Ezequiel Miralles
{{short description|Argentine footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2014}}
{{family name hatnote|Miralles|Sabugo|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Ezequiel Miralles
| image = Ezequiel Miralles.jpg
| image_size = 225
| caption = Miralles (left) while playing for Colo-Colo
| fullname = Ezequiel Nicolás Miralles Sabugo
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|7|21|df=y}}
| birth_place = Bahía Blanca, Argentina
| height = 1.76 m
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| position = Striker
| years1 = 2003–2004 | clubs1 = Tres Arroyos | caps1 = 24 | goals1 = 3
| years2 = 2004–2005 | clubs2 = Ferro | caps2 = 30 | goals2 = 6
| years3 = 2005–2006 | clubs3 = Defensa y Justicia | caps3 = 25 | goals3 = 6
| years4 = 2006–2007 | clubs4 = Racing Club | caps4 = 6 | goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2007 | clubs5 = Talleres de Córdoba | caps5 = 11 | goals5 = 3
| years6 = 2008–2009 | clubs6 = Everton | caps6 = 58 | goals6 = 27
| years7 = 2009–2011 | clubs7 = Colo-Colo | caps7 = 51 | goals7 = 32
| years8 = 2011–2012 | clubs8 = Grêmio | caps8 = 29 | goals8 = 4
| years9 = 2012–2013 | clubs9 = Santos | caps9 = 16 | goals9 = 6
| years10 = 2013 | clubs10 = Atlante | caps10 = 10 | goals10 = 1
| years11 = 2014 | clubs11 = Olimpo | caps11 = 12 | goals11 = 2
| years12 = 2014–2015 | clubs12 = Everton | caps12 = 19 | goals12 = 6
| years13 = 2015–2016 | clubs13 = Huracán | caps13 = 18 | goals13 = 0
| years14 = 2017–2018 | clubs14 = Liniers | caps14 = 0 | goals14 = 0
| club-update = 28 December 2016
}}
Ezequiel Nicolás Miralles Sabugo ({{IPA|es|eθeˈkjel miˈɾaʎes}}, born 21 July 1983) is an Argentine footballer that currently plays for Liniers as a striker.
Club career
He began his football career at Huracán de Tres Arroyos of the second tier of his country, where he scored 3 goals in 24 appearances during one season, and also earned the Primera B title. In June 2006, after successful spells at Ferro Carril Oeste and Defensa y Justicia, Miralles joined to Argentine Primera División powerhouse club Racing Club de Avellaneda. After a regular pass Racing, in which he failed to score goals in six games, he moved to Talleres de Córdoba.
In January 2008, he traveled to Chile and signed for Chilean Primera División club Everton. In his first tournament, the Apertura Tournament of that year, Miralles won his first title in the Chilean football, after of defeat to Colo-Colo at the Sausalito Stadium. After two successful seasons at the club of Viña del Mar, in where scored 13 goals in 29 games, on 2 June 2009, was sold to Colo-Colo for a US$1.2 transfer fee,{{cite web | url = http://www.mediotiempo.com/futbol/internacional/noticias/2009/07/02/ezequiel-miralles-se-incorporo-al-colo-colo | title = Ezequiel Miralles se incorporó al Colo-Colo chileno | date = 1 July 2011 |publisher = Mediotiempo.com|language=spanish}}{{cite web | url = http://www.goal.com/es-la/news/690/chile/2009/07/01/1358335/mercado-ezequiel-miralles-siempre-fue-prioridad-en-colo-colo | title = Mercado: "Ezequiel Miralles siempre fue prioridad en Colo Colo", indicó Tocalli | date = 1 July 2011 |publisher = Goal.com}} club that lost the final with Everton in the 2008 Apertura Tournament. He debuted in an historic game against Eastern Island,{{cite web | url = http://www.dalealbo.cl/miralles-y-magalhaes-debutaran-en-isla-de/ | title = Miralles y Magalhaes debutarían en Isla de Pascua | date = 29 July 2011 |publisher = Dalealbo.cl| language=spanish}} that his club won 4–0 and his first goal came on 22 August against O'Higgins in a 2–2 away draw after a notable free kick in the last minute of game.{{cite web | url = http://www.goal.com/es-la/news/690/chile/2009/08/22/1455638/clausura-colo-colo-logra-un-sufrido-empate-en-su-visita-a | title = Colo Colo logra un sufrido empate en su visita a Rancagua | date = 22 August 2009 |publisher = Goal.com| language=spanish}} He earned his first title with Colo-Colo, the Clausura Tournament, in where he netted 11 goals in 16 games. In the next year, Miralles was the key player of his club in a regular 2010 season, scoring thirteen goals in 22 appearances, in a season in which the team had two coaches Hugo Tocalli and Diego Cagna. In the next season, Miralles had a regular performance in the 2011 season, but was the team's goalscorer with eight just one goal over Esteban Paredes that had six goals. On 21 May 2011, Colo-Colo accepted a US$2.4 million bid to the Brazilian Série A club Grêmio, being confirmed that he joined to the club of Porto Alegre when the Apertura ends.{{cite web|url=http://www.clicrbs.com.br/esportes/rs/noticias/futebol-gremio,3319636,Gremio-anuncia-contratacao-de-Miralles.html|title=Grêmio anuncia contratação de Miralles|date=21 May 2011|publisher=ClicEsportes|accessdate=21 May 2011|language=Portuguese}}
After his successful incorporation to Grêmio, Miralles debuted for the seventh week of the 2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in a 2–2 home draw with Avaí and his first goal came on 27 July against America (MG), in a 1–1 draw. Because his lack of opportunities, he expressed that would leave the club at the end of season.
