Miguel Arturo Layún Prado is a Mexican football player who was born in Córdoba Veracruz Mexico on June 25 1988 He is 32 years old and currently plays as a right back for Club de Futbol Monterrey a team that belongs to the first division of the Mexican Soccer League
Miguel Layúns Professional Career
Miguel Layún began his professional soccer career with his local team Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz During his time with Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz he played a total of 31 games without scoring a single goal for 2 years His debut in professional soccer occurred on March 28 2007 entering the second half of his teams match against Necaxa
Layún made history on September 27 2009 when he made his debut with Atalanta a team belonging to the Italian Serie A In this match Miguel entered in the 82nd minute and became the first Mexican to play for a Serie A club The match resulted in a 1 1 draw against Chievo Verona
After a year in Italy Layún made a surprise return to Mexican soccer to play the 2010 Bicentennial tournament with Águilas del América He played for América for 4 years and his most important achievement during this time was the poker scored against Santos Laguna in the 2014 opening tournament as well as being team captain which allowed him to lift the 2014 Apertura Tournament Champion trophy
On January 9 2015 his 4 and a half year contract signing was announced for Watford Football Club a team that belongs to the Premier League During his first year Layún was a fundamental pillar in the rise of Watford to the first division of English football On August 8 2015 he made his Premier League debut scoring a goal for Everton in Liverpool on the road The match ended 1 1
When everything seemed on track for Layún in the Premier League he was loaned to FC Porto on August 31 2015 with an option to buy Layún played a total of 2 years with the Portuguese team and on January 29 2018 his session at Sevilla FC of the Spanish soccer league became official In Sevilla Layún played a total of 18 games and scored 2 goals
On July 11 2018 he announced his signing for Villareal a team where he had almost no opportunities After 6 months of almost inactivity Layún decided to return to Mexican soccer On January 30 2019 he transferred to his current team Monterrey Layún became one of the best players within the team for the closing of 2019
Mexico National Team
In 2013 Miguel Layún was called up by Jose Manuel de la Torre for the first time to play on Mexicos senior team From then on he has participated in each of the tournaments played by the Mexican soccer team which include the Gold Cup and the Brazil 2014 and Russia 2018 FIFA World Cups
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