| Miguel Ángel Nieto | |
| Fullname: | Miguel Ángel Nieto de la Calle |
| Birth Date: | 12 January 1986 |
| Birth Place: | San Sebastián de los Reyes, Spain |
| Height: | 1.840NaN0 |
| Position: | Winger |
| Youthyears1: | 1993–2000 |
| Youthyears2: | 2000–2004 |
| Youthclubs1: | Juventud Sanse |
| Youthclubs2: | Real Madrid |
| Years1: | 2004–2006 |
| Years2: | 2006–2008 |
| Years3: | 2007 |
| Years4: | 2008–2011 |
| Years5: | 2011 |
| Years6: | 2011–2013 |
| Years7: | 2013–2014 |
| Years8: | 2014 |
| Years9: | 2015 |
| Years10: | 2015–2017 |
| Years11: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs5: | → Xerez (loan) |
| Clubs8: | Córdoba |
| Clubs9: | Lleida Esportiu |
| Caps1: | 48 |
| Caps2: | 48 |
| Caps3: | 2 |
| Caps4: | 25 |
| Caps5: | 2 |
| Caps6: | 42 |
| Caps7: | 14 |
| Caps8: | 14 |
| Caps9: | 14 |
| Caps10: | 50 |
| Caps11: | 36 |
| Goals1: | 28 |
| Goals2: | 6 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Goals4: | 1 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Goals6: | 4 |
| Goals7: | 2 |
| Goals8: | 1 |
| Goals9: | 1 |
| Goals10: | 9 |
| Goals11: | 3 |
| Totalcaps: | 295 |
| Totalgoals: | 55 |
Miguel Ángel Nieto de la Calle (pronounced as /es/; 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
Racing Santander