Óscar Mingueza

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Óscar Mingueza

| image = Матч «Динамо» - «Барселона» 0-1. 2 ноября 2021 года. II — 1289659 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Mingueza playing for Barcelona in 2021

| full_name = Óscar Mingueza García{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce4/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=Squad List: Men's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020: Spain (ESP) |publisher=FIFA |page=16 |date=22 July 2021 |access-date=28 August 2021}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1999|5|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Santa Perpètua de Mogoda, Spain

| height = 1.84 m{{cite web |title=Óscar Mingueza |url=https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/first-team/players/50909/oscar-mingueza |publisher=FC Barcelona |access-date=13 November 2021 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211106162044/https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/first-team/players/50909/oscar-mingueza | archive-date = 6 November 2021 }}

| position = Centre-back, right-back

| currentclub = Celta

| clubnumber = 3

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Santa Perpètua

| youthyears2 = 2007–2018

| youthclubs2 = Barcelona

| years1 = 2018–2021

| clubs1 = Barcelona B

| caps1 = 36

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2020–2022

| clubs2 = Barcelona

| caps2 = 46

| goals2 = 2

| years3 = 2022–

| clubs3 = Celta

| caps3 = 93

| goals3 = 6

| nationalyears1 = 2021

| nationalteam1 = Spain U21

| nationalcaps1 = 3

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2021

| nationalteam2 = Spain U23

| nationalcaps2 = 3

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 2021–

| nationalteam3 = Spain

| nationalcaps3 = 4

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| nationalyears4 = 2022–

| nationalteam4 = Catalonia

| nationalcaps4 = 2

| nationalgoals4 = 0

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's football}}

{{MedalCountry|{{fb|ESP}}}}

| club-update = 23:15, 24 May 2025 (UTC)

| ntupdate = 23:34, 23 March 2025 (UTC)

}}

Óscar Mingueza García (born 13 May 1999) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a defender for La Liga club Celta Vigo and the Spain national team. Mainly a centre-back, he can also play in either full-back position, mostly as a right-back.{{Soccerway|id=oscar-mingueza-garcia/460017|accessdate=}}

Club career

=Barcelona=

Born in Santa Perpètua de Mogoda, Barcelona, Catalonia, Mingueza joined Barcelona's La Masia academy in 2007 from Santa Perpètua.{{cite web|url=https://www.grada3.com/2021/03/09/debut-ariadna-mingueza/|website=Grada3.com|date=March 9, 2021|access-date=October 8, 2021|title=Debut de Ariadna Mingueza en la Primera Iberdrola|trans-title=Ariadna Mingueza's debut in Primera Iberdrola|first=Eva|last=Castro|language=Spanish}} He won the UEFA Youth League with the club's Juvenil A team in 2018{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefayouthleague/finals/|title=UEFA Youth League: all you need to know about Nyon 2018|publisher=UEFA|date=23 April 2018}} and moved to Barcelona B for the 2018–19 season.{{cite web |url=https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/news/1909470/oscar-mingueza-a-life-at-barca |title=Òscar Mingueza, a life at Barça|date=25 November 2020 |publisher=FC Barcelona |access-date=27 November 2020}}

Mingueza made his first-team debut for Barcelona on 24 November 2020 as a replacement for the injured Gerard Piqué, starting the 4–0 2020–21 UEFA Champions League group stage victory against Dynamo Kyiv at the NSC Olimpiyskiy in Kyiv.{{Cite web|last=Reidy|first=Paul|date=24 November 2020|title=Dynamo Kyiv vs Barcelona: live online Champions League 2020/21|url=https://en.as.com/en/2020/11/24/football/1606243361_881261.html|access-date=24 November 2020|website=AS|language=en}} Five days later, he made his La Liga debut in a 4–0 win against Osasuna at Camp Nou.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}} On 15 March 2021, Mingueza scored his first goal for Barcelona in a 4–1 home win over Huesca in La Liga.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/56409747 |title=Barcelona 4–1 Huesca |website=BBC Sport |date=15 March 2021 }} He scored his second career goal in the 60th minute of El Clásico on 10 April 2021.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}} One week later, he won his first professional title after winning the 2020–21 Copa del Rey against Athletic Bilbao.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/apr/17/messi-stars-as-barcelona-thrash-athletic-bilbao-to-lift-copa-del-rey |title=Messi stars as Barcelona thrash Athletic Bilbao to lift Copa del Rey|first=Sid|last=Lowe|work=The Guardian|date=17 April 2021|access-date=19 April 2021}}

