Miguel Escobar

For the Colombian footballer, see Miguel Escobar (Colombian footballer).

Miguel Alejandro Escobar (born 24 August 1995) is an Argentine footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for General Caballero JLM.^[2]

Miguel Escobar

Personal information
Full name	Miguel Alejandro Escobar
Date of birth	(1995-08-24) 24 August 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth	Moreno, Argentina
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder[1]
Team information
Current team	General Caballero JLM
Number	18
Youth career
2000–2009	Los Polleros
2009–2014	Banfield
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2017	Banfield	2	(0)
2016–2017	→ Defensores (loan)	21	(2)
2017	Senglea Athletic	5	(0)
2018	Magallanes	7	(1)
2018–2019	JJ Urquiza	21	(1)
2019–2020	Sportivo Belgrano	12	(2)
2020–2021	Los Andes	11	(0)
2022–	General Caballero JLM	0	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:11, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

Career

After youth spells with Los Polleros and Banfield, Escobar started his pro career in Argentina with the latter.^[3] He first appeared on the club's substitutes bench for an Argentine Primera División draw with Atlético de Rafaela in October 2014.^[2] He made his professional debut on 16 February 2016 in a league match versus Quilmes, with his only other appearance in 2016 coming against Godoy Cruz just over a week later.^[2][4] In July 2016, Escobar joined Defensores de Belgrano of Primera B Metropolitana on loan.^[2][5] He scored two goals in twenty-one games.^[2]

August 2017 saw Escobar join Maltese Premier League side Senglea Athletic.^[2][6] His first appearance for Senglea came in a 0–1 defeat to Valletta on 25 August.^[2] In total, he played five times for Senglea.^[2] In January 2018, Escobar signed for Primera B de Chile team Magallanes.^[7] He netted his first Magallanes goal during a Copa Chile match with Tomás Greig FC in May.^[2] A move to JJ Urquiza was completed in the following August.^[2] After spending the 2019–20 campaign with Sportivo Belgrano, Escobar headed to Los Andes in October 2020.^[8]

Career statistics

As of 30 December 2020.^[2]

Club statistics

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Banfield	2014	Primera División	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	0	0
	2015		0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	0	0
	2016		2	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	2	0
	2016–17		0	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		2	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0	2	0
Defensores de Belgrano (loan)	2016–17	Primera B Metropolitana	21	2	1	0	—		—		0	0	22	2
Senglea Athletic	2017–18	Premier League	5	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	5	0
Magallanes	2018	Primera B	7	1	2	1	—		—		0	0	9	2
JJ Urquiza	2018–19	Primera B Metropolitana	21	1	0	0	—		—		0	0	21	1
Sportivo Belgrano	2019–20	Torneo Federal A	12	2	1	0	—		—		0	0	13	2
Los Andes	2020	Primera B Metropolitana	1	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	1	0
Career total			69	6	4	1	—		0	0	0	0	73	7