Miguel_Ángel_Moyá

Miguel Ángel Moyá

Miguel Ángel Moyá

Spanish footballer

Miguel Ángel Moyá Rumbo (Spanish pronunciation: [miˈɣel ˈaŋxel moˈʝa ˈrumbo]; born 2 April 1984) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Moyá and the second or maternal family name is Rumbo.
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He played 274 La Liga games over 15 seasons, representing in the competition Mallorca, Valencia, Getafe, Atlético Madrid and Real Sociedad.

At youth level, Moyá earned 38 caps for Spain.

Club career

Mallorca

Born in Binissalem, Majorca, Moyá made his professional debut with hometown RCD Mallorca on 29 August 2004 in a 0–1 home loss against Real Madrid,[2] appearing in 32 La Liga games for a team that barely avoided relegation (17th). After backing up another youth system product, veteran Toni Prats, for two years, he became the undisputed starter.

From 2007 to 2009, however, Moyá struggled mightily with injuries, only appearing in 13 matches for the Balearic Islands side in the latter season.[3][4]

Valencia

In late June 2009, Moyá agreed on a move to fellow top-division club Valencia CF for about €5 million.[5] On 5 August, in a 2–0 preseason defeat at Manchester United, he featured more than 30 minutes as central midfielder after all the replacements had been made by Unai Emery and an injury occurred; the score was then at 0–1.[6]

Moyá made his official debut against Sevilla FC in the league's opener, a 2–0 home win,[7] but quickly lost his job to veteran César Sánchez after some costly mistakes.[8]

Getafe

On 15 June 2011, Moyá joined Getafe CF on loan as part of the deal involving Dani Parejo.[9] At the end of the campaign, in which he only missed two league games as the Madrid outskirts team again retained their status, he signed a permanent four-year contract.[10]

Moyá suffered a knee injury in March 2014 during a game against RCD Espanyol, being ruled out for the remainder of the season.[11]

Atlético Madrid

On 4 June 2014, Moyá signed a three-year contract with league champions Atlético Madrid,[12] for a reported fee of €3 million.[13] During his presentation on the following day, he said: "What better moment than this one to arrive, the demands will be strong but when a football player is born, he wishes to be in a club such as this one. Atlético de Madrid is one of Europe's greatest teams and has clearly demonstrated it".[14]

Moyá made his competitive debut in the first leg of the 2014 Supercopa de España on 19 August, a 1–1 draw at Real Madrid.[15] He remained a starter[16] until the final stretch of the season but, after suffering an injury to his left thigh in a UEFA Champions League game against Bayer 04 Leverkusen,[17] he lost his position to Jan Oblak, going on to be restricted to Copa del Rey matches throughout the next three seasons.[18][19]

Real Sociedad

On 27 February 2018, Moyá was released from his contract with Atlético and joined Real Sociedad on a two-year deal as an emergency signing following the injury of Gerónimo Rulli.[20][21][22] Though mainly a backup for Álex Remiro in 2019–20, he played the last few games as the team from San Sebastián qualified for the UEFA Europa League, and was rewarded with a new one-year deal in August.[23]

International career

A Spain under-21 international, Moyá participated in the qualification stage for the 2007 UEFA European Championship, lost on aggregate to Italy in the play-off round.[24][25]

Club statistics

As of 5 November 2020[26][27]
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  1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  3. Appearance(s) in Supercopa de España

Honours

Atlético Madrid

Real Sociedad

Spain U16

Spain U19

Spain U20

References

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    "Moyá: "Estoy en Getafe muy feliz y por deseo personal"" [Moyá: "I am very happy in Getafe and because i wanted"]. Marca (in Spanish). 5 July 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
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    "Moyá podría perderse lo que resta de temporada por una lesión de rodilla" [Moyá might lose remainder of season due to knee injury]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 5 March 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
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    Hernández, Jesús (14 August 2014). "Moyá: "Siendo portero de este equipo te das cuenta de que no tiene fisuras"" [Moyá: "As a goalkeeper of this team you realize they have no weak spots"]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 January 2016.
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    "Moya: "El gol cien de Torres llegará tarde o temprano"" [Moya: "Torres' one-hundredth goal will arrive sooner or later"]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 17 December 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
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    "España vence a Alemania y se proclama campeona de Europa Sub-19" [Spain beat Germany and are crowned Under-19 European champions]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 28 July 2002. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
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