Miguel Ángel Nieto de la Calle (Spanish pronunciation: [miˈɣel ˈaŋxel ˈnjeto]; born 12 January 1986) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right winger.

A Real Madrid youth graduate, Nieto was born in San Sebastián de los Reyes, Community of Madrid, and spent his first three professional seasons with its C-team. He sometimes trained with and was called up to the main squad, as against Racing de Santander (18 November 2006) and Valencia CF (27 November), as an unused substitute.^[1]

Nieto made his first-team debut in a match with FC Dynamo Kyiv for the 2006–07 edition of the UEFA Champions League, in a final group stage tie that ended with a 2–2 away draw.^[2] His La Liga debut was against Villarreal CF on 27 January 2007,^[3] and he also appeared the next week against Levante UD for two consecutive 0–1 defeats, although Madrid would be crowned league champions; in the latter match the player, who had replaced an injured Robinho, tried his luck with a shot which sliced the woodwork of José Francisco Molina's goal.^[4][5]

After spending one full season with Real Madrid Castilla in the third division, Nieto signed a five-year deal with 2007–08's top flight overachievers UD Almería on 1 July 2008, after finishing his contract with Real Madrid.^[6] Rarely played in his first year he did score an important goal, in a 3–1 home win against Sporting de Gijón on 10 May 2009 which confirmed that the Andalusians would remain in the top level for a further year.^[7]

In late January 2011, having been severely undermined by injury problems under both Juan Manuel Lillo and his successor José Luis Oltra^[8] but also being deemed surplus to requirements during Hugo Sánchez's tenure as coach,^[9] Nieto was loaned to another side in the region, second level's Xerez CD, until the end of the campaign,^[10] also being rarely used. In July, he left the Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos.^[11]

Real Madrid

• La Liga: 2006–07

Racing Santander

• Segunda División B: 2013–14