=Celta Vigo=

On 31 July 2022, Mingueza joined fellow La Liga side Celta Vigo on a permanent four-year deal{{Cite web |title=Agreement in principle for transfer of Óscar Mingueza to Celta |url=https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/first-team/news/2700755/agreement-in-principle-for-transfer-of-oscar-mingueza-to-celta/featured |access-date=2022-07-30 |website=www.fcbarcelona.com |language=en}} for a reported fee of €3 million.{{Cite web |last=Barlow |first=Ruairidh |date=2022-08-02 |title=Oscar Mingueza arrives in Vigo to complete move from Barcelona |url=https://www.football-espana.net/2022/08/02/oscar-mingueza-arrives-in-vigo-to-complete-move-from-barcelona |access-date=2022-08-02 |website=Football España |language=en}}

International career

Due to the isolation of some national team players following the positive COVID-19 test of Sergio Busquets, Spain's under-21 squad was called up for the international friendly against Lithuania on 8 June 2021.{{cite news |url=https://sefutbol.com/oficial-lista-convocados-encuentro-lituania |title=Oficial {{!}} Lista de convocados para el encuentro ante Lituania |trans-title=Official {{!}} Squad list for the match against Lithuania |work=Royal Spanish Football Federation |date=6 June 2021 |access-date=7 June 2021 |language=es}} Mingueza made his senior debut in the match as Spain won 4–0.{{cite web|url=https://www.marca.com/en/football/international-football/espana-vs-lituania/cronica/2021/06/08/60bfd85222601dc65d8b458f.html|title=Spain youngsters impress in Lithuania rout|website=MARCA|date=8 June 2021|accessdate=8 June 2021}} Later that month, he was included in Spain's preliminary squad for the 2020 Summer Olympics.{{Cite web|date=2021-06-29|title=OFICIAL : Estos son los internacionales que representarán a España en Tokio|url=https://www.sefutbol.com/oficial-estos-son-internacionales-que-representaran-espana-tokio|access-date=2021-07-01|website=oficial-estos-son-internacionales-que-representaran-espana-tokio|language=es}}

Personal life

Óscar's younger sister, Ariadna, is also a professional footballer, having made her debut for Barcelona's women's team on 6 March 2021.{{Cite web |url=https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/football/womens-football/news/2056117/womens-football-santa-teresa-0-3-barca |title=Women's football: Santa Teresa 0-3 Barça |publisher=FC Barcelona |access-date=20 March 2021}}

Career statistics

=Club=

Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition !rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|Copa del Rey !colspan="2"\|Europe !colspan="2"\|Other !colspan="2"\|Total
rowspan="4"\|Barcelona B \|2018–19 \|Segunda División B \|15	0	colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–	15	0
2019–20 \|Segunda División B \|16	0	colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–	3Appearances in Segunda División B play-offs	0	19	0
2020–21 \|Segunda División B \|1	0	colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–	1	0	2	0
colspan="2"\|Total !32	0	colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–	3	0	36	0
rowspan="3"\|Barcelona \|2020–21 \|La Liga \|27	2	5	0	5Appearances in the UEFA Champions League	0	2Appearances in Supercopa de España	0	39	2
2021–22 \|La Liga \|19	0	1	0	7Five appearances in the UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League	0	0	0	27	0
colspan="2"\|Total !46	2	6	0	12	0	2	0	66	2
rowspan="4"\|Celta Vigo \|2022–23 \|La Liga \|21	0	2	0	colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–	23	0
2023–24 \|La Liga \|38	2	3	0	colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–	41	2
2024–25 \|La Liga \|34	4	2	0	colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–	36	4
colspan="2"\|Total !93	6	7	0	colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–	100	6
colspan="3"\|Career total !171	8	13	0	12	0	5	0	202	8

