Miguel Zepeda | |
Fullname: | Miguel Ángel Zepeda Espinoza |
Birth Date: | 1976 5, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico |
Height: | [1] |
Position: | Midfielder |
Years1: | 1996–2001 |
Years2: | 2001–2003 |
Years3: | 2003 |
Years4: | 2004 |
Years5: | 2004–2005 |
Years6: | 2005 |
Years7: | 2006 |
Years8: | 2006 |
Years9: | 2007 |
Years10: | 2009–2010 |
Years11: | 2010–2011 |
Years12: | 2011–2012 |
Clubs1: | Atlas |
Clubs2: | Cruz Azul |
Clubs3: | Morelia |
Clubs4: | Toluca |
Clubs5: | Cruz Azul |
Clubs6: | Santos Laguna |
Clubs7: | América |
Clubs8: | San Luis |
Clubs9: | Veracruz |
Clubs10: | Atlas |
Clubs11: | Leones Negros |
Clubs12: | Veracruz |
Caps1: | 144 |
Caps2: | 64 |
Caps3: | 17 |
Caps4: | 21 |
Caps5: | 20 |
Caps6: | 13 |
Caps7: | 5 |
Caps8: | 8 |
Caps9: | 5 |
Caps10: | 20 |
Caps11: | 41 |
Caps12: | 8 |
Goals1: | 34 |
Goals2: | 17 |
Goals3: | 2 |
Goals4: | 3 |
Goals5: | 7 |
Goals6: | 3 |
Goals7: | 0 |
Goals8: | 0 |
Goals9: | 0 |
Goals10: | 7 |
Goals11: | 18 |
Goals12: | 2 |
Totalcaps: | 366 |
Totalgoals: | 93 |
Nationalyears1: | 1999–2005 |
Nationalteam1: | Mexico |
Nationalcaps1: | 50 |
Nationalgoals1: | 8 |
Pcupdate: | 21 February 2013 |
Miguel Ángel Zepeda Espinoza (born 25 May 1976) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Zepeda made his professional debut on November 13, 1996, in 2–2 draw against Chivas. He has played most of his career with Atlas, from 1996 to 2001. In the Invierno 2001 he transferred to Cruz Azul. With Cruz Azul Zepeda spent 4 short tournaments. In the 2003 Apertura Zepeda transferred to Monarcas Morelia, where he did not have any success. In the 2004 Clausura Zepeda he transferred to Toluca, where Toluca got eliminated in the semifinals by Guadalajara. Zepeda went back with Cruz Azul for two more seasons (Apertura 2004), (Clausura 2005). He later transferred to Santos Laguna, but he did not have much success, so he transferred to America. With Club América he only played in five games and did not score any goals, but won the 2006 CONCACAF Cup. Zepeda transferred to San Luis for the 2006 Apertura, where once again he did not have much success. After two years without playing professionally he's playing again for Atlas.Since his return to F.C Atlas Zepeda struggled during his first season, but after regaining his form. Due to differences between Zepeda and the Atlas institucion, Zepeda was separated from the team mid-season.
Zepeda has played with the Mexico national team; his debut was in February 1999 against Argentina. He was part of the squad that won the Confederations Cup 1999 in which he scored two goals in the final against Brazil, thus making 2 goals in the entire tournament. Zepeda was with the Mexico national team when they won the 2003 Gold Cup.
|- | 1. || July 17, 1999 || Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay || || 2–1 || 2–1 || 1999 Copa América|- | 2. || August 4, 1999 || Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico || || 1–0 || 4–3 || 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup|-| 3. || August 4, 1999 || Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico || || 3–2 || 4–3 || 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup|-| 4. || February 5, 2000 || Hong Kong Stadium, Wan Chai, Hong Kong || || 1–0 || 1–0 || 2000 Carlsberg Cup|- | 5. || February 8, 2000 || Hong Kong Stadium, Wan Chai, Hong Kong || || 1–2 || 1–2 || 2000 Carlsberg Cup|-| 6. || July 5, 2000 || Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey, Mexico || || 1–1 || 2–1 || Friendly|- | 7. || July 16, 2000 || Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama || || 1–0 || 1–0 || 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification|-| 8. || September 3, 2000 || Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico || || 3–0 || 7–1 || 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification|}
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