Óscar Mingueza

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Mingueza and the second or maternal family name is García.

Óscar Mingueza García (born 13 May 1999) is a Spanish professional association football player who plays as a defender for La Liga club Celta Vigo. Mainly a centre-back, he can also play in either full-back position, mostly as a right-back.^[3]

Óscar Mingueza

Personal information
Full name	Óscar Mingueza García^[1]
Date of birth	(1999-05-13) 13 May 1999 (age 24)^[2]
Place of birth	Santa Perpètua de Mogoda, Spain
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)^[2]
Position(s)	Centre-back, right-back
Team information
Current team	Celta
Number	3
Youth career
	Santa Perpètua
2007–2018	Barcelona
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2021	Barcelona B	36	(0)
2020–2022	Barcelona	46	(2)
2022–	Celta	26	(1)
International career^‡
2021	Spain U21	3	(0)
2021	Spain U23	3	(0)
2021	Spain	1	(0)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Spain Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 September 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:05, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

Club career

Barcelona

Born in Santa Perpètua de Mogoda, Barcelona, Catalonia, Mingueza joined Barcelona's La Masia academy in 2007 from Santa Perpètua.^[4] He won the UEFA Youth League with the club's Juvenil A team in 2018,^[5] and moved up to Barcelona B for the 2018–19 season.^[6]

Mingueza made his first-team debut for Barcelona on 24 November 2020, as a replacement for the injured Gerard Piqué, starting the 4–0 2020–21 UEFA Champions League group stage victory against Dynamo Kyiv at the NSC Olimpiyskiy in Kyiv.^[7] Five days later, he made his La Liga debut in a 4–0 win against Osasuna at Camp Nou.^{[citation needed]} On 15 March 2021, Mingueza scored his first goal for Barcelona in a 4–1 home win over Huesca in La Liga.^[8] He scored his second career goal in the 60th minute of El Clásico on 10 April 2021.^{[citation needed]} One week later, he won his first professional title, after winning the 2020–21 Copa del Rey against Athletic Bilbao.^[9]

Celta Vigo

On 31 July 2022, Mingueza joined fellow La Liga side Celta Vigo on a permanent four-year deal^[10] for a reported fee of €3 million.^[11]

International career

Due to the isolation of some national team players following the positive COVID-19 test of Sergio Busquets, Spain's under-21 squad were called up for the international friendly against Lithuania on 8 June 2021.^[12] Mingueza made his senior debut in the match as Spain won 4–0.^[13] Later that month, he was included in Spain's preliminary squad for the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[14]

Personal life

Óscar's younger sister, Ariadna, is also a professional footballer having made her debut for Barcelona's women's team on 6 March 2021.^[15]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 13 August 2023

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Copa del Rey		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Barcelona B	2018–19	Segunda División B	15	0	–		–		–		15	0
	2019–20	Segunda División B	16	0	–		–		3^[a]	0	19	0
	2020–21	Segunda División B	1	0	–		–		1^[a]	0	2	0
	Total		32	0	–		–		3	0	36	0
Barcelona	2020–21	La Liga	27	2	5	0	5^[b]	0	2^[c]	0	39	2
	2021–22	La Liga	19	0	1	0	7^[d]	0	0	0	27	0
	Total		46	2	6	0	12	0	2	0	66	2
Celta Vigo	2022–23	La Liga	21	0	2	0	–		–		23	0
	2023–24	La Liga	1	0	0	0	–		–		1	0
	Total		22	0	2	0	–		–		24	0
Career total			100	2	8	0	12	0	5	0	126	2

1. Appearances in Segunda División B play-offs
2. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
3. Appearances in Supercopa de España
4. Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Barcelona

• Copa del Rey: 2020–21^[9]
• UEFA Youth League: 2017–18^[16]

Spain U23

• Summer Olympic silver medal: 2020^{[citation needed]}

References

1. "Squad List: Men's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020: Spain (ESP)" (PDF). FIFA. 22 July 2021. p. 16. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
2. . FC Barcelona. Archived from the original on 6 November 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
3. Óscar Mingueza at Soccerway
4. Castro, Eva (9 March 2021). "Debut de Ariadna Mingueza en la Primera Iberdrola" [Ariadna Mingueza's debut in Primera Iberdrola]. Grada3.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 October 2021.
5. "UEFA Youth League: all you need to know about Nyon 2018". UEFA.com. 23 April 2018.
6. "Òscar Mingueza, a life at Barça". FC Barcelona. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
7. Reidy, Paul (24 November 2020). "Dynamo Kyiv vs Barcelona: live online Champions League 2020/21". AS. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
8. "Barcelona 4–1 Huesca". BBC Sport. 15 March 2021.
9. Lowe, Sid (17 April 2021). "Messi stars as Barcelona thrash Athletic Bilbao to lift Copa del Rey". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
10. "Agreement in principle for transfer of Óscar Mingueza to Celta". www.fcbarcelona.com. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
11. Barlow, Ruairidh (2 August 2022). "Oscar Mingueza arrives in Vigo to complete move from Barcelona". Football España. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
12. "Oficial | Lista de convocados para el encuentro ante Lituania" [Official | Squad list for the match against Lithuania]. Royal Spanish Football Federation (in Spanish). 6 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
13. "Spain youngsters impress in Lithuania rout". MARCA. 8 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
14. "OFICIAL : Estos son los internacionales que representarán a España en Tokio". oficial-estos-son-internacionales-que-representaran-espana-tokio (in Spanish). 29 June 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
15. "Women's football: Santa Teresa 0-3 Barça". FC Barcelona. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
16. "Chelsea 0–3 Barcelona". UEFA.com. Retrieved 13 July 2020.

External links

• Óscar Mingueza at BDFutbol
• Óscar Mingueza at Soccerway