Miguel Alfonso Herrero
Míchel training with Guangzhou R&F in 2015
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Miguel Alfonso Herrero Javaloyas | ||
| Date of birth | 29 July 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Burjassot, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Valladolid | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Burjassot | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2007 | Burjassot | 38 | (7) |
| 2007–2010 | Valencia B | 75 | (27) |
| 2009–2012 | Valencia | 16 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | → Deportivo La Coruña (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | → Hércules (loan) | 38 | (13) |
| 2012–2013 | Levante | 37 | (5) |
| 2013–2014 | Valencia | 13 | (0) |
| 2014 | → Getafe (loan) | 12 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | Guangzhou R&F | 25 | (4) |
| 2016 | → Oviedo (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| 2016– | Valladolid | 28 | (3) |
| National team | |||
| 2009 | Spain U21 | 4 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 March 2017. |
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Miguel Alfonso Herrero Javaloyas (born 29 July 1988), commonly known as Míchel, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Real Valladolid mainly as an attacking midfielder.
Born in Burjassot, Valencian Community, Míchel finished his football grooming at local Burjassot CF and started playing as a senior with Valencia CF's B-side. After a string of midfield injuries to the main squad (Rubén Baraja, Edu and Manuel Fernandes) he was called up by coach Unai Emery, making his La Liga debut against FC Barcelona, playing 20 minutes in a 0–4 away loss on 6 December 2008; previous to that, he had already appeared in a Copa del Rey game against Club Portugalete, where he also scored.
Míchel's first start occurred on 3 March 2009 in a 1–2 loss at CD Numancia, as he began to be regularly summoned to the league's squad of 18 each week. He was delighted with his first year at Valencia, never having imagined he would be playing for the club's first team after being not much earlier in the fourth division.
In early June 2010, deemed surplus to requirements by coach Emery – for instance, in the 2009–10 campaign he only collected 28 minutes in the league, all as a late substitute – Míchel was loaned for one season to fellow league club Deportivo de La Coruña. He spent most of the campaign injured, and the Galicians were also relegated after 20 straight years in the top flight.
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