Miquel Robusté Colomer (born 20 May 1985) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a central defender.
Club career Born in Vilassar de Mar, Barcelona, Catalonia, Robusté a started his career at the second biggest club in Barcelona, RCD Espanyol. He played for both Juvenil teams during 2003–04 and was a regular of the reserves in his three-season spell, with 21 Segunda División B appearances in his second year, suffering relegation.
Robusté was loaned to Polideportivo Ejido of Segunda División for the 2006–07 campaign,Valverde quiere volver con dos victorias (Valverde wants to return with two wins); Mundo Deportivo, 2 August 2006 (in Spanish) and played 30 official games for the Andalusia side. In the summer of 2007 he was released by Espanyol with only one competitive appearance to his credit – one minute in the 2–0 away win against Cádiz CF in the quarter-finals of the Copa del ReyEl Espanyol gana 0–2 y encarrila la eliminatoria en Cádiz (Espanyol win 0–2 and all but close tie in Cádiz); El Mundo, 18 January 2006 (in Spanish)– and joined Levante UD of La Liga.Presentan a Shota y hoy a Robusté (Shota Arveladze was presented and Robusté's turn today); Mundo Deportivo, 19 July 2007 (in Spanish)
Due to the club's severe financial crisis, Robusté was propelled into the first team, making his top-flight debut on 30 March 2008 in a 2–1 away defeat to UD Almería.Almeria 2–1 Levante ; ESPN Soccernet, 30 March 2008 On 22 May 2010, with the team again in division two, he scored twice in a 5–3 victory over FC Cartagena,Goleada de primera (3–5) (Top-tier rout (3–5)); Levante-EMV, 22 May 2010 (in Spanish) as the Valencians eventually finished third and promoted.El héroe del ascenso se va entre lágrimas (Promotion hero leaves in tears); Las Provincias, 10 August 2011 (in Spanish)
On 10 August 2011, after only seven league matches with Levante, Robusté left and returned to the second tier, signing for Xerez CD late in the month.Robusté se desvincula del Levante (Robusté cuts ties with Levante); Marca, 8 August 2011 (in Spanish)Robusté cierra filas en el Xerez (Robusté completes squad at Xerez); La Voz de Cádiz, 11 August 2011 (in Spanish) He continued competing at that level the following seasons, with SD Ponferradina.Robusté, ex de Levante, Xerez y Ponferradina, sustituye a Rak (Robusté, formerly of Levante, Xerez and Ponferradina, replaces Rak); La Verdad, 30 August 2014 (in Spanish)
Robusté retired in September 2023 aged 38, following spells in the Catalan lower and amateur leagues, mostly with CF Badalona.El capità Miquel Robusté, no renovat; el Badalona encara és una incògnita (Captain Miquel Robusté, he does not renew; Badalona are still iffy); Diari de Badalona, 11 July 2022 (in Catalan)Miquel Robusté penja les botes (Miquel Robusté hangs up boots); Vilassar Ràdio, 19 September 2023 (in Catalan)
International career Robusté was captain of the Spain under-19 team that won the 2004 UEFA European Championship.FOTOS CON HISTORIA: 2004, cuando la Sub-19 abrió el camino a la Absoluta (HISTORIC PHOTOS: 2004, when the Under-19s paved the way for the A-team) ; Royal Spanish Football Federation, 25 November 2014 (in Spanish) He also represented the nation at the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship.Chile está de vuelta en la tierra tras caer ante España 7–0 en Mundial Sub 20 (Chile back to earth after falling 7–0 to Spain in Under 20 World Cup); El Mercurio, 14 June 2005 (in Spanish)España luchará ante Argentina por un puesto en semifinales del Mundial sub'20 tras golear a Turquía (3–0) (Spain will fight Argentina for a place in the semi-finals of the under'20 World Cup after thrashing Turkey (3–0)); Libertad Digital, 22 June 2005 (in Spanish)
Career statistics
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsEspanyol B 2003–04Segunda División B30——302004–05Segunda División B211——211Total241——241Espanyol 2005–06La Liga0010—10Poli Ejido (loan)2006–07Segunda División29010—300Levante 2007–08La Liga4000—402008–09Segunda División16110—1712009–10Segunda División17200—1722010–11La Liga7031—101Total44341—484Xerez2010–11Segunda División35110—361Ponferradina2012–13Segunda División8040—1202013–14Segunda División13011—141Total21051—251Cartagena2014–15Segunda División B2600020280Rapid București 2015–16Liga II24200—242Badalona2016–17Segunda División B24100—2412017–18Segunda División B19200—1922018–19Segunda División B35010—3602019–20Segunda División B23031—2612020–21Segunda División B18000—180Total119341—1234Career total322101632034013
Honours Espanyol Copa del Rey: 2005–06Increíble Espanyol! (Incredible Espanyol!); Mundo Deportivo, 13 April 2006 (in Spanish)
Spain U19 UEFA European Under-19 Championship: 2004
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