Miguel Linares


Miguel Linares Cólera is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Real Zaragoza as a striker.

Club career

Born in Zaragoza, Aragon, Linares began his career at Utebo FC of Tercera División. He spent the 2004–05 season with Real Zaragoza B in Segunda División B and had a brief spell at SD Huesca before joining UD Barbastro in 2006, who were relegated from the third level in his first campaign.
In summer 2008, following a 34-goal haul, Linares moved outside his native region for the first time, joining CD Alcoyano. He contributed with 15 goals from 35 matches in his only season as the Valencians won their group, eventually falling short in the promotion play-offs to Segunda División.
On 22 June 2009, Linares signed a two-year deal with UD Salamanca. After one season at the Estadio Helmántico – making his professional debut on 30 August in a 1–0 away win against Cádiz CF at the age of 26 years and 11 months– he transferred to fellow league team Elche CF. The latter won the championship and promotion to La Liga in 2013, though he made only eight appearances – one start – and scored once; during his tenure, he suffered two consecutive anterior cruciate ligament injuries to his right knee.
Following this, Linares remained in the second tier with Recreativo de Huelva, and in 2014 the 32-year-old moved to Real Oviedo one league down. He was top scorer with 30 goals in 39 games as the Asturians won the title in 2014–15, including two in a 3–0 win over Gimnàstic de Tarragona in the second leg of the play-off final on 10 June 2015; the previous October/November, he had scored hat-tricks in consecutive home defeats of Celta de Vigo B, CD Lealtad and Real Murcia.
On 17 June 2018, Linares joined CF Reus Deportiu in the second division after agreeing to a one-year contract. Halfway through the season, however, he left the club after it was expelled from the Liga de Fútbol Profesional due to unpaid wages, joining Real Zaragoza shortly after.

Honours

Alcoyano
Elche
Oviedo