Miguel Mellado
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Miguel Alberto Mellado | ||
Date of birth | 18 March 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Río Negro, Argentina | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder[2] | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | OFI | ||
Number | 29 | ||
Youth career | |||
Chacarita Juniors | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2020 | Chacarita Juniors | 162 | (3) |
2013 | → Deportivo Merlo (loan) | 17 | (0) |
2018–2020 | → OFI (loan) | 42 | (1) |
2020– | OFI | 45 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:00, 19 March 2022 (UTC) |
Miguel Alberto Mellado (born 18 March 1993) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Greek Super League club OFI.[1]
Career[]
Chacarita Juniors[]
Mellado started his career with Chacarita Juniors.[1][3] He made his debut in Primera B Metropolitana on 1 September 2012 in a 1–3 win away to Tristán Suárez.[1] On 27 October, he scored his first professional goal at home to Brown.[1] In total, Mellado played twenty-six times during 2012–13.[1] From January 2014, across the next six seasons, Mellado scored two goals in one hundred and twenty appearances as the club rose from the third tier to the Argentine Primera División.[1]
Deportivo Merlo loan[]
Mellado was loaned out for the first part of 2013–14 to fellow Primera B Metropolitana club Deportivo Merlo, he went onto play seventeen times for Merlo before returning to Chacarita.[4][5]
OFI loan[]
In July 2018, Mellado joined newly-promoted Super League Greece side OFI on loan for one year.[6] On 14 June 2019, OFI announced that Mellado's loan had been extended by an additional year.[7] The Greek club also held a buy-out clause for the summer of 2020, for a reported sum of around €200,000.[7] In two years with OFI, Mellado made forty-eight appearances and scored one goal; versus Aris on 24 August 2019, in a season that ended with UEFA Europa League qualification - twelve months after the club narrowly avoided relegation via the play-offs.[1]
OFI[]
In August 2020, OFI completed the permanent signing of Mellado.[1] He made his continental competition debut on 17 September, featuring for the full duration of the club's loss to Apollon Limassol in the Europa League second qualifying round.[1] He scored his first goal of 2020–21 on 18 October versus Panathinaikos.[1]
Career statistics[]
- As of 1 January 2021.[1]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Chacarita Juniors | 2012–13 | Primera B Metropolitana | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | ||
2013–14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | ||||
2014 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||||
2015 | Primera B Nacional | 37 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 41 | 1 | |||
2016 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||||
2016–17 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||||
2017–18 | Primera División | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |||
2018–19 | Primera B Nacional | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Total | 162 | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 168 | 3 | ||||
Deportivo Merlo (loan) | 2013–14 | Primera B Metropolitana | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||
OFI (loan) | 2018–19 | Superleague Greece | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2[a] | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
2019–20 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | ||||
OFI | 2020–21 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | ||
Total | 70 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 78 | 2 | |||
Career total | 249 | 5 | 12 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 264 | 5 |
- ^ Appearance(s) in the Super League play-offs
- ^ Appearance(s) in the UEFA Europa League
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Miguel Mellado profile". Soccerway. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ "Miguel Mellado". World Football. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
- ^ "Miguel Mellado profile". Chacarita Juniors. 20 January 2018. Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ "Mellado a Deportivo Merlo". Mundo Ascenso. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ "Miguel Mellado profile". BDFA. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ "Παίκτης του ΟΦΗ μας και ο 25χρονος αμυντικός μέσος Miguel Mellado". OFI Crete F.C. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ^ a b "ΟΦΗ: Ανανέωσε το δανεισμό του Μεγιάδο". gazzetta. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
External links[]
- Miguel Mellado at Soccerway
- 1993 births
- Living people
- People from Río Negro Province
- Argentine footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Argentine expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Greece
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- Primera B Metropolitana players
- Primera Nacional players
- Argentine Primera División players
- Super League Greece players
- Chacarita Juniors footballers
- Deportivo Merlo footballers
- OFI Crete F.C. players