Spanish footballer Michel Salgado: a biography, statistics

Miguel angel Salgado Fernandez (better known as Salgado) - Spanish football player, who became famous with his play on the right flank for Madrid «real». Michel is considered one of the best right defenders in the history «Royal» club and the Spanish national team, but of the whole of world football.

Salgado: rating statistics

Supporters have appropriated Salgado, nicknamed Il Due, which means “two” in Italian. This title he received for his, on the one hand, selfless actions in defense, and, on the other hand, for the constant effective connection to the attack. Steve McManaman, the companion of Michel “real”, saying that Salgado is the most severe person in the world, “absolutely” in your case, both at matches and in training.

Salgado has spent more than 15 years in Spain, which appeared in 343 La Liga games, scoring 7 goals along the way winning four La Liga twice and the Champions League. The player has also represented the Spanish national team, having played for it more than 50 games, including the 2006 world Cup and the European Championship in 2000. The injury did not allow him to play at the world Cup 2002 and Euro 2004.

Celta

Birthplace of footballer 22 October, 1975 in the town of As-Neves (province of Pontevedra, Autonomous community Galicia). Salgado, whose biography is given in this article, played only 4 football clubs. He began his professional career in the «Celta» from the town of Vigo, located in the Mitchell native to the province. Having passed all levels of youth teams, including playing for several teams of Spain, of different ages, Salgado played 22 January 1995 his debut match in La Liga. In the club from Vigo lost 0-4 to the club where later the new starting quarterback will become a legend, Madrid «real». During the season he was loaned out to “Salamanca” from Segunda, and after his return became the first number on his position.

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During performances for the "Salto" Salgado was involved in an incident with the midfielder of the Madrid «Atletico» Juninho Paulista, in February 1998, the right-back struck the midfielder of real Madrid seriously injured, then he missed 6 months and missed the world Cup in 1998.

In the years of playing for the club from Vigo Michel scored 3 goals, and in the season 1998-1999, has made an invaluable contribution to the success of the “salty”, who finished in 5th place and received the permit in Cup UEFA.

"real"

In 1999, Salgado was bought by “real” over 11 million euros. In his first season for the Royal club Michel was the best at his position, playing in 29 League matches and helped real Madrid win the UEFA Champions League. For 7 years he was the undisputed first room on the right flank of defence “real” until the 2006-2007 season a new young player of the Academy «Royal» club not pushed him to the bench.

After that Salgado did not play as much, but in the same season, played 16 of 30 matches in La Liga, but mainly due to injuries to Pepe, which Ramos moved into the centre of defence. In the following two seasons he played very rarely (only 17 matches of all time). The last match for the “creamy” Salgado played in the final game of the 2008-2009 season against the “Osasuna”, ended with the score 1-2 in favor of the not “real”.

"Blackburn Rovers"

At the age of nearly 34, Salgado moved to “Blackburn Rovers” played in the English Premier League. The first match in the Premier League Michel played in September against the “Birmingham”, as a substitute. The first and last goal for "Blackburn" legendary defender scored in the match of English League Cup in the gate «Manchester United" (the game ended with the score 5-2 in favor of "Rovers").

In January 2011, Michel agreed to extend the contract, but because of frequent injuries, the club in 2012, has activated the automatic termination of the contract, because during all this time the player has played less than 10 games in the 2011-2012 season. After that, Salgado, “protector-Taran” made a decision about his retirement.

International career

Salgado, statistics of which at the international level is not as striking as the club passing through all levels of the youth national teams of Spain, played his first match for the senior national team on 5 September 1998 in the infamous qualifying match for the European Championship in 2000 against Cyprus, which ended with the score 2-3 in favor of the Cypriots. He was an integral part of the national team at EURO 2000 and also came on as a sub in matches of the 2006 world Cup, after which he ceded to his younger comrade-in “real” Sergio Ramos and finished performances for the national team of Spain.

A Very common injury interfere with Salgado to play for the “real” and for Spain, in full force. The last time the player was injured before the formation of bids for the world Cup 2002 held in Japan and South Korea, and the European championship 2004, held in Greece, resulting in missed these tournaments. Besides playing for Spain, Salgado defended the colors of the national team of Galicia with such players asDiego lópez, Pablo álvarez and Ricardo cabanas.