Miguel Mellado

Miguel Alberto Mellado (born 18 March 1993) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Greek club OFI.[1]

Miguel Mellado
Personal information
Full name Miguel Alberto Mellado
Date of birth (1993-03-18) 18 March 1993
Place of birth Río Negro, Argentina
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder[2]
Club information
Current team
 OFI
Number 29
Youth career
Chacarita Juniors
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2020 Chacarita Juniors 162 (3)
2013 → Deportivo Merlo (loan) 17 (0)
2018–2020 → OFI (loan) 42 (1)
2020– OFI 12 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:06, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

Career

Chacarita Juniors

Mellado started his career with Chacarita Juniors.[1][3] He made his debut in Primera B Metropolitana on 1 September 2012 in a 1–3 win away to Tristán Suárez.[1] On 27 October, he scored his first professional goal at home to Brown.[1] In total, Mellado played twenty-six times during 2012–13.[1] From January 2014, across the next six seasons, Mellado scored two goals in one hundred and twenty appearances as the club rose from the third tier to the Argentine Primera División.[1]

Deportivo Merlo loan

Mellado was loaned out for the first part of 2013–14 to fellow Primera B Metropolitana club Deportivo Merlo, he went onto play seventeen times for Merlo before returning to Chacarita.[4][5]

OFI loan

In July 2018, Mellado joined newly-promoted Super League Greece side OFI on loan for one year.[6] On 14 June 2019, OFI announced that Mellado's loan had been extended by an additional year.[7] The Greek club also held a buy-out clause for the summer of 2020, for a reported sum of around €200,000.[7] In two years with OFI, Mellado made forty-eight appearances and scored one goal; versus Aris on 24 August 2019, in a season that ended with UEFA Europa League qualification - twelve months after the club narrowly avoided relegation via the play-offs.[1]

OFI

In August 2020, OFI completed the permanent signing of Mellado.[1] He made his continental competition debut on 17 September, featuring for the full duration of the club's loss to Apollon Limassol in the Europa League second qualifying round.[1] He scored his first goal of 2020–21 on 18 October versus Panathinaikos.[1]

Career statistics
As of 1 January 2021.[1]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Chacarita Juniors 2012–13 Primera B Metropolitana 25110——00261
2013–14 12110——00131
2014 17000——00170
2015 Primera B Nacional 37140——00411
2016 16000——00160
2016–17 38000——00380
2017–18 Primera División 17000——00170
2018–19 Primera B Nacional 0000——0000
2019–20 0000——0000
Total 162360——001683
Deportivo Merlo (loan) 2013–14 Primera B Metropolitana 17010——00180
OFI (loan) 2018–19 Super League 20020——2[lower-alpha 1]0240
2019–20 22120——00241
OFI 2020–21 12100—1[lower-alpha 2]000131
Total 54240—1020612
Career total 2335110—10202475
  1. Appearance(s) in the Super League play-offs
  2. Appearance(s) in the UEFA Europa League

References
  1. "Miguel Mellado profile". Soccerway. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  2. "Miguel Mellado". World Football. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  3. "Miguel Mellado profile". Chacarita Juniors. 20 January 2018. Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  4. "Mellado a Deportivo Merlo". Mundo Ascenso. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  5. "Miguel Mellado profile". BDFA. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  6. "Παίκτης του ΟΦΗ μας και ο 25χρονος αμυντικός μέσος Miguel Mellado". OFI Crete F.C. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  7. "ΟΦΗ: Ανανέωσε το δανεισμό του Μεγιάδο". gazzetta. 14 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
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