| Maikel Nieves | |
| Fullname: | Antonio Nieves Martín |
| Birth Date: | 2 December 1989 |
| Birth Place: | Las Palmas, Spain |
| Height: | 1.82 m |
| Position: | Forward |
| Currentclub: | Råde |
| Youthclubs1: | Yoñe |
| Youthclubs2: | Telde |
| Youthclubs3: | Las Palmas |
| Years1: | 2010–2011 |
| Years2: | 2011–2012 |
| Caps2: | 27 |
| Goals2: | 3 |
| Years3: | 2012–2013 |
| Years4: | 2013–2014 |
| Years5: | 2014 |
| Caps5: | 23 |
| Goals5: | 15 |
| Years6: | 2015–2017 |
| Caps6: | 73 |
| Goals6: | 27 |
| Years7: | 2018 |
| Caps7: | 20 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Years8: | 2019–2021 |
| Caps8: | 62 |
| Goals8: | 11 |
| Years9: | 2022– |
| Caps9: | 0 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 5 January 2022 |
Antonio Nieves Martín (born 2 December 1989), commonly known as Maikel Nieves is a Spanish footballer who plays for Norwegian club Råde as a forward.
Born in Las Palmas, Nieves started his youth career with the academy of CD Yoñe before passing through the youth setups of UD Telde and UD Las Palmas.[1] Subsequently, he went to play for lower league clubs in his native country, representing UD Vecindario and Rayo Cantabria.[2]
In April 2014, Nieves moved abroad for the first time and signed with Norwegian third-tier club Nybergsund IL-Trysil.[3] In his first season abroad, he contributed with 16 goals ans 11 assists. He moved to Kongsvinger IL Toppfotball in December.[4] He contributed with 11 goals in his first season with the club, with his team winning promotion to the second tier.[5] He went on to play regularly with the club, and also featured for the side in the 2016 Norwegian Football Cup final.[6] After amassing 85 caps and scoring 30 goals, Nieves left the club in December 2017.[7]
On 8 January 2018, Nieves switched to Swedish Allsvenskan club IF Brommapojkarna.[8] In January 2019, Nieves signed with Fredrikstad FK in the Norwegian 2. divisjon.[9]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Vexindario | 2011–12[10] | Segunda División B | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 27 | 3 | ||
| Nybersgund | 2014[11] | 2. divisjon | 23 | 15 | 2 | 1 | — | 25 | 16 | ||
| Kongsvinger | 2015 | 2. divisjon | 23 | 10 | 3 | 1 | — | 26 | 11 | ||
| 2016 | 1. divisjon | 25 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 10 | ||
| 2017 | 1. divisjon | 25 | 9 | 2 | 0 | — | 27 | 9 | |||
| Total | 73 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 85 | 30 | |||
| Brommapojkarna | 2018[12] | Allsvenskan | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 138 | 45 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 156 | 49 | |||