Kevin Mier
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kevin Leonardo Mier Robles | ||
| Date of birth | 18 May 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Barrancabermeja, Colombia | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Cruz Azul | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2018 | Oro Negro | ||
| 2018–2019 | Atlético Nacional | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2023 | Atlético Nacional | 54 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Santa Fe (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Valledupar (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2024– | Cruz Azul | 24 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | Colombia U15 | 1 | (0) |
| 2017 | Colombia U17 | 13 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Colombia U20 | 14 | (0) |
| 2018 | Colombia U21 | 2 | (0) |
| 2020 | Colombia U23 | 1 | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:00, 20 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:00, 1 March 2023 (UTC) | |||
Kevin Leonardo Mier Robles (born 18 May 2000) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga MX club Cruz Azul.
Professional career
[edit]Atlético Nacional
[edit]Mier is a youth product of his local club Oro Negro from the age of 4 to 14.[1] He converted from forward to goalkeeper in 2011.[2] On 18 January 2016 he transferred to Atlético Nacional signing a contract and was initially assigned to their youth team.[3] He began his senior career with two successive loans, with Santa Fe in 2019 and Valledupar in 2020. He returned to Atlético Nacional for the 2021 season where he started acting as the starting goalkeeper, and extended his professional contract with the club in June 2022 until 2025.[4] He helped the club win the 2021 Copa Colombia, the 2022 Categoría Primera A season Apertura, and the 2023 Superliga Colombiana, earning him attention from abroad.[5]
Cruz Azul
[edit]On 12 January 2024, Mexican club Cruz Azul announced the signing of Mier.[6]
International career
[edit]At the age of 14, Mier was first called up to the Colombia U15s for the 2015 South American U-15 Championship, without making an appearance. He started for the Colombia U17s at the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[7] He was also the starter for the Colombia U21s at in their winning campaign at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games, and was named best goalkeeper of the tournament.[8]
Personal life
[edit]Whenever a game ends, Mier kisses his glove and looks to the sky in honour of one of his cousins who died aged 17, and has the initials of his cousin tattooed on his hand. He is passionate about gastronomy, and has a bachelor's degree.[1]
Mier is known to keep a figure of a Virgin in his goal during matches. First being seen during the 2023 Copa Colombia final against Millonarios where Mier’s Atlético Nacional won on penalties with a score of 5-4, and later being seen during the Liga MX 2024 Clausura final against América, where Cruz Azul lost with a score of 2-1 on aggregate.[9]
Honours
[edit]Atlético Nacional
Colombia U17
Colombia U21
References
[edit]- ^ a b "De hacer vaca para unos guayos a llegar a la Selección Colombia: la historia de Kevin Mier". De hacer vaca para unos guayos a llegar a la Selección Colombia: la historia de Kevin Mier. 17 February 2023.
- ^ Tiempo, Casa Editorial El; TIEMPO, REDACCIÓN EL (2 June 2019). "Mier, arquero con pasado de artillero que metió a Colombia en cuartos". ElTiempo.
- ^ Pérez, Íngrid P. Albis (20 January 2016). "Kevin Mier se viste de 'verde' a sus 15 años". www.vanguardia.com.
- ^ "Kevin Mier renovó su contrato con Atlético Nacional hasta 2025". ESPNdeportes.com. 3 September 2022.
- ^ de 2023, Por Javier García2 de Febrero. "Kevin Mier dejó impresionado a "scout" del Tottenham". infobae.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Kevin Mier, presentado en Cruz Azul de México" (in Spanish). Diario AS Colombia. 12 January 2024.
- ^ Monsalve, Julián Patiño (19 September 2017). "El santandereano Kevin Mier irá al Mundial Sub 17 de India". www.vanguardia.com.
- ^ "Solo un colombiano está en el '11' ideal del Sudamericano sub 20". RCN Radio. 12 February 2019.
- ^ "'Mi fiel compañera': Kevin Mier se motiva en la Virgen para ser CAMPEÓN y revela su SECRETO en los penales". FoxSports.
External links
[edit]- Kevin Mier at Soccerway
- 2000 births
- Living people
- People from Santander Department
- Colombian men's footballers
- Colombia men's youth international footballers
- Atlético Nacional footballers
- Independiente Santa Fe footballers
- Valledupar F.C. footballers
- Categoría Primera A players
- Categoría Primera B players
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Bolivarian Games gold medalists for Colombia
- Bolivarian Games medalists in football