Miguel Terceros

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Miguel Terceros
Terceros in 2023
Personal information
Full name Miguel Ángel Terceros Acuña
Date of birth (2004-04-25) 25 April 2004 (age 20)
Place of birth Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, forward
Team information
Current team
 Santos
Number 47
Youth career
2009–2015 Academía Tahuichi [es]
2015–2018 Proyecto Bolivia 2022
2018–2024 Santos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– Santos 4 (0)
International career‡
2019 Bolivia U15 8 (2)
2020– Bolivia U20 2 (0)
2022– Bolivia 11 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:38, 27 April 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4:24, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

Miguel Ángel Terceros Acuña (born 25 April 2004), sometimes known as Miguelito, is a Bolivian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a forward for Campeonato Brasileiro Série B club Santos and the Bolivia national team.

Club career

Early career

Born in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Terceros began his career with Academía Tahuichi [es] at the age of five. In 2015, aged 11, he joined Proyecto Bolivia 2022, a social project which had partnerships with several clubs in South America.[2]

Santos

Terceros playing with Santos in 2024

Terceros joined Santos in 2018, aged 14, after being approved on a trial.[2][3][4][5] However, as FIFA does not allow transfers of under-18 foreign players, he did not sign a contract with the club, only having an exchange program arrangement.[6]

In March 2021, Terceros impressed during trainings and started to feature with Santos' under-23 squad.[7] On 26 April 2022, one day after his 18th birthday, he signed a contract with the club until April 2027.[8]

Terceros was officially able to play for Santos in July 2022, after being registered once the transfer window opened;

Lucas Braga in a 4–1 home success over Juventude;[10] he also became the first Bolivian to play for the club.[11]

International career

Terceros featured for the Bolivia under-15 national team in the 2019 South American U-15 Championship,[12][13] playing in all five matches during the competition. In December 2020, aged just 16, he was called up by manager César Farías with the under-20s for an international friendly tournament in Rio de Janeiro.[14][15]

On 30 October 2021, Terceros was called up by Farías, but now to

friendly loss against Senegal in Orléans, France.[18][19]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 29 June 2023[20]
Club Season League Paulista Copa do Brasil Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Santos 2022 Série A 2 0 — 0 0 — 2 0
2023 2 0 0 0 2 0 3[a] 0 7 0
2024 Série B 0 0 — — — 0 0
Career total 4 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 9 0
  1. ^ Appearances in Copa Sudamericana

International

As of 12 June 2024[20]
National team Year Competitive Friendly Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bolivia 2022 0 0 2 0 2 0
2023 1 0 5 0 6 0
2024 0 0 3 1 3 1
Total 1 0 10 1 11 1

Honours

Santos

References

  1. ^ "Miguel" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Santos FC. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Liderados por 'lenda' Miguelito, bolivianos constroem uma família no Santos" [Led by 'legendary' Miguelito, Bolivians build a family at Santos] (in Brazilian Portuguese). UOL Esporte. 4 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Miguel Terceros impresiona y salta a sus 16 años al Sub23 del Santos" [Miguel Terceros impresses and makes the jump to the under-23s of Santos at the age of 16] (in Spanish). Premium Sports. 27 March 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Santos alimenta sonho de garotos bolivianos bilharem no futebol" [Santos feed the dream of Bolivian kids to shine in football] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Diário do Peixe. 22 December 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Terceros, Uzeda y Zabala: el Proyecto Bolivia 2022 ya rinde sus frutos" [Terceros, Uzeda and Zabala: the Proyecto Bolivia 2022 already reaps its rewards] (in Spanish). Premium Sports. 9 November 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Quem é o jogador boliviano que veste a camisa 10 no sub-15 do Santos" [Who is the Bolivian player who wears the number 10 shirt in the under-15s of Santos] (in Brazilian Portuguese). UOL Esporte. 8 May 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Joia boliviana, Miguel Terceros impressiona e é promovido ao Sub-23 do Santos" [Bolivian pearl, Miguel Terceros impresses and is promoted to Santos' under-23 team] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Diário do Peixe. 27 March 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Miguelito assina primeiro contrato profissional com o Santos FC" [Miguelito signs first professional contract with Santos FC] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Santos FC. 26 April 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  9. ^ "Promessa das categorias de base do Santos, Miguel Terceros é registrado no BID" [Prospect of the youth setup of Santos, Miguel Terceros is registered in the BID] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Gazeta Esportiva. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  10. ^ "Santos atropela o Juventude em noite de golaços e com estreia de Miguelito" [Santos thrash Juventude in a night of great goals and with the debut of Miguelito] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Lance!. 10 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  11. ^ "Santos: Miguelito estreia, agradece torcida e ganha parabéns de M. Leonardo" [Santos: Miguelito debuts, thanks the supporters and receives praise from M. Leonardo] (in Brazilian Portuguese). UOL Esporte. 10 October 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  12. ^ "La Verdecita viaja a Paraguay e inicia preparación final con miras a la primera fase del Sudamericano Sub 15" [The Verdecita travel to Paraguay and start the final preparations aiming the first phase of the Under-15 South American]. Bolivian Football Federation (in Spanish). Facebook. 13 November 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  13. ^ "Lista de convocados de la Sub 15 para encarar el cuadrangular en Río de Janeiro del 22 al 28 de septiembre 🏆" [List of called up of the under-15s to face a quadrangular in Rio de Janeiro from 22 to 28 September 🏆] (in Spanish). Futbol Boliviano. 19 September 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  14. ^ "César Farías convocó a juvenil del Santos, de 16 años, para la sub-20" [César Farías calls up Santos youngster, 16 years old, for the under-20s] (in Spanish). El Deber. 11 December 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  15. ^ "TERCEROS: ES UN ORGULLO INMENSO E INEXPLICABLE REPRESENTAR A MI PAÍS" [TERCEROS: IS AN INMENSE AND UNEXPLAINABLE PRIDE TO REPRESENT MY COUNTRY] (in Spanish). Bolivian Football Federation. 11 December 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  16. ^ "Farías cita a 44 jugadores para la doble fecha de Eliminatorias, Camacho es la novedad" [Farías calls up 44 players for the two-fixture qualifying matches, Camacho is the news] (in Spanish). La Razón. 30 October 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  17. ^ "Meia do Santos é convocado pela Bolívia: "Parece que tem muita qualidade", diz Carille" [Santos midfielder is called up by Bolivia: "It appears that he has a lot of quality", says Carille] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Gazeta Esportiva. 30 October 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  18. ^ "Miguel Terceros y un debut que ilusiona en Bolivia" [Miguel Terceros and a promising debut in Bolivia] (in Spanish). Late!. 25 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  19. ^ "Miguelito estreia no futebol profissional em amistoso da Seleção Boliviana" [Miguelito debuts in professional football on a friendly of the Bolivia national team] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Diário do Peixe. 24 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  20. ^ a b Miguel Terceros at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 September 2022.

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