Michel

Miguel Alfonso Herrero Javaloyas (Spanish pronunciation: [miˈɣel alˈfonso eˈreɾo xaβaˈloʝas]; born 29 July 1988), commonly known as Michel [ˈmitʃel], is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for CD Tenerife mainly as an attacking midfielder.

He achieved La Liga totals of over 172 games for Valencia, Deportivo, Levante, Getafe and Valladolid.

Club Career

Valencia

Born in Burjassot, Valencian Community, Michel finished his football grooming at local Burjassot CF and started playing as a senior with Valencia CF's reserves. After a string of midfield injuries to the main squad (Ruben Baraja, Edu and Manuel Fernandes) he was called up by coach Unai Emery, making his La Liga debut against FC Barcelona, playing 20 minutes in a 4–0 away loss on 6 December 2008; previous to that, he had already appeared in a Copa del Rey game against Club Portugalete, where he also scored.

Michel's first start occurred on 3 March 2009 in a 2–1 loss at CD Numancia, as he began to be regularly summoned to the league's squad of 18 each week.

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