Mista (footballer)
{{Short description|Spanish footballer (born 1978)}}
{{redirect|Miguel Angel Ferrer|the Argentinian|Miguel A. Ferrer Deheza|other people|Miguel Ferrer (disambiguation)}}
{{family name hatnote|Ferrer|Martínez|lang=Spanish}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Mista
| image = Mista 2021.jpg
| image_size = 225px
| caption = Mista in 2021
| fullname = Miguel Ángel Ferrer Martínez{{cite news|url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundodeporte/envivos/fichas/1/130/386.html|title=Miguel Ángel Ferrer Martínez, 'MISTA'|newspaper=El Mundo|language=Spanish|accessdate=15 March 2020}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|11|12|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Caravaca de la Cruz, Spain
| position = Striker
| youthyears1 = 1990–1994 | youthclubs1 = Peña Madridista Caravaca Cruz
| youthyears2 = 1994–1995 | youthclubs2 = Caravaca Promesas
| youthyears3 = 1995–1996 | youthclubs3 = Real Madrid
| years1 = 1996–1997 | clubs1 = Real Madrid C | caps1 = 29 | goals1 = 9
| years2 = 1997–1998 | clubs2 = Real Madrid B | caps2 = 43 | goals2 = 23
| years3 = 1999–2001 | clubs3 = Tenerife | caps3 = 84 | goals3 = 22
| years4 = 2001–2006 | clubs4 = Valencia | caps4 = 144 | goals4 = 40
| years5 = 2006–2008 | clubs5 = Atlético Madrid | caps5 = 35 | goals5 = 3
| years6 = 2008–2010 | clubs6 = Deportivo La Coruña | caps6 = 26 | goals6 = 2
| years7 = 2010 | clubs7 = Toronto FC | caps7 = 9 | goals7 = 0
| totalcaps = 370 | totalgoals = 99
| nationalyears1 = 1995 | nationalteam1 = Spain U17 | nationalcaps1 = 3 | nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 1996–1997 | nationalteam2 = Spain U18 | nationalcaps2 = 10 | nationalgoals2 = 1
| nationalyears3 = 1999 | nationalteam3 = Spain U21 | nationalcaps3 = 1 | nationalgoals3 = 0
| nationalyears4 = 2005 | nationalteam4 = Spain | nationalcaps4 = 2 | nationalgoals4 = 0
| manageryears1 = 2020–2021 | managerclubs1 = Atlético Ottawa
}}
Miguel Ángel Ferrer Martínez (born 12 November 1978), known as Mista, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a striker.
An unsuccessful Real Madrid youth graduate, he would make a name for himself with Valencia, helping the club to win four major titles during his five-year spell and scoring 48 goals in 218 La Liga games over ten seasons, in representation of four teams.
Mista was a Spain international in the 2000s. He later worked briefly as a coach with Atlético Ottawa.
