Miguel Brizuela
Personal information
Full name Miguel Marcelo Brizuela
Date of birth (1997-01-05) 5 January 1997
Place of birth Moreno, Argentina[1]
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre-back[2]
Team information
Current team
 Vélez Sarsfield
Number 28
Youth career
River Plate
2011–2019 Vélez Sarsfield
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Vélez Sarsfield 37 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:25, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

Miguel Marcelo Brizuela (born 5 January 1997) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Vélez Sarsfield.[3]

Career

Brizuela had a short stint with River Plate, prior to penning terms with Vélez Sarsfield's ranks.[1][4] He is a product of the latter's academy, with their former youth captain making a first-team breakthrough in mid-2019 under manager Gabriel Heinze.[1][5][6] His professional debut arrived on 28 July 2019, as the centre-back was selected to start a Primera División fixture away to Talleres; he played fifty-nine minutes, before being subbed off for Pablo Galdames in an eventual 1–0 loss at the Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes.[3][7] Brizuela scored his first goal on 3 January 2021 against Newell's Old Boys in the Copa de la Liga Profesional.[3]

Personal life

On 9 February 2021, Brizuela was charged - along with Vélez teammate Thiago Almada - with the rape of a 28-year-old woman; which allegedly occurred at a party on 3 December 2020, which was hosted by teammate Juan Martín Lucero to celebrate Vélez advancing in the Copa Sudamericana.[8] Juan José Acosta Delbene, a former manager of Defensa y Justicia's reserves and Argentino, was initially the only person charged.[8] However, in early February, prosecutor Laura Zyseskind charged initial witnesses Brizuela and Almada; while Delbene was on the run.[9] It is claimed that those two, plus Delbene and an unnamed woman, were involved.[8] Two other women, who were later apprehended, reportedly stole items from the victim.[8]

In response to the charging of Brizuela and Almada, Vélez Sarsfield announced on 9 February that both players had been removed from the first-team until the case was concluded.[10] However, the two players were reincorporated into the senior set-up on 16 February after the club claimed to have received new evidence and further information on the case - though the victim's lawyer, Raquel Hermida Leyenda, stated that nothing had changed in the intervening period.[11][12] Brizuela played and scored a day later against Deportivo Camioneros in the Copa Argentina.[13]

Career statistics

As of 18 February 2021.[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vélez Sarsfield 2019–20 Primera División 200000000020
2020–21[nb 1] 9100003[lower-alpha 1]000121
2021[nb 2] 0011—000011
Career total 11111003000152
  1. ↑ Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana

Notes

  1. ↑ Soccerway counts 2020 Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.
  2. ↑ Soccerway counts 2021 Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Llegó el debut". Vélez Sarsfield. 28 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Miguel Brizuela". World Football. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Argentina - M. Brizuela". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  4. ↑ ""Pensé que no iba a volver a jugar"". Vélez Sarsfield. 19 December 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  5. ↑ "Firmó primero". Vélez Sarsfield. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  6. ↑ "La reserva de Vélez ya tiene rival en la Copa de la Superliga". Vavel. 20 April 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  7. ↑ "Con una perla de Menéndez, Talleres venció a un desconocido Vélez". IAM Noticias. 28 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "Quién es el entrenador acusado de violar a la joven en la fiesta de la que participaron jugadores de Vélez". Infobae. 5 December 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  9. ↑ "Imputaron a los jugadores de Vélez Thiago Almada y Miguel Brizuela en la causa por abuso sexual". Infobae. 9 February 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  10. ↑ "Comunicado oficial". Vélez Sarsfield. 9 February 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  11. ↑ "Comunicado oficial". Vélez Sarsfield. 16 February 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  12. ↑ "Abuso sexual: Vélez reincorporó a su plantel a Brizuela y Almada". Página12. 16 February 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  13. ↑ "Brizuela y Almada, de la separación del plantel a figuras en Vélez". Olé. 17 February 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
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