Maikel Nieves
Spanish footballer (born 1989)
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Antonio Nieves Martín (born 2 December 1989), commonly known as Maikel Nieves is a Spanish footballer who plays for Norwegian club Råde as a forward.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Antonio Nieves Martín | ||
| Date of birth | 2 December 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Las Palmas, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Råde | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Yoñe | |||
| Telde | |||
| Las Palmas | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2011 | Las Palmas B | ||
| 2011–2012 | Vecindario | 27 | (3) |
| 2012–2013 | Rayo Cantabria | ||
| 2013–2014 | Vecindario | ||
| 2014 | Nybersgund | 23 | (15) |
| 2015–2017 | Kongsvinger | 73 | (27) |
| 2018 | Brommapojkarna | 20 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | Fredrikstad | 62 | (11) |
| 2022– | Råde | 0 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 5 January 2022 | |||
Club career
Born in Las Palmas, Nieves started his youth career with the academy of CD Yoñe before passing through the youth setups of UD Telde and UD Las Palmas.[1] Subsequently, he went to play for lower league clubs in his native country, representing UD Vecindario and Rayo Cantabria.[2]
In April 2014, Nieves moved abroad for the first time and signed with Norwegian third-tier club Nybergsund IL-Trysil.[3] In his first season abroad, he contributed with 16 goals ans 11 assists. He moved to Kongsvinger IL Toppfotball in December.[4] He contributed with 11 goals in his first season with the club, with his team winning promotion to the second tier.[5] He went on to play regularly with the club, and also featured for the side in the 2016 Norwegian Football Cup final.[6] After amassing 85 caps and scoring 30 goals, Nieves left the club in December 2017.[7]
On 8 January 2018, Nieves switched to Swedish Allsvenskan club IF Brommapojkarna.[8] In January 2019, Nieves signed with Fredrikstad FK in the Norwegian 2. divisjon.[9]
Career statistics
- As of match played on 16 September 2018
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Vexindario | 2011–12[10] | Segunda División B | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 27 | 3 | |
| Nybersgund | 2014[11] | 2. divisjon | 23 | 15 | 2 | 1 | — | 25 | 16 | |
| Kongsvinger | 2015[11] | 2. divisjon | 23 | 10 | 3 | 1 | — | 26 | 11 | |
| 2016[11] | 1. divisjon | 25 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2[a] | 1 | 32 | 10 | |
| 2017[11] | 1. divisjon | 25 | 9 | 2 | 0 | — | 27 | 9 | ||
| Total | 73 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 85 | 30 | ||
| Brommapojkarna | 2018[12] | Allsvenskan | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | |
| Career total | 138 | 45 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 156 | 49 | ||
- Appearances in Promotion Play-offs