Miguel Merentiel
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 Merentiel with Palmeiras in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Miguel Ángel Merentiel Serrano[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 24 February 1996[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Paysandú, Uruguay | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Boca Juniors | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Independencia Paysandú | |||
| Bella Vista Paysandú | |||
| Peñarol | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2019 | Peñarol | 0 | (0) |
| 2017 | → El Tanque Sisley (loan) | 20 | (7) |
| 2017–2018 | → Lorca (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | → Valencia B (loan) | 29 | (8) |
| 2019–2022 | Godoy Cruz | 17 | (4) |
| 2020–2021 | → Defensa y Justicia (loan) | 42 | (17) |
| 2022 | Defensa y Justicia | 15 | (7) |
| 2022–2023 | Palmeiras | 10 | (2) |
| 2023 | → Boca Juniors (loan) | 31 | (14) |
| 2024– | Boca Juniors | 82 | (31) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2024– | Uruguay | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:55, 15 March 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 September 2024 | |||
Miguel Ángel Merentiel Serrano (born 24 February 1996) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Argentine Primera División club Boca Juniors and the Uruguay national team.[2][3]
Born in Paysandú, Merentiel is a Peñarol youth academy graduate. On 9 January 2017, he was loaned to fellow Uruguayan Primera División club El Tanque Sisley for six months.[4]
Merentiel made his professional debut on 19 February 2017, starting in a 4–3 away loss to Cerro.[5] He scored his first goal seven days later, netting the first in a 2–1 away win against Liverpool Montevideo.[6] On 12 March, he scored a brace in a 2–1 win against Montevideo Wanderers.[7]
On 3 August 2017, Merentiel moved abroad for the first time in his career, after agreeing to a one-year loan deal with Segunda División side Lorca FC.[8] The following 31 January, his loan was cut short.[9]
In January 2019, Merentiel was signed by Argentine club Godoy Cruz for a fee around 175.000 euros.[10] On 10 September 2020, he was loaned out to Defensa y Justicia until the end of 2021 with a purchase option.[11] On 2 January 2022, Defensa triggered the option and signed him on a permanently contract until the end of 2024.[12]
On May 18, 2022, Merentiel signed a four-year contract with Palmeiras.[13] In January 2023, he was loaned to Argentine club Boca Juniors with a trade option of US$3 million.[14] On 10 November 2023, Boca used the purchase option.[15]
International career
In September 2024, Merentiel received his first call-up to the Uruguay national team for FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Paraguay and Venezuela.[16] He debuted against the latter on 10 September 2024 at the Estadio Monumental de Maturín. He substituted Maximiliano Araújo at half-time as the game ended scoreless.[17]