Jesús de Miguel

Jesús de Miguel
De Miguel with Castellón in 2024
Personal information
Full name Jesús de Miguel Alameda
Date of birth (1996-09-21)21 September 1996
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
Date of death 3 November 2026(2026-11-03) (aged 30)
Place of death Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Striker
Youth career
Lugo Fuenlabrada
Leganés
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Leganés B 3 (0)
2016–2017 Lugo Fuenlabrada 23 (14)
2017–2018 Internacional Madrid 16 (1)
2018–2019 Fuenlabrada 2 (0)
2019 → Unión Adarve (loan) 2 (0)
2019–2021 Navalcarnero 44 (15)
2021–2023 Unionistas 53 (13)
2023–2025 Castellón 80 (23)
2025–2026 Tenerife 34 (11)
Total 257 (77)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jesús de Miguel Alameda (21 September 1996 – 3 November 2026) was a Spanish professional footballer who played as a striker.

De Miguel spent most of his career in the third-tier Segunda División B and Primera Federación, in which he made 149 appearances and scored 48 goals. He won promotion from the division with Castellón in 2024 and Tenerife in 2026 and represented both clubs in the Segunda División, in which he played 39 games and scored three goals.

Early life

De Miguel was born in Madrid on 21 September 1996. His parents were from Navahermosa, Toledo, where de Miguel spent his childhood summers. He had a sister, Marta.

Career

Early career

De Miguel represented Lugo Fuenlabrada and Leganés as a youth. After making his senior debut with the latter's reserves in the Preferente de Madrid, he returned to Lugo Fuenlabrada in 2016, and scored a career-best 14 goals in the campaign.

On 20 July 2017, de Miguel joined Tercera División side Internacional de Madrid. After helping in their promotion to Segunda División B, he moved to Fuenlabrada in that division on 18 July 2018.

In January 2019, after being rarely used at Fuenlabrada, de Miguel moved on loan to fellow third division side Unión Adarve until the end of the season. On 2 July, after just two appearances, he signed for Navalcarnero in the fourth tier.

De Miguel scored 11 goals for Navalcarnero in the 2019–20 campaign, as the club achieved promotion to division three. On 3 July 2021, after missing three months of the 2020–21 season due to injury, he left the club.

Unionistas

Hours after leaving Navalcarnero, de Miguel agreed to a deal with Primera División RFEF side Unionistas de Salamanca. He scored 12 goals in his first season at the club, as they missed out on the playoffs on the final day. In 2022–23, he was affected by injuries in the first half of the season, and scored once in 17 appearances.

Castellón

On 31 January 2023, de Miguel was transferred to fellow third division side Castellón, who were in second place. The fee was reported as €145,000 by Unionistas. He scored four goals in 11 matches for the rest of the league season, despite missing six consecutive games through injury; he added another two goals in the promotion playoffs as his team lost the final to Alcorcón.

De Miguel renewed his contract on 21 December 2023, to last until 2026. He was the top scorer of his group in the 2023–24 campaign, scoring 16 goals as the Orelluts achieved promotion to Segunda División.

De Miguel made his professional debut at the age of 27 on 17 August 2024, starting in a 1–0 away loss to Eibar. He scored his first professional goals on 16 September, with two in a 5–2 away win over Almeria, and finished the season with three goals from 34 games, mostly as a substitute as his team avoided relegation.

Tenerife

On 8 July 2025, de Miguel agreed to a three-year deal with Tenerife, recently relegated to the third division. He scored six goals in his first five matches, and finished the campaign with 11 goals as the club returned to division two at first attempt.

Death

Floral tributes to de Miguel at the Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López

On 2 November 2026, de Miguel suffered a blunt cardiac injury in a collision with FC Andorra goalkeeper Jesús Owono which caused him to go into cardiac arrest. He was resuscitated while being transported to the University Hospital of Nuestra Señora de Candelaria in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, where he died the following day, aged 30. Owono was sent off after the collision, and police opened an investigation into a possible involuntary manslaughter charge. The homicide unit of the National Police Corps also opened an investigation into the protocols taken by the medical team that cared for de Miguel at the Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López.

The Royal Spanish Football Federation postponed all games in the Copa del Rey and Copa de la Reina on the day of de Miguel's death. UEFA arranged a minute's silence before matches in its tournaments, several Spanish clubs cancelled training, and Espanyol postponed the presentation of their new manager. The Association of Spanish Footballers requested the postponement of all games from 3 to 9 November, but only the games of Tenerife, Castellón and Andorra were postponed at the weekend.

