Michel Espinosa
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Michel Espinosa | ||
Date of birth | 15 September 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Yaoundé, Cameroon[1] | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Botev Plovdiv | ||
Number | 13 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2014 | Toulouse B | 20 | (2) |
2014–2015 | Trélissac | 27 | (1) |
2015–2017 | Clermont B | 10 | (0) |
2015–2017 | Clermont | 45 | (0) |
2018 | Laval | 11 | (1) |
2018–2019 | Istra 1961 | 8 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Lyon-Duchère | 4 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Lyon-Duchère B | 5 | (0) |
2020–2021 | Botev Plovdiv | 26 | (3) |
National team | |||
2011 | France U18 | 2 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:34, 30 June 2021 (UTC) |
Michel Espinosa (born 15 September 1993) is a Cameroon-born French professional footballer who plays for Bulgarian First League club Botev Plovdiv as a midfielder. Espinosa is a French youth international.[2]
Club career[]
Espinosa started his career in the youth ranks of Toulouse FC where he spent seven seasons, but did not make it into the professional team. He moved to Trélissac in 2014 and spent a year there, before signing an amateur contract with Clermont.[3] He made his Ligue 2 debut for the club in the first game of the 2015–16 Ligue 2 season, on 31 July 2015, in a 0–0 draw against Sochaux.[4] He signed his first professional contract with the club on 3 November 2015.[5]
Espinosa left Clermont in January 2018, signing for Laval in Championnat National until the end of the 2017–18 season.[6] He was not retained at the end of his contract, and signed for Croatian side Istra 1961.
In June 2019, Espinosa signed a two-year contract with Lyon-Duchère.[7]
External links[]
- Michel Espinosa at Soccerway
References[]
- ^ Michel Espinosa at L'Équipe Football (in French)
- ^ "Fédération Française de Football".
- ^ "De Trélissac au Clermont Foot" (in French). La Montagne. 26 June 2015.
- ^ "Clermont vs Sochaux 0-0". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ "Premier contrat pro pour Michel Espinosa" (in French). Clermont Foot. 3 November 2015.
- ^ "Officiel : Michel Espinosa Quitte le Clermont Foot" (in French). maligue2.fr. 29 January 2018.
- ^ "Lyon-Duchère : Un ancien Toulousain a signé (off)" (in French). foot-national.com. 12 June 2019.
- 1993 births
- Living people
- People from Yaoundé
- Association football midfielders
- French footballers
- Cameroonian footballers
- France youth international footballers
- French people of Cameroonian descent
- Ligue 2 players
- Championnat National players
- Championnat National 2 players
- Championnat National 3 players
- Croatian First Football League players
- Toulouse FC players
- Trélissac FC players
- Clermont Foot players
- Stade Lavallois players
- NK Istra 1961 players
- Lyon La Duchère players
- PFC Botev Plovdiv players
- Expatriate footballers in Croatia
- French expatriate sportspeople in Croatia
- Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia
- Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria
- French expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria