Miguel Merentiel
Personal information
Full name Miguel Ángel Merentiel Serrano
Date of birth (1996-02-24) 24 February 1996
Place of birth Paysandú, Uruguay
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Boca Juniors
Number 16
Youth career
Independencia Paysandú
Bella Vista Paysandú
Peñarol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Peñarol 0 (0)
2017 → El Tanque Sisley (loan) 20 (7)
2017–2018 → Lorca (loan) 14 (1)
2018–2019 → Valencia Mestalla (loan) 29 (8)
2019–2021 Godoy Cruz 17 (4)
2020–2021 → Defensa y Justicia (loan) 42 (17)
2022 Defensa y Justicia 10 (6)
2022–2023 Palmeiras 11 (2)
2023 → Boca Juniors (loan) 23 (7)
2023– Boca Juniors 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Miguel Ángel Merentiel Serrano (born 24 February 1996) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Argentine Primera División club Boca Juniors.[1][2]

Club career

Merentiel was born in Paysandú, and was a Peñarol youth graduate. On 9 January 2017, he was loaned to fellow Primera División club El Tanque Sisley, for six months.[3]

Merentiel made his professional debut on 19 February 2017, starting in a 3–4 away loss against CA Cerro;[4] seven days later he scored his first goal, netting the first in a 2–1 away win against Liverpool FC.[5] On 12 March, he scored a brace in a 2–1 win at Montevideo Wanderers FC.[6]

On 3 August 2017 Merentiel moved abroad for the first time in his career, after agreeing to a one-year loan deal with Segunda División side Lorca FC.[7] The following 31 January, his loan was cut short.[8]

In January 2019, Merentiel was signed by Argentine club Godoy Cruz for a fee around 175.000 euros.[9] On 10 September 2020, Merentiel was loaned out to Defensa y Justicia until the end of 2021 with a purchase option.[10] On 2 January 2022, Defensa triggered the option and signed him on a permanently contract until the end of 2024.[11]

On May 18 2022, Merentiel signed a four-year contract with Palmeiras.[12] In January 2023, Merentiel was loaned to Argentine club Boca Juniors with a trade option of US$3 million.[13] On 10 November 2023, Boca uses the purchase option.[14]

Honours

Defensa y Justicia

Palmeiras

Boca Juniors

References

  1. ↑ Boca sumó a Merentiel sobre el cierre del libro de pases Página/12, 2 Feb 2023
  2. ↑ El uruguayo Miguel Merentiel es nuevo refuerzo de Boca, ESPN, 2 Feb 2023
  3. ↑ "El Tanque: sumó a Miguel Merentiel" [El Tanque: Miguel Merentiel joined] (in Spanish). Tenfield. 9 January 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "Apertura: Cerro le ganó 4–3 a El Tanque Sisley en el Tróccoli" [Cerro defeated El Tanque by 4–3 at Tróccoli] (in Spanish). Fútbol.com.uy. 19 February 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "Liverpool 1 – El Tanque Sisley 2 — Apertura – Fecha: 4" [Liverpool 1 – El Tanque Sisley 2 — Apertura – Matchday: 4] (in Spanish). Fútbol.com.uy. 26 February 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  6. ↑ "El Tanque Sisley sigue en alza, 2:1" [El Tanque Sisley remain on high note, 2–1] (in Spanish). Tenfield. 12 March 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  7. ↑ "El Lorca FC consigue la cesión de Merentiel" [Lorca FC get the loan of Merentiel] (in Spanish). Lorca FC. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  8. ↑ "Miguel Merentiel deja de ser jugador del Lorca Fútbol Club" [Miguel Merentiel leaves Lorca Fútbol Club] (in Spanish). Lorca FC. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  9. ↑ Miguel Merentiel at Soccerway
  10. ↑ Merentiel, nuevo refuerzo de Defensa y Justicia, bajosietellaves.com, 11 August 2021
  11. ↑ Defensa y Justicia se queda con la 'Bestia' Miguel Merentiel, dobleamarilla.com.ar, 2 January 2022
  12. ↑ "Palmeiras contrata atacante uruguaio Merentiel, ex-Defensa y Justicia-ARG". SE Palmeiras (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  13. ↑ Miguel Merentiel pasó la revisión médica pero se dilató su presentación en Boca on TyC, 1 Feb 2023
  14. ↑ Riquelme confirmó que Boca Juniors compró a Miguel Merentiel on ESPN, 10 Nov 2023
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