De Miguel and his partner María had a daughter in 2025. Following his death, Tenerife agreed to financially support her until her 18th birthday, while former Tenerife player Fran Sol began a crowdfunding campaign of over €150,000, and Burgos and Almería donated their income from games against Tenerife to the family.

Following de Miguel's death, the village of Navahermosa declared three days of official mourning. His funeral was held on 5 November at the Parish Church of Saint Michael the Archangel in Navahermosa. In addition to his Tenerife teammates, manager Álvaro Cervera, and president Felipe Miñambres, the funeral was also attended by Florentino Pérez, Luis de la Fuente, Emilio Butragueño, José Antonio Camacho, Aitor Karanka, Juan Manuel Asensi, José Ramón Alexanko, David Aganzo, Pablo Blanco, Miguel Ángel Gil Marín, and Rafael Louzán. Tenerife held a tribute for de Miguel at the Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López on 7 November.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 González, Juanjo (31 January 2023). "Unionistas traspasa al punta De Miguel al Castellón" [Unionistas transfer forward De Miguel to Castellón] (in Spanish). Salamanca Hoy. Retrieved 3 November 2026.
  2. ↑ Perea, Sergio (3 November 2026). "El drama de la familia de Jesús de Miguel: su padre vio por televisión el choque desde un bar de Navahermosa (Toledo)" [The drama of Jesús de Miguel's family: his father watched the clash on television from a bar in Navahermosa (Toledo)]. El Español (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 November 2026.
  3. ↑ Gamero Ortiz, Jacobo; Abengózar, Carlos (3 November 2026). "Navahermosa, el pueblo de Toledo que llora como nadie la muerte del futbolista Jesús de Miguel" [Navahermosa, the Toledo town that mourns the death of the footballer Jesús de Miguel like no one else]. Cadena SER (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 November 2026.
  4. ↑ Garzón, Mónica (4 November 2026). "La carta de la hermana de Jesús de Miguel que hoy estremece al fútbol español: "Ejemplo de disciplina y constancia"" [The letter from the sister of footballer Jesús de Miguel that today shakes Spanish football: "An example of discipline and perseverance"]. ¡Hola! (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 November 2026.
  5. ↑ González, Juanjo (15 February 2022). "Jesús de Miguel: «Ahora en Unionistas estoy en mi mejor momento como profesional»" [Jesús de Miguel: "Right now at Unionistas I'm in my best spell as a professional"]. El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 November 2026.
  6. ↑ Internacional Madrid [@InterdeMadrid] (20 July 2017). "🔏 FICHAJE | Jesús de Miguel, joven atacante procedente del Lugo Fuenlabrada, nueva incorporación del @interdemadrid 💥⚽️ ¡Bienvenido!" [🔏 SIGNING | Jesús de Miguel, young forward from Lugo Fuenlabrada, new signing of @interdemadrid 💥⚽️ Welcome!] (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 July 2024 – via Twitter.
  7. ↑ "FUENLABRADA | Goles fuenlabreños para el C.F. Fuenlabrada" [FUENLABRADA | Fuenlabreño goals for C.F. Fuenlabrada] (in Spanish). Soy de Madrid. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  8. ↑ "El Adarve vive un mercado lleno de retornos" [Adarve live a market full of returns] (in Spanish). Pobla FM. 1 February 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  9. ↑ "Dos nuevos refuerzos para el CDA Navalcarnero" [Two new additions for CDA Navalcarnero] (in Spanish). CDA Navalcarnero. 2 July 2019. Archived from the original on 28 January 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  10. ↑ "Jesús de Miguel no continuará la próxima temporada" [Jesús de Miguel will not continue the following season] (in Spanish). CDA Navalcarnero. 3 July 2021. Archived from the original on 3 July 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  11. ↑ "FICHAJE | Jesús de Miguel, cuarto refuerzo de Unionistas de Salamanca" [SIGNING | Jesús de Miguel, fourth addition of Unionistas de Salamanca] (in Spanish). Unionistas de Salamanca CF. 3 July 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  12. 1 2 de la Ossa, Juan Francisco (21 December 2023). "De Miguel seguirá marcando goles en el Castellón hasta el 2026" [De Miguel will carry on scoring goals for Castellón until 2026]. El Periódico Mediterráneo [es] (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 November 2026.
  13. ↑ "De Miguel concluye la fase regular como máximo goleador del grupo 2" [De Miguel ends the regular stage as top scorer of group 2] (in Spanish). Castellón Plaza. 26 May 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  14. ↑ "Jon Bautista lidera el triunfo armero ante un gran Castellón" [Jon Bautista leads the armero triumph against a great Castellón] (in Spanish). Marca. 17 August 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  15. ↑ Sidro, Xavi (18 September 2024). "Jesús de Miguel se libera" [Jesús de Miguel frees himself]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 November 2026.