=International=

{{updated|match played 8 June 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=31567|title=Óscar Mingueza|website=EU-Football.info|access-date=18 November 2024}}

colspan="2"\|Total\|\|4\|\|0
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
rowspan="3"\|Spain \|2021	1	0
2024	1	0
2025	2	0

Honours

Barcelona

Copa del Rey: 2020–21
UEFA Youth League: 2017–18{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefayouthleague/match/2024259--chelsea-vs-barcelona/lineups/|title=Chelsea 0–3 Barcelona|publisher=UEFA|access-date=13 July 2020}}

Spain U23

Summer Olympic silver medal: 2020{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}

Spain

UEFA Nations League runner-up: 2024–25{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2044949--portugal-vs-spain/|title=Portugal vs Spain - UEFA Nations League Final 2025|website=UEFA.com|accessdate=8 June 2025}}

Individual

The Athletic La Liga Team of the Season: 2024–25{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6336642/2025/05/20/athletic-end-of-season-awards-2024-25-men/ |title= The Athletic’s end-of-season awards, 2024-25: Men’s football |website=The Athletic’s |date=28 May 2025}}

References

External links

[https://rccelta.es/en/jugadores/oscar-mingueza/ Profile] at the RC Celta de Vigo website
{{UEFA player}}

Category:1999 births

Category:Living people

Category:People from Vallès Occidental

Category:Footballers from the Province of Barcelona

Category:Spanish men's footballers

Category:Men's association football central defenders

Category:Men's association football fullbacks

Category:La Liga players

Category:Segunda División B players

Category:FC Barcelona Atlètic players

Category:FC Barcelona players

Category:RC Celta de Vigo players

Category:Spain men's under-21 international footballers

Category:Spain men's international footballers

Category:Olympic footballers for Spain

Category:Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic medalists in football

Category:Olympic silver medalists for Spain

Category:Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Category:Catalonia men's international footballers

Category:21st-century Spanish sportsmen

Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition !rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|Copa del Rey !colspan="2"\|Europe !colspan="2"\|Other !colspan="2"\|Total
rowspan="4"\|Barcelona B \|2018–19 \|Segunda División B \|15	0	colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–	15	0
2019–20 \|Segunda División B \|16	0	colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–	3Appearances in Segunda División B play-offs	0	19	0
2020–21 \|Segunda División B \|1	0	colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–	1	0	2	0
colspan="2"\|Total !32	0	colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–	3	0	36	0
rowspan="3"\|Barcelona \|2020–21 \|La Liga \|27	2	5	0	5Appearances in the UEFA Champions League	0	2Appearances in Supercopa de España	0	39	2
2021–22 \|La Liga \|19	0	1	0	7Five appearances in the UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League	0	0	0	27	0
colspan="2"\|Total !46	2	6	0	12	0	2	0	66	2
rowspan="4"\|Celta Vigo \|2022–23 \|La Liga \|21	0	2	0	colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–	23	0
2023–24 \|La Liga \|38	2	3	0	colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–	41	2
2024–25 \|La Liga \|34	4	2	0	colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–	36	4
colspan="2"\|Total !93	6	7	0	colspan="2"\|–	colspan="2"\|–	100	6
colspan="3"\|Career total !171	8	13	0	12	0	5	0	202	8

colspan="2"\|Total\|\|4\|\|0
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
rowspan="3"\|Spain \|2021	1	0
2024	1	0
2025	2	0