Miguel Ángel Estay | |
Fullname: | Miguel Ángel Estay Peña |
Birth Date: | 2 May 1991 |
Birth Place: | Santiago, Chile |
Position: | Midfielder |
Youthyears1: | 2005–2011 |
Youthclubs1: | Deportes La Serena |
Years1: | 2011–2014 |
Caps1: | 21 |
Goals1: | 3 |
Years2: | 2012 |
Clubs2: | → Deportes Linares (loan) |
Caps2: | – |
Goals2: | – |
Years3: | 2014–2016 |
Caps3: | 51 |
Goals3: | 9 |
Years4: | 2016 |
Caps4: | – |
Goals4: | – |
Years5: | 2017 |
Years6: | 2017 |
Caps6: | 2 |
Goals6: | 0 |
Miguel Ángel Estay Peña (born 2 May 1991) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a midfielder for clubs in Chile and Tahiti.
A left-footed playmaker from the Deportes La Serena youth system,[1] where he came at the age of 14,[2] Estay played on loan at Deportes Linares in the 2012 Chilean Tercera A.[3] He permanently played for Deportes La Serena between 2013 and 2014.[4] [5]
From 2014 to 2016, he played for Deportes Ovalle in the Segunda División Profesional.[6] [7] In the second half of 2016, he switched to Provincial Ovalle in the same city,[8] winning the Tercera B league title and earning promotion.[9]
In 2017, he emigrated to French Polynesia and signed with AS Central Sport in the Tahiti Ligue 1 alongside César Castillo, after they were spotted by the President and the assistant coach and player of the team, Efraín Araneda, in Ovalle, Chile.[10] In the squad, they coincided with his compatriots Sergio Sandoval and Diego Cifuentes, in addition to Araneda.[2] All of them took part in the 2017 OFC Champions League, with Estay scoring against both Madang FC[11] and Lupe o le Soaga.[12]
Back in Chile, he played for Colchagua in the Segunda División Profesional, his last club.[13]
Estay is a relative of the Chilean-Tahitian footballers Efraín Araneda Estay[10] and Diego Araneda, father and son.[14]
He went on playing football at amateur level for clubs such as Fedenort from Coquimbo.[7]