Maikel Chang
Chang with Charleston Battery in 2016
Personal information
Full name Maikel Chang Ramirez
Date of birth (1991-04-18) April 18, 1991
Place of birth Havana, Cuba
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Real Salt Lake
Number 16
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Industriales ? (?)
2010–2012 Ciudad de la Habana ? (?)
2013–2017 Charleston Battery 110 (14)
2018– Real Monarchs 67 (17)
2020– Real Salt Lake 88 (5)
International career‡
2012 Cuba 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:35, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 March 2012

Maikel Chang Ramírez (born April 18, 1991) is a Cuban professional footballer who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer club Real Salt Lake.

Club career

Born in Havana, Chang played for local clubs Industriales and Ciudad de la Habana, before leaving the country and joining Charleston Battery in 2013.[2] He moved to USL side Real Monarchs for the 2018 season.[3]

Maikel Chang became the first player in the league's modern era to reach 30 career assists. Chang arrived at the Monarchs after four seasons with the Charleston Battery where he played 7,981 minutes and scored 15 goals in 109 matches played.

Additionally, Chang scored 15 goals – two of them in the final playoffs – and assisted his teammates eight times.

On 18 November 2019, the Cuban reached the title of champion after defeating Louisville City in the grand final.

On 21 November 2019, Chang moved up to MLS with Real Salt Lake.[4]

Career statistics

As of match played on 1 June 2023[5]
Club statistics
Club Season League National Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Charleston Battery 2013 USL Pro 6000—60
2014 USL Pro 182001[lower-alpha 1]0192
2015 United Soccer League 263202[lower-alpha 2]0303
2016 United Soccer League 295102[lower-alpha 3]0325
2017 United Soccer League 31430—344
Totals 11014605012114
Real Monarchs 2018 United Soccer League 324001[lower-alpha 4]0334
2019 USL Championship 3413004[lower-alpha 5]23815
Totals 671700527119
Real Salt Lake 2020 Major League Soccer 171002[lower-alpha 6]0191
2021 Major League Soccer 282002[lower-alpha 7]0302
2022 Major League Soccer 332101[lower-alpha 8]0352
2023 Major League Soccer 10032—132
Totals 8854250977
Career totals 2643610215228940
  1. ↑ Appearance in the 2014 USL Pro Play-offs
  2. ↑ Appearances in the 2015 USL Play-offs
  3. ↑ Appearances in the 2016 USL Play-offs
  4. ↑ Appearance in the 2018 USL Play-offs
  5. ↑ Appearances in the 2019 USL Championship Play-offs
  6. ↑ Appearances in the MLS is Back
  7. ↑ Appearances in the 2021 MLS Cup Playoffs
  8. ↑ Appearance in the 2022 MLS Cup Playoffs

International career

He made his international debut for Cuba in a February 2012 friendly match against Jamaica and has earned a total of three caps, scoring no goals.

He defected to the United States in October 2012 having traveled to Toronto with the Cuba national team to face Canada in a World Cup qualifying game.[6]

Honours

Real Monarchs

References

  1. ↑ "Maikel Chang". Real Salt Lake. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "Player Spotlight: Maikel "El Chino" Chang". charlestonbattery.com. Charleston Battery. 22 March 2016. Archived from the original on 5 March 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  3. ↑ "Real Monarchs Sign Three for 2018 USL Season". rslsoapbox.com. RSL Soap Box. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  4. ↑ "USL Championship's All-Time Assists Leader Becomes Ninth Player to Sign with RSL from Monarchs". rsl.com. Real Salt Lake. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  5. ↑ Maikel Chang at Soccerway
  6. ↑ "CONCACAF qualifying spots up for grabs". ESPNstar. 15 October 2012. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2012.


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