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My Take
Mista is my kind of footballer, the late bloomer who proves that early rejection isn't a verdict. Cast aside by Real Madrid's youth ranks, Miguel Angel Ferrer reinvented himself at Valencia, helping the club to four major trophies across a five-year peak and notching 48 La Liga goals over ten seasons for four clubs. Those numbers aren't flashy, but they speak of a striker who turned up when it counted. What I respect most is the arc, refusing to be defined by an early no, then quietly moving into coaching. He built his place in the game through grit rather than hype, and I love that.
Overview
Miguel Ángel Ferrer Martínez (born 12 November 1978), known as Mista, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a striker. An unsuccessful Real Madrid youth graduate, he would make a name for himself with Valencia, helping the club to win four major titles during his five-year spell and scoring 48 goals in 218 La Liga games over ten seasons, in representation of four teams.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Mista
- Name (Japanese)
- ミゲル・アンヘル・フェレール
- Reading
- みげる・あんへる・ふぇれーる
- Born
- November 12, 1978 (age 47)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Horse
- Origin
- Caravaca de la Cruz, Region of Murcia, Spain
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 184 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Association football player — see all → · Association football coach — see all → · More people from Spain →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.