Club career
=Spain=
Born in Caravaca de la Cruz, Region of Murcia,{{cite news|url=https://www.diariodepontevedra.es/articulo/noticias/el-deportivo-ficha-al-delantero-del-atletico-mista/20080628191000146665.html|title=El Deportivo ficha al delantero del Atlético, 'Mista'|trans-title=Deportivo sign Atlético forward, 'Mista'|newspaper=Diario de Pontevedra|language=Spanish|date=28 June 2008|accessdate=28 February 2025}} Mista was a protégé of Rafael Benítez. The pair worked together at CD Tenerife and Valencia CF.{{cite news|url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/newcastle-boss-rafa-benitez-teaches-11493324|title=Newcastle boss Rafa Benitez teaches his players 'values', ex-Valencia striker insists|newspaper=Evening Chronicle|first=Chris|last=Waugh|date=19 June 2016|accessdate=14 January 2021}}
At Tenerife, Mista – along with Curro Torres and Luis García – was a key member of the team{{cite news|url=http://archivo.marca.com/futbol/trayectoria_segunda01/cronicas_tenerife/fer_ten.html|title=La ambición de Benítez tuvo justa recompensa|trans-title=Benítez's ambition had its just reward|newspaper=Marca|first=Carlos|last=Santon|language=Spanish|date=28 October 2000|accessdate=12 September 2017}} that promoted to La Liga in 2001. He subsequently signed for Valencia, and was a prominent member{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/019c-0f8455bb072d-46ad843c4ab7-1000--valencia-reclaim-pole-position/|title=Valencia reclaim pole position|publisher=UEFA|date=19 April 2004|accessdate=28 February 2025}} of the successful sides that won two league titles and the 2003–04 UEFA Cup, where he scored the second goal in the 2–0 win against Olympique de Marseille.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/3724215.stm|title=Valencia 2–0 Marseille|publisher=BBC Sport|date=19 May 2004|accessdate=4 June 2010}} On 21 March 2004, he netted a hat-trick for the eventual champions in a 5–1 home victory over RCD Mallorca,{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/019b-0f8454954960-48da174eeea3-1000--mista-magic-dazzles-mallorca/|title=Mista magic dazzles Mallorca|publisher=UEFA|date=21 March 2004|accessdate=28 February 2025}} but his goal rate decreased drastically after the 2004–05 campaign.{{cite web|url=https://www.panenka.org/pasaportes/sigiloso-artillero-del-mejor-valencia-la-historia/|title=Mista, el sigiloso artillero del mejor Valencia de la historia|trans-title=Mista, the quiet forward of the best Valencia in history|publisher=Panenka|first=Arnau|last=Segura|language=Spanish|date=14 November 2018|accessdate=28 February 2025}}
In July 2006, Mista joined Atlético Madrid,{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/01b7-0e6d94feb319-f5e3b96d3d8e-1000--mista-to-start-again-at-atletico/|title=Mista to start again at Atlético|publisher=UEFA|date=27 July 2006|accessdate=28 February 2025}} playing 29 games in his first season but almost absolutely no part in the following.{{cite news|url=https://as.com/futbol/2007/08/11/mas_futbol/1186813640_850215.html|title=Mista no escucha otras ofertas y no se marchará|trans-title=Mista does not listen to other offers and he will not leave|newspaper=Diario AS|first=Patricia|last=Cazón|language=Spanish|date=11 August 2007|accessdate=28 February 2025}} In July 2008, the free agent moved to fellow top-division club Deportivo de La Coruña on a three-year contract,{{cite news|url=http://deportes.elpais.com/deportes/2008/06/28/actualidad/1214637722_850215.html|title=El Deportivo de La Coruña ficha al atlético Mista|trans-title=Deportivo de La Coruña sign Atlético's Mista|newspaper=El País|language=Spanish|date=28 June 2008|accessdate=23 March 2017}} scoring in his competitive debut by netting the first in a 2–1 defeat of Real Madrid on 31 August;{{cite web|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report/_/id/252961?cc=5739|title=Deportivo La Coruña 2–1 Real Madrid|publisher=ESPN Soccernet|date=31 August 2008|accessdate=8 May 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024211534/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report/_/id/252961?cc=5739|archivedate=24 October 2012}} constantly troubled by injuries and a loss of form, his second league goal came more than a year later (7 November 2009) in a 2–0 away victory against Getafe CF.