Mikel Merino

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Mikel Merino
Mikel Merino 2017.jpg
Mikel Merino (2017)
Personnel
Surname Mikel Merino Zazón
birthday June 22, 1996
place of birth Pamplona ,  Spain
size 188 cm
position Central midfield
Juniors
Years station
CD Amigó
0000–2013 CA Osasuna
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2013-2014 CA Osasuna B 5 (0)
2014-2016 CA Osasuna 63 (5)
2016-2017 Borussia Dortmund 8 (0)
2017-2018 Newcastle United 24 (1)
2018– Real Sociedad 53 (6)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2014-2015 Spain U19 12 (1)
2016-2019 Spain U21 20 (4)
1 Only league games are given.
Status: February 28, 2020

Mikel Merino Zazón (born June 22, 1996 in Pamplona ) is a Spanish football player . The central midfielder is under contract with Real Sociedad San Sebastián .

Career

societies

Merino began his career with CD Amigó and from there moved to the youth academy of CA Osasuna . There he played for a year for the B team from 2013 and moved up to the pros for the 2014/15 season . On August 23, 2014, he made his debut in a 2-0 home win against FC Barcelona B in the Segunda División . Merino scored his first goal on December 21, 2014 in a 2-1 away win over UD Las Palmas . In his first season he came to 29 league appearances. In the 2015/16 season he scored four goals in 34 league games and reached sixth place in the table with the team , which qualified them for promotion playoffs . There Merino prevailed with Osasuna against Gimnàstic de Tarragona and FC Girona , which meant promotion to the Primera División .

For the 2016/17 season Merino moved to the German Bundesliga for Borussia Dortmund . In mid-February 2016, he signed a contract with a term until June 30, 2021. At the end of the season, he won the DFB Cup with the team .

For the 2017/18 season , Merino initially switched to Newcastle United, newly promoted to the Premier League , on loan including a purchase obligation from a certain number of competitive games . After seven Premier League appearances (no goal), he was finally signed in October 2017 and given a contract until June 30, 2022.

For the 2018/19 season Merino returned to Spