was dissolved in 1983 after becoming Insolven ...

in the second division on a

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-long loan deal.

Granada

On 26 July 2022, Rubio signed a permanent three-year deal with

Granada CF Granada Club de Fútbol (), known simply as Granada or ''"Graná"'', is a professional List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club based in the city of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, that currently plays in Segunda ...

in the same tier. He was a first-choice during his first season, helping the club to achieve promotion to the top tier.

Espanyol

On 11 June 2025,

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Rubio agreed to a three-year contract with

in the top tier.

Career statistics

Honours

Granada *

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rubio, Miguel 1998 births Living people Footballers from Leganés Spanish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders La Liga players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Getafe CF B players Getafe CF footballers CF Fuenlabrada footballers Real Valladolid Promesas players Real Valladolid players Burgos CF footballers Granada CF footballers RCD Espanyol footballers 21st-century Spanish sportsmen