{{cite web|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report/_/id/275872?cc=5739|title=Depor ease past Getafe|publisher=ESPN Soccernet|date=7 November 2009|accessdate=8 May 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511082815/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report/_/id/275872|archivedate=11 May 2011}}{{cite news|url=http://elpais.com/diario/2009/11/21/deportes/1258758010_850215.html|title=Mista vuelve a gritar gol|trans-title=Mista cries goal again|newspaper=El País|first=Juan Luis|last=Cudeiro|language=Spanish|date=21 November 2009|accessdate=23 March 2017}}
=Toronto FC=
After only two official goals for Deportivo in two seasons, Mista signed with Toronto FC of Major League Soccer on 6 July 2010, in a deal running until the end of the season.{{cite web|url=https://www.torontofc.ca/news/toronto-fc-signs-spanish-forward-mista|title=Toronto FC signs Spanish forward Mista|publisher=Toronto FC|date=6 July 2010|accessdate=6 July 2010}} He first took the field in a friendly against Bolton Wanderers on the 21st,{{cite web|url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/new-tfc-signing-mista-shows-promise-debut|title=New TFC signing Mista shows promise in debut|publisher=Major League Soccer|first=Vijay|last=Setlur|date=22 July 2010|accessdate=28 February 2025}} and made his competitive debut in a 1–1 draw against FC Dallas also at BMO Field three days later.{{cite news|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/sounders/fc-dallas-toronto-fc-play-to-a-1-1-draw-in-major-league-soccer/|title=FC Dallas, Toronto FC play to a 1–1 draw in Major League Soccer|newspaper=The Seattle Times|date=24 July 2010|accessdate=28 February 2025}} His only goal came on 17 August, in a 2–1 home win over Cruz Azul in the CONCACAF Champions League.{{cite web|url=https://www.torontofc.ca/news/reds-relishing-champions-league-role|title=Reds relishing Champions League role|publisher=Toronto FC|first=Peter|last=Mallett|date=18 August 2010|accessdate=19 August 2010}}
On 24 November 2010, in the 2010 MLS Expansion Draft, the 32-year-old Mista was waived.{{cite web|url=https://www.torontofc.ca/news/toronto-waives-five-players|title=Toronto waives five players|publisher=Toronto FC|date=24 November 2010|accessdate=25 November 2010}} He announced his retirement on 14 August of the following year.{{cite news|url=https://as.com/futbol/2011/08/14/mas_futbol/1313272818_850215.html|title=Mista se retira del fútbol a los 32 años por una lesión|trans-title=Mista retires from football at age 32 due to an injury|newspaper=Diario AS|language=Spanish|date=14 August 2011|accessdate=11 February 2020}}
International career
Mista made his debut with Spain on 26 March 2005, in a 3–0 friendly win against China in Salamanca.{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/2005/03/27/pagina-4/1309544/pdf.html|title=Aperitivo oriental|trans-title=Oriental hors d'oeuvre|newspaper=Mundo Deportivo|first=Manuel|last=Segura|language=Spanish|date=27 March 2005|accessdate=17 May 2013}} He added another cap seven months later, in a 6–0 away thrashing of San Marino for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.{{cite news|url=http://futbol.as.com/futbol/2005/10/12/mas_futbol/1129068018_850215.html|title=Se consuma el fracaso: a la repesca|trans-title=Failure confirmed: to the play-offs|newspaper=Diario AS|first=Iván|last=Castelló|language=Spanish|date=12 October 2005|accessdate=26 June 2016}}
Coaching career
