Miguel Ángel Terceros Acuña (born 25 April 2004), sometimes known as Miguelito, is a Bolivian professional

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who plays as an

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or a winger for Brazilian club

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, on loan from

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, and the Bolivia national team.

Club career

Early career

Born in

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, Terceros began his career with at the age of five. In 2015, aged 11, he joined Proyecto Bolivia 2022, a social project which had partnerships with several clubs in South America.

Santos

Terceros joined

in 2018, aged 14, after being approved on a trial. However, as

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does not allow transfers of under-18 foreign players, he did not sign a contract with the club, only having an exchange program arrangement. In March 2021, Terceros impressed during trainings and started to feature with Santos' under-23 squad. On 26 April 2022, one day after his 18th birthday, he signed a contract with the club until April 2027. Terceros was officially able to play for Santos in July 2022, after being registered once the transfer window opened; he started to feature in the under-20 squad. He made his first team – and Série A – debut on 10 October, coming on as a late substitute for goalscorer

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in a 4–1 home success over Juventude; he also became the first Bolivian to play for the club. In the following two seasons, Terceros featured rarely with the main squad: in 2023, he mainly appeared with the under-20s, and in 2024, now fully integrated as a first team member, he was often a third-choice under head coach Fábio Carille. Despite being sparingly used in the first match of the 2025 season, he lost space after the arrivals of new signings Benjamín Rollheiser, Thaciano, Gabriel Veron and

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, and was close to a loan deal to Ukrainian side

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in February, but the deal later collapsed.

Loan to América Mineiro

On 21 March 2025,

announced the signing of Terceros on loan until the end of the season.

International career

Terceros featured for the Bolivia under-15 national team in the

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, playing in all five matches during the competition. In December 2020, aged just 16, he was called up by manager

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with the under-20s for an international friendly tournament in

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. On 30 October 2021, Terceros was called up by Farías, but now to the full side for one friendly against

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and two 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against

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and

. He made his full international debut on 24 September 2022, replacing

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in a 2–0 friendly loss against

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's 26-man squad for the

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. He scored his first international goal on 12 June, in a 3–1 friendly loss to

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at the

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; it was also his first professional goal.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

:''Scores and results list Bolivia's goal tally first.''

Honours

Santos *: 2022 *

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Terceros, Miguel 2004 births Living people Footballers from Santa Cruz de la Sierra Bolivian men's footballers 21st-century Bolivian sportsmen Men's association football midfielders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Santos FC players América Futebol Clube (MG) players Bolivia men's youth international footballers Bolivia men's under-20 international footballers Bolivia men's international footballers Bolivian expatriate men's footballers Bolivian expatriate sportspeople in Brazil Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil 2024 Copa América players