Miguel Escobar

Miguel Alejandro Escobar (born 24 August 1995) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sportivo Belgrano.[1]

Miguel Escobar
Personal information
Full name Miguel Alejandro Escobar
Date of birth (1995-08-24) 24 August 1995
Place of birth Moreno, Argentina
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Sportivo Belgrano
Youth career
2000–2009 Los Polleros
2009–2014 Banfield
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Banfield 2 (0)
2016–2017 → Defensores de Belgrano (loan) 21 (2)
2017 Senglea Athletic 5 (0)
2018 Magallanes 7 (1)
2018–2019 Justo José de Urquiza 21 (1)
2019– Sportivo Belgrano 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:22, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

Career

After youth spells with Los Polleros and Banfield, Escobar started his pro career in Argentina with the latter.[2] He first appeared on the club's substitutes bench for an Argentine Primera División draw with Atlético de Rafaela in October 2014.[1] He made his professional debut on 16 February 2016 in a league match versus Quilmes, with his only other appearance in 2016 coming against Godoy Cruz just over a week later.[1][3] In July 2016, Escobar joined Defensores de Belgrano of Primera B Metropolitana on loan.[1][4] He scored two goals in twenty-one games.[1]

August 2017 saw Escobar join Maltese Premier League side Senglea Athletic.[1][5] His first appearance for Senglea came in a 0–1 defeat to Valletta on 25 August.[1] In total, he played five times for Senglea.[1] In January 2018, Escobar signed for Primera B de Chile team Magallanes.[6] He netted his first Magallanes goal during a Copa Chile match with Tomás Greig in May.[1] A move to Justo José de Urquiza was completed in the following August.[1]

Career statistics
As of 7 September 2018.[1]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup Continental[lower-alpha 2] Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Banfield 2014 Primera División 0000——0000
2015 0000——0000
2016 2000——0020
2016–17 0000—000000
Total 2000—000020
Defensores de Belgrano (loan) 2016–17 Primera B Metropolitana 21210——00222
Senglea Athletic 2017–18 Premier League 5000——0050
Magallanes 2018 Primera B 7121——0092
Justo José de Urquiza 2018–19 Primera B Metropolitana 0000——0000
Career total 35331—0000384
  1. Includes the Copa Argentina, Maltese FA Trophy and Copa Chile
  2. Includes the Copa Sudamericana
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References
  1. "Miguel Escobar profile". Soccerway. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  2. "Entrevista. Miguel Escobar: "Sueño con ganar algo con Banfield"". Vavel. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  3. "Miguel Escobar profile". BDFA. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  4. "Oficial: Banfield, Escobar cedido a Defensores de Belgrano". Todo Mercado Web. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  5. "El mercado de pases, club por club". Clarín. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  6. "Magallanes tiene un nuevo refuerzo pero tres con contrato vigente dejan el club". Primera B Chile. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
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