Mista began working as a coach at youth level, first with Valencia{{cite news|url=https://as.com/futbol/2018/06/27/primera/1530100332_709199.html|title=El Valencia cierra su staff de la cantera: Mista sigue en el Juvenil|trans-title=Valencia complete their youth system staff: Mista remains at the Juvenil|newspaper=Diario AS|first=Julián|last=Burgos|language=Spanish|date=27 June 2018|accessdate=15 March 2020}} then with Madrid-based Rayo Vallecano.{{cite news|url=https://www.marca.com/futbol/rayo/2019/06/11/5cff71b6e2704e4dbf8b45e5.html|title=Mista entrenará al Rayo Vallecano Juvenil A|trans-title=Mista to coach Rayo Vallecano Juvenil A|newspaper=Marca|first=Marcos|last=De Vicente|language=Spanish|date=11 June 2019|accessdate=15 March 2020}} On 11 February 2020, he was announced as the first manager of Canadian Premier League side Atlético Ottawa at the club's official launch event.{{cite web|url=https://canpl.ca/article/mista-revealed-as-atletico-ottawas-first-head-coach-and-gm|title=Mista revealed as Atlético Ottawa's first head coach and GM|publisher=Canadian Premier League|first=Charlie|last=O'Connor-Clarke|date=11 February 2020|accessdate=11 February 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/ottawa-s-new-soccer-team-is-called-atletico-ottawa-1.4807305|title=Ottawa's new soccer team is called Atletico Ottawa|publisher=CTV News|first=Michael|last=Woods|date=11 February 2020|accessdate=11 February 2020}} After the COVID-19 pandemic, he finally made his managerial debut on 15 August in a 2–2 draw with York9 FC in neutral Prince Edward Island;{{cite news|url=https://northerntribune.ca/atletico-ottawa-growth/|title=Mista: Atletico Ottawa is in a growth period|newspaper=Northern Tribune|first=John|last=Jacques|date=29 August 2020|accessdate=14 January 2021}} the team from the capital finished the season in seventh place, one above last.{{cite web|url=https://canpl.ca/article/atletico-ottawa-2020-season-in-review|title=Atlético Ottawa: 2020 season in review|publisher=Canadian Premier League|first=Charlie|last=O'Connor-Clarke|date=15 December 2020|accessdate=14 January 2021}}
After a last-place finish in the 2021 campaign, Mista announced that he would not be returning.{{cite web|url=https://atleticoottawa.canpl.ca/article/thank-you-from-the-bottom-of-my-heart-mista|title=Thank you from the bottom of my heart. – Mista|publisher=Atlético Ottawa|date=28 December 2021|accessdate=7 January 2022}}
Managerial statistics
{{updated|31 December 2021}}{{Soccerway|miguel-angel-ferrer-martinez/3053}}
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| rowspan="2"|Team | rowspan="2"|From | rowspan="2"|To | colspan="8"|Record | rowspan="2"|{{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}} | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{Tooltip|M|Matches coached}} | {{Tooltip|W|Matches won}} | {{Tooltip|D|Matches drawn}} | {{Tooltip|L|Matches lost}} | {{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}} | {{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}} | {{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}} | {{Tooltip|Win %|Winning percentage}} |
| Atlético Ottawa | 29 January 2020 | 28 December 2021
{{WDL|36|8|10|18|for=39|against=62|diff=yes}} | | |||||
| colspan="3"| Total
{{WDLtot|36|8|10|18|for=39|against=62|diff=yes}} !— |
Honours
Valencia
- La Liga: 2001–02, 2003–04{{cite web|url=https://www.eldesmarque.com/futbol/valencia-cf/20150328/silencio-habla-mista_170003158.html|title=Pssttt!!! Silencio: habla Mista|trans-title=Shush!!! Quiet: Mista is talking|publisher=El Desmarque|first=Álex|last=Heras|language=Spanish|date=28 March 2015|accessdate=28 February 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.valenciacf.com/en/17091942750270830|title=Mista and Morientes: the predators in the box|publisher=Valencia CF|date=29 February 2024|accessdate=28 February 2025}}
- UEFA Cup: 2003–04
- UEFA Super Cup: 2004{{cite news|url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundodeporte/2004/08/27/champions/1093640336.html|title=El Valencia vence al Oporto en la Supercopa europea|trans-title=Valencia beat Porto in European Supercup|newspaper=El Mundo|language=Spanish|date=27 August 2004|accessdate=28 February 2025}}
Atlético Madrid
Deportivo
- UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2008
Toronto FC
References
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External links
- {{BDFutbol|2000}}
- {{NFT player|id=10962}}
- {{FIFA player|196229}}
{{Atlético Ottawa head coaches}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mista}}
Category:People from Caravaca de la Cruz
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