Miguel Ángel Cordero Sánchez (born 10 September 1987) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder.
Club career Born in Lebrija, Province of Seville, Cordero arrived at Sevilla FC's youth ranks at the age of 12 from local CA Antoniano. In 2006 he moved to Sevilla Atlético, helping Sevilla FC's reserves to achieve promotion to Segunda División.
After totalling 45 matches with Sevilla B the following two seasons – suffering relegation in his second – and some call-ups to the first team, although he never appeared officially for the Andalusians, Cordero was loaned to another side in the third tier, Real Madrid Castilla. In August 2010 he signed with Xerez CD, returning to his native region.
In his first season, Cordero was one of the most used players by manager Javi López (almost 2,900 minutes of action), scoring five goals as Xerez easily retained their status. He also collected 15 yellow cards.
Cordero joined AEK Athens F.C. in the summer of 2012, going on to remain several years in Greece and help to two consecutive promotions to reach the Super League after they were relegated twice in the same campaign due to irregularities.Cordero ready for AEK's comeback; Neos Kosmos, 4 May 2015 On 25 June 2016, however, as his contract was nearing its expiration, he was told by the board of directors to look for a new club.Δεν υπολογίζεται ο Κορδέρο στην ΑΕΚ (Cordero does not make the grade at AEK); Sport FM, 25 June 2016 (in Greek)
On 30 August 2016, Cordero signed a one-year deal with Gimnàstic de Tarragona of the Spanish second division.Miguel Ángel Cordero, nou jugador del Nàstic (Miguel Ángel Cordero, new player of Nàstic); Gimnàstic Tarragona, 30 August 2016 (in Catalan) After featuring sparingly, he moved to the level below with FC Cartagena the following 1 August.Miguel Ángel Cordero, nuevo jugador del Cartagena (Miguel Ángel Cordero, new player of Cartagena); La Opinión de Murcia, 1 August 2017 (in Spanish)
Cordero helped the Efesé to promote to division two in 2020, contributing 21 games to this feat. On 29 December 2020, already a fringe player, the 33-year-old terminated his contract with the club and joined third-tier side CD Atlético Baleares just hours later.
Career statistics
ClubSeasonLeagueCup1EuropeOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsSevilla B2005–06Segunda División B20———202006–07Segunda División B281——403212007–08Segunda División140———1402008–09Segunda División310———310Total751——40791Real Madrid B (loan)2009–10Segunda División B250———250Xerez2010–11Segunda División37511——3862011–12Segunda División29110——3012012–13Segunda División 2000——20Total68621——707AEK Athens2012–13Super League Greece23000——2302013–14Gamma Ethniki24140——2812014–15Super League Greece 216031——1912015–16Super League Greece17070——240Total801141——942Gimnàstic2016–17Segunda División17130——201Cartagena2017–18Segunda División B25030—403202018–19Segunda División B33120—413922019–20Segunda División B20020—102302020–21Segunda División3000——30Total81170—91972Atlético Baleares2020–21Segunda División B140———1402021–22Primera División RFEF21030——2402022–23Primera Federación23010——240Total58040——620Atlético Sanluqueño2023–24Primera Federación11010——120Career total415103120013145913 1Includes two appearances in the semi-professional Gamma Ethniki Cup
Honours Sevilla B Segunda División B: 2006–07
AEK Greek Football Cup: 2015–16 Gamma Ethniki: 2013–14 (Group VI) Football League Greece: 2014–15 (South Group)
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