Miguel Ángel Riau

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Riau and the second or maternal family name is Ferragut.
Miguel Ángel Riau
Personal information
Full name Miguel Ángel Riau Ferragut[1]
Date of birth (1989-01-27) 27 January 1989 (age 35)[1]
Place of birth Lleida, Spain
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
Lleida
2004–2008 Levante
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Levante B 4 (1)
2008–2010 Valencia B 51 (7)
2010–2014 Cartagena 65 (4)
2011 → Valencia B (loan) 4 (2)
2014–2015 Sabadell 13 (0)
Total 137 (14)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Miguel Ángel Riau Ferragut (born 27 January 1989) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a left winger.[2][3]

Club career

Born in Lleida, Catalonia,[4] Riau emerged through Levante UD's youth system, reaching the club at the age of 15. In 2007–08, he appeared in four games with the reserve team as the season ended in relegation from Segunda División B; he made his debut on 27 August 2007 in a 2–2 away draw against Ontinyent CF, starting and scoring in the match.[5]

From 2008 to 2010, Riau competed again in the third tier, with Valencia CF's reserves. After suffering relegation at the end of the latter campaign, he signed a three-year contract with FC Cartagena of Segunda División.[6]

Riau made his league debut with Efesé on 3 October 2010, playing ten minutes of the 1–1 draw at CD Tenerife.[7] His stay with the Murcian club was greatly hampered by injuries, however,[3][8] and he was also loaned to his former side Valencia B in January 2011.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c Miguel Ángel Riau at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "Mariano Sánchez renueva con el Cartagena" [Mariano Sánchez renews with Cartagena] (in Spanish). Vavel. 18 June 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
  3. ^ a b Fernández, Maite (22 June 2012). "Riau quiere quedarse en el Efesé" [Riau wants to stay in Efesé]. La Verdad (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
  4. ^ Sánchez, Fernando (1 July 2010). "Riau: "Me haría mucha ilusión poder ascender a Primera con el Cartagena"" [Riau: "I would be delighted as hell to promote to Primera with Cartagena"]. La Opinión de Murcia (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Empate del Levante B ante el Ontinyent (2–2)" [Levante B draw against Ontinyent (2–2)] (in Spanish). Join Futbol. 28 August 2007. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  6. ^ "El Cartagena ficha a Miguel Ángel Riau" [Cartagena sign Miguel Ángel Riau]. Marca (in Spanish). 30 June 2010. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
  7. ^ "El Cartagena araña un empate frente al Tenerife (1–1)" [Cartagena scrape draw against Tenerife (1–1)]. La Opinión de Murcia (in Spanish). 3 October 2010. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
  8. ^ Fernández, Maite (20 August 2012). ""Llegué a pensar que mi tiempo en el Cartagena se había terminado ya"" ["I thought my time with Cartagena was dead and gone"]. La Verdad (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 22 August 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
  9. ^ Moya, Francisco J. (13 October 2016). "Tobillo de seda, rodilla de cristal" [Silk ankle, glass knee]. La Verdad (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 August 2023.