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Maikel Chang
Cuban footballer (born 1991)
Maikel Chang Ramírez (born April 18, 1991) is a Cuban professional footballer who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer club Real Salt Lake.
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Chang with Charleston Battery in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Maikel Chang Ramirez | ||
| Date of birth | (1991-04-18) April 18, 1991 (age 33) | ||
| Place of birth | Havana, Cuba | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Real Salt Lake | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2010 | Industriales | ? | (?) |
| 2010–2012 | Ciudad de la Habana | ? | (?) |
| 2013–2017 | Charleston Battery | 110 | (14) |
| 2018– | Real Monarchs | 67 | (17) |
| 2020– | Real Salt Lake | 106 | (5) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012 | Cuba | 3 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:09, 21 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 March 2012 | |||
Born in Havana, Chang played for local clubs Industriales and Ciudad de la Habana, before leaving the country and joining Charleston Battery in 2013.[2] He moved to USL side Real Monarchs for the 2018 season.[3]
Maikel Chang became the first player in the league's modern era to reach 30 career assists. Chang arrived at the Monarchs after four seasons with the Charleston Battery where he played 7,981 minutes and scored 15 goals in 109 matches played.
Additionally, Chang scored 15 goals – two of them in the final playoffs – and assisted his teammates eight times.
On 18 November 2019, the Cuban reached the title of champion after defeating Louisville City in the grand final.
On 21 November 2019, Chang moved up to MLS with Real Salt Lake.[4]
- As of match played on 1 June 2023[5]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Charleston Battery | 2013 | USL Pro | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
| 2014 | USL Pro | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 19 | 2 | |
| 2015 | United Soccer League | 26 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 30 | 3 | |
| 2016 | United Soccer League | 29 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 32 | 5 | |
| 2017 | United Soccer League | 31 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | 34 | 4 | ||
| Totals | 110 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 121 | 14 | ||
| Real Monarchs | 2018 | United Soccer League | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 33 | 4 |
| 2019 | USL Championship | 34 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 5] | 2 | 38 | 15 | |
| Totals | 67 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 71 | 19 | ||
| Real Salt Lake | 2020 | Major League Soccer | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| 2021 | Major League Soccer | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 7] | 0 | 30 | 2 | |
| 2022 | Major League Soccer | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 8] | 0 | 35 | 2 | |
| 2023 | Major League Soccer | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | 13 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 88 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 97 | 7 | ||
| Career totals | 264 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 289 | 40 | ||
- Appearance in the 2014 USL Pro Play-offs
- Appearances in the 2015 USL Play-offs
- Appearances in the 2016 USL Play-offs
- Appearance in the 2018 USL Play-offs
- Appearances in the 2019 USL Championship Play-offs
- Appearances in the MLS is Back
- Appearances in the 2021 MLS Cup Playoffs
- Appearance in the 2022 MLS Cup Playoffs
He made his international debut for Cuba in a February 2012 friendly match against Jamaica and has earned a total of three caps, scoring no goals.
He defected to the United States in October 2012 having traveled to Toronto with the Cuba national team to face Canada in a World Cup qualifying game.[6]
Real Monarchs
- "Maikel Chang". Real Salt Lake. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- "Player Spotlight: Maikel "El Chino" Chang". charlestonbattery.com. Charleston Battery. 22 March 2016. Archived from the original on 5 March 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- "Real Monarchs Sign Three for 2018 USL Season". rslsoapbox.com. RSL Soap Box. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- "USL Championship's All-Time Assists Leader Becomes Ninth Player to Sign with RSL from Monarchs". rsl.com. Real Salt Lake. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- Maikel Chang at Soccerway
- "CONCACAF qualifying spots up for grabs". ESPNstar. 15 October 2012. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
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- Maikel Chang at National-Football-Teams.com
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