Stefani Miglioranzi

Stefani Miglioranzi

Personal information
Full name	Stefani Miglioranzi
Date of birth	(1977-09-20) September 20, 1977 (age 46)
Place of birth	Poços de Caldas, Brazil
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s)	Midfielder
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–1998	St. John's Red Storm
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2002	Portsmouth	35	(2)
2002–2006	Swindon Town	124	(8)
2006	Los Angeles Galaxy	3	(0)
2007–2008	Columbus Crew	37	(3)
2009	Los Angeles Galaxy	23	(0)
2010–2011	Philadelphia Union	43	(0)
Total		265	(13)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of November 7, 2011

Stefani Miglioranzi (born September 20, 1977 in Poços de Caldas) is a retired Brazilian-American footballer. After a successful playing career that spanned 18 years, Stefani Miglioranzi retired from playing professionally and became a Registered Intermediary and licensed FIFA match agent for First Wave Sports International, a full service agency for professional soccer players / footballers.

Career

Early life and college career

Born in Brazil, Miglioranzi moved with his family to the United States when he was 12. He played for FC Westchester as youth player from 12–19 years old. He attended

and also was a member of the 1998 All-American team.

Miglioranzi was drafted by the

with the final pick of the draft, but turned down the offer, having already been offered a contract to play in England.

Portsmouth

He went to England in 1998 to take part in trials with

were also heavily interested at the time.

Swindon Town

Miglioranzi signed for Swindon in July 2002, after a successful trial spell prompted

.

Despite the fears for his fitness, Miglioranzi missed just five league games in his first season at the club, and he scored four goals in total - all of which were from the edge of the Penalty area. During this period, there were fears he would be poached, as he remained on a monthly contract - these fears were allayed in May 2003, when, after a good season, he agreed a year's deal, with a second year triggered if a certain number of appearances were reached.

A number of nagging injuries during 2003/04 meant that the extension was not automatically triggered. Miglioranzi had another good season, including a game in the

- nevertheless, he was offered a new two-year contract in May 2004, which he signed.

Miglioranzi started the first four games of the 2004/05 season, but went off injured in the first half at

role for the final game of the campaign.

Having declared that the past season had been disappointing for him, both on the pitch and in terms of injuries, Miglioranzi saw a consultant and returned to pre-season training early in a bid to put his injury woes behind him. No sooner as he declared that he was feeling the best he had for a long time during the build-up, a sprained ankle picked up in a friendly at Aylesbury United forced him to miss the opening four matches of the season - and his campaign started as a second-half substitute in a 4–2 victory over Yeovil Town at the end of August. Just a month later though, Miglioranzi's injury curse struck again, as he hobbled off part way through a home game with Bradford - the medial ligament strain he sustained keeping him out of action for over a month.

He returned to league action with a great performance in a

in mid-April proved to be Miglioranzi's last in a Town shirt - a knee injury that lead to surgery preventing him from featuring in any of the Town's last four matches - and come the season's end, it was a mutual decision that he would seek a fresh challenge elsewhere.

Several English clubs were rumoured to be interested in Miglioranzi after the announcement that he would leave Swindon - clubs included the Town's bitter rival Oxford United. However, Miglioranzi rejected the chance to talk to the Non-League outfit.^[2]

Return to MLS

In 2006, Miglioranzi signed with the

.

Miglioranzi was selected by

. Miglioranzi was not selected in the draft and became a free agent.

Retirement

After retiring, Miglioranzi became a USSF registered players' agent and holds a FIFA Match Agent License. He currently is the president of First Wave Sports International.

Honours

Columbus Crew

• Major League Soccer Eastern Conference Championship (1): 2008
• Major League Soccer MLS Cup (1): 2008
• Major League Soccer Supporter's Shield (1): 2008

Los Angeles Galaxy

• Major League Soccer Western Conference Championship (1): 2009

St. John's University

• NCAA Championship
  (1): 1996

Career statistics

Updated October 30, 2011

	Season	Football League Championship		FA Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
		App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals
Portsmouth	1998-99	7	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	7	0
	1999-00	13	2	1	0	3	0	-	-	17	2
	2000-01	12	0	0	0	2	0	-	-	14	0
	2001-02	3	0	0	0	1	0	-	-	4	0
	Club Total	35	2	1	0	6	0	0	0	42	2
	Season	Football League One		FA Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
		App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals
Swindon Town	2002-03	41	3	1	0	1	0	-	-	43	3
	2003-04	36	4	1	0	2	0	-	-	39	4
	2004-05	21	0	0	0	1	0	-	-	22	0
	2005-06	26	1	1	0	0	0	-	-	27	1
	Club Total	124	8	3	0	4	0	0	0	131	8
	Season	MLS		U.S. Open Cup		MLS Cup Playoffs		North America		Total
		App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals
Los Angeles Galaxy	2006	3	0	?	?	-	-	?	?	3	0
	Club Total	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Columbus Crew	2007	23	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	3
	2008	14	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	0
	Club Total	37	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	37	3
Los Angeles Galaxy	2009	23	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	0
	Club Total	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	0
Philadelphia Union	2010	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	0
	2011	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	18	0
	Club Total	43	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	44	0
Career Total		265	13	4	0	11	0	0	0	280	13

References

External links

• Stefani Miglioranzi at Major League Soccer
• Stefani Miglioranzi at Soccerbase