On 6 July 2012, Miralles signed for Santos FC, after a swap for Elano. Despite being a regular in Santos' squad, he left the club a year later, joining Atlante.
Career statistics
:(Correct {{As of|2023|alt=as of 23 November 2023}})[https://archive.today/20130103091546/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/player/_/id/83576/ezequiel-miralles?cc=3888]{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/ezequiel-rodrigo-miralles/22073/|title=Argentina - e. Miralles - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | |||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="2"|State !colspan="2"|National !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Libertadores !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps
!Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals | |||||||||||
| rowspan="1" valign="center"|Tres Arroyos
|colspan="2"|— | 23 | 4 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 23 | 4 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!colspan="2"|— | 23 | 4 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 23 | 4 | ||||
| rowspan="1" valign="center"|Ferro Carril
|colspan="2"|— | 30 | 6 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 30 | 6 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!colspan="2"|— | 30 | 6 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 30 | 6 | ||||
| rowspan="1" valign="center"|Defensa y Justicia
|colspan="2"|— | 25 | 6 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 25 | 6 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!colspan="2"|— | 25 | 6 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 25 | 6 | ||||
| rowspan="1" valign="center"|Racing
|colspan="2"|— | 6 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 6 | 0 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!colspan="2"|— | 6 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 6 | 0 | ||||
| rowspan="1" valign="center"|Talleres
|colspan="2"|— | 11 | 3 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 11 | 3 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!colspan="2"|— | 11 | 3 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 11 | 3 | ||||
| rowspan="2" valign="center"|Everton
|2008 |colspan="2"|— | 35 | 17 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 35 | 17 | ||||
| 2009
|colspan="2"|— | 17 | 8 | colspan="2"|— | 6 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | 23 | 10 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!colspan="2"|— | 52 | 25 | colspan="2"|— | 6 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | 58 | 27 | |||
| rowspan="3" valign="center"|Colo-Colo
|2009 |colspan="2"|— | 16 | 11 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 16 | 11 | ||||
| 2010
|colspan="2"|— | 22 | 14 | colspan="2"|— | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 17 | ||
| 2011
|colspan="2"|— | 13 | 7 | colspan="2"|— | 6 | 3 | colspan="2"|— | 19 | 10 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!colspan="2"|— | 51 | 32 | colspan="2"|— | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 38 | ||
| rowspan="2" valign="center"|Grêmio
|2011 |colspan="2"|— | 19 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 19 | 2 | ||||
| 2012
|5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 15 | 4 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!5 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 34 | 6 | ||
| rowspan="2" valign="center"|Santos
|2012 |colspan="2"|— | 16 | 6 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | |||
| 2013
|13 | 5 | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 15 | 5 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!13 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | 33 | 11 | |
| rowspan="1" valign="center"|Atlante
|2013 |colspan="2"|— | 10 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 10 | 1 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | |
| rowspan="1" valign="center"|Olimpo
|colspan="2"|— | 12 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 12 | 2 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | |
| rowspan="1" valign="center"|Everton
|colspan="2"|— | 19 | 6 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 19 | 6 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | |
| rowspan="2" valign="center"|Huracán
|2015 |colspan="2"|— | 8 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||
| 2016
|colspan="2"|— | 10 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 1 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 1 |
Honours
=Club=
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Soccerway|ezequiel-rodrigo-miralles/22073}}
- [http://www.football-lineups.com/footballer/5619/ Ezequiel Miralles] at Football-Lineups
- {{BDFA|14637|Ezequiel Rodrigo Miralles}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Miralles, Ezequiel}}
Category:Footballers from Bahía Blanca
Category:Argentine men's footballers
Category:Argentine expatriate men's footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Quilmes Atlético Club footballers
Category:Huracán de Tres Arroyos footballers
Category:Ferro Carril Oeste footballers
Category:Defensa y Justicia footballers
Category:Talleres de Córdoba footballers
Category:Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers
Category:Everton de Viña del Mar footballers
Category:Colo-Colo footballers
Category:Atlante F.C. footballers
Category:Club Olimpo footballers
Category:Chilean Primera División players
Category:Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Chile
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
Category:Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile
Category:Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Brazil