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  17. ↑ "El Tenerife ficha al delantero centro Jesús de Miguel" [Tenerife sign centre forward Jesús de Miguel]. elDiario.es (in Spanish). 8 July 2025. Retrieved 3 November 2026.
  18. ↑ "Jesús de Miguel, un currante del fútbol madrileño que se convirtió en un héroe del ascenso del Tenerife" [Jesús de Miguel, a hard worker in Madrid's football who became a hero in Tenerife's promotion] (in Spanish). Marca. 3 November 2026. Retrieved 3 November 2026.
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  20. ↑ Pinedo, Emma (3 November 2026). "Tenerife striker De Miguel dies after collision in match". Reuters. Retrieved 3 November 2026.
  21. ↑ Autero, Miguel Ángel (4 November 2026). "La investigación policial por la muerte de Jesús de Miguel cuestiona la asistencia sanitaria en el Heliodoro Rodríguez López" [The police investigation into the death of Jesús de Miguel questions the medical care in the Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López]. El Día (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 November 2026.
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  23. ↑ Arés, Ruby (3 November 2026). "AFE pide suspender todos los partidos en España" [AFE asks to suspend all matches in Spain]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 November 2026.
  24. ↑ Dias, Ricky (7 November 2026). ""Nunca buscamos soluciones, solo buscamos culpables": Ramon Besa explica por qué debió suspenderse la jornada de Liga" ["We never look for solutions, we only look for guilty parties": Ramon Besa explains why the league fixtures should have been postponed] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. Retrieved 7 November 2026.
  25. ↑ Buján, Rocío F. de (3 November 2026). "La trágica muerte de Jesús de Miguel deja huérfana a una niña de un año y medio" [Tragic death of Jesús de Miguel leaves an 18-month-old girl bereft]. ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 November 2026.
  26. ↑ Marsden, Sam (8 November 2026). "Tenerife vow to financially support Jesús de Miguel's daughter until she turns 18". ESPN. Retrieved 9 November 2026.
  27. ↑ Morales, Elena (4 November 2026). "Navahermosa decreta tres días de luto por la muerte de Jesús de Miguel" [Navahermosa decrees three days of mourning for the death of Jesús de Miguel]. El Día (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 November 2026.
  28. ↑ Del Rio, Joel (4 November 2026). "El cuerpo de Jesús de Miguel será trasladado esta tarde a Toledo" [The body of Jesús de Miguel will be transferred to Toledo this afternoon.]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 November 2026.
  29. ↑ Lowe, Sid (5 November 2026). "'In moments of pain, football comes together': Spain says goodbye to Jesús de Miguel". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 November 2026.
  30. ↑ Collins, Ben (5 November 2026). "Jesus de Miguel: Funeral of Tenerife forward takes place as family thankful for support". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 November 2026.
  31. ↑ Merodio, Ana (5 November 2026). "Lágrimas y conmoción en el último adiós a Jesús de Miguel: el mundo del fútbol despide al jugador en Navahermosa" [Tears and shock in the final goodbye to Jesús de Miguel: the world of football bids farewell to the player in Navahermosa]. ¡Hola! (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 November 2026.
  32. ↑ Chinea, José (5 November 2026). "El fútbol español arropa a la familia de Jesús de Miguel en su último adiós" [Spanish football supports the family of Jesús de Miguel in their final farewell]. Cadena COPE (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 November 2026.
  33. ↑ Otero, Pablo M. (5 November 2026). "Familiares, amigos y el mundo del fútbol dan el último adiós a Jesús de Miguel" [Family, friends, and the football world bid a final farewell to Jesús de Miguel]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 November 2026.
  34. ↑ Calderón, Mario (5 November 2026). "Último adiós a Jesús de Miguel" [Last farewell to Jesús de Miguel]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 November 2026.
  35. ↑ Martí Herrero, Anaïs (7 November 2026). "El último homenaje del Tenerife a Jesús de Miguel: "Todos sabrán quién fuiste"" [Tenerife's final tribute to Jesús de Miguel: "Everyone will know who you were"]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 November 2026.
  36. ↑ Vicedo, Ana (7 November 2026). "El Tenerife homenajea a Jesús de Miguel en su estadio: "Ninguno de nosotros está preparado para vivir un momento así ni para encontrar las palabras"" [Tenerife pays tribute to Jesús de Miguel at their stadium: "None of us are prepared to live through a moment like this nor to find the words"]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 November 2026.