Miguel Ángel Bustillo Lafoz (9 September 1946 – 3 September 2016) was a Spanish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who represented

Real Zaragoza Real Zaragoza, S.A.D. (), commonly referred to as Zaragoza, is a football club based in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, that currently competes in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish football league system, Spanish league system. Zarag ...

Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

and

CD Málaga Club Deportivo Málaga was a Spanish football club based in Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. It played twenty seasons in La Liga, before being dissolved in 1992. History Origins The first football club in Málaga was establ ...

. He was capped five times by the

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between 1968 and 1969, scoring twice.

Club career

Bustillo started his career with the reserve side of

Deportivo Aragón Real Zaragoza Deportivo Aragón is the reserve team of Real Zaragoza, a Spanish football club based in Zaragoza, in the autonomous community of Aragon. Founded in 1958, currently plays in , holding home matches at '' Ciudad Deportiva del Real Za ...

. He spent time on loan at

UD Mahón Unión Deportiva Mahón is a Spanish football team based in Mahón, Menorca, in the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. Founded in 1922, they currently play in , holding home matches at the '' Campo de San Carlo'', with a capacity of ...

, before joining

in 1969. His first league game for Barcelona would come in

El Clásico El Clásico (in Spanish, also in lowercase letters; ) or El Clàssic (in Catalan, ), both meaning "The Classic", is the name given to any football match between rival clubs Barcelona and Real Madrid. Originally referring to competitions he ...

, against

Real Madrid Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional Football club (association football), football club based in Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, th ...

. Having scored two goals, he was seriously injured in a challenge by

Pedro de Felipe Pedro Eugenio de Felipe Cortés (18 July 194412 April 2016) was a Spanish footballer who played as a central defender. Club career Born in Madrid, de Felipe returned to Real Madrid in 1964 at the age of 20 following a loan to Community of Madri ...

, suffering a break in both the superficial and deep layers of the internal lateral ligament, damage to the inner meniscus and a rupture to his anterior cruciate ligament. He never fully recovered from this injury, and would make only two more league appearances for Barcelona, before leaving to join

in 1972.

Death

Bustillo died on 3 September 2016.

Career statistics

Club

;Notes

International

International goals

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

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bustillo, Miguel Ángel 1946 births 2016 deaths Footballers from Zaragoza Spanish men's footballers Spain men's international footballers Men's association football forwards La Liga players Segunda División players Real Zaragoza players Deportivo Aragón players FC Barcelona players CD Málaga footballers 20th-century Spanish sportsmen