Maikel Chang
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File:Maikel Chang (30045154176) (cropped).jpg Chang with Charleston Battery in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Maikel Chang Ramirez | ||
| Date of birth | April 18, 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Havana, Cuba | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2010 | Industriales | ? | (?) |
| 2010–2012 | Ciudad de la Habana | ? | (?) |
| 2013–2017 | Charleston Battery | 110 | (14) |
| 2018–2019 | Real Monarchs | 67 | (17) |
| 2020–2024 | Real Salt Lake | 124 | (5) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012 | Cuba | 3 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 03:51, 30 November 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 1 March 2012 | |||
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Maikel Chang Ramírez (born April 18, 1991) is a Cuban professional footballer who most recently played as a winger for Major League Soccer Club Real Salt Lake.
Club career
[edit | edit source]Born in Havana, Chang played for local clubs Industriales and Ciudad de la Habana, before leaving the country and joining Charleston Battery in 2013.[2] He moved to USL side Real Monarchs for the 2018 season.[3]
Maikel Chang became the first player in the league's modern era to reach 30 career assists. Chang arrived at the Monarchs after four seasons with the Charleston Battery where he played 7,981 minutes and scored 15 goals in 109 matches played.
Additionally, Chang scored 15 goals – two of them in the final playoffs – and assisted his teammates eight times.
On 18 November 2019, the Cuban reached the title of champion after defeating Louisville City in the grand final.
On 21 November 2019, Chang moved up to MLS with Real Salt Lake.[4]
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]- As of match played on 1 June 2023[5]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Charleston Battery | 2013 | USL Pro | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
| 2014 | USL Pro | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 19 | 2 | |
| 2015 | United Soccer League | 26 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 30 | 3 | |
| 2016 | United Soccer League | 29 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 32 | 5 | |
| 2017 | United Soccer League | 31 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | 34 | 4 | ||
| Totals | 110 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 121 | 14 | ||
| Real Monarchs | 2018 | United Soccer League | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 33 | 4 |
| 2019 | USL Championship | 34 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4[e] | 2 | 38 | 15 | |
| Totals | 67 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 71 | 19 | ||
| Real Salt Lake | 2020 | Major League Soccer | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2[f] | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| 2021 | Major League Soccer | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2[g] | 0 | 30 | 2 | |
| 2022 | Major League Soccer | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1[h] | 0 | 35 | 2 | |
| 2023 | Major League Soccer | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | 13 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 88 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 97 | 7 | ||
| Career totals | 264 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 289 | 40 | ||
- ^ Appearance in the 2014 USL Pro Play-offs
- ^ Appearances in the 2015 USL Play-offs
- ^ Appearances in the 2016 USL Play-offs
- ^ Appearance in the 2018 USL Play-offs
- ^ Appearances in the 2019 USL Championship Play-offs
- ^ Appearances in the MLS is Back
- ^ Appearances in the 2021 MLS Cup Playoffs
- ^ Appearance in the 2022 MLS Cup Playoffs
International career
[edit | edit source]He made his international debut for Cuba in a February 2012 friendly match against Jamaica and has earned a total of three caps, scoring no goals.
He defected to the United States in October 2012 having traveled to Toronto with the Cuba national team to face Canada in a World Cup qualifying game.[6]
Honours
[edit | edit source]Real Monarchs
References
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External links
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- 1991 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Havana
- Cuban people of Chinese descent
- Defecting Cuban footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Cuban men's footballers
- Cuba men's international footballers
- Cuba men's youth international footballers
- Footballers at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games competitors for Cuba
- FC Industriales players
- FC Ciudad de La Habana players
- Charleston Battery players
- Real Monarchs players
- Real Salt Lake players
- Cuban expatriate men's footballers
- Cuban expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Sportspeople of Chinese descent
- USL Championship players
- Major League Soccer players
- Cuban football biography stubs