After helping Atlanta to the MLS Cup 2018 he signed for Newcastle for £21 million, a club record and the highest fee for an MLS player.Īlmirón made his international debut for Paraguay in 2015, and represented the country at the Copa América in 2016, 20.Īlmirón grew up in an impoverished family in the San Pablo neighborhood of Asunción, where his father Ruben worked 18-hour shifts as a security guard and his mother Sonia worked in a supermarket. He was named in the MLS Best XI for both of his seasons in Major League Soccer, as well as MLS Newcomer of the Year for 2017. After winning the 2016 Argentine Primera División, he signed for Atlanta United for $8 million. Miguel Ángel Almirón Rejala (born 10 February 1994) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Premier League club Newcastle United and the Paraguay national team.Īlmirón began his career at Cerro Porteño and transferred to Lanús in 2015. ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2022 *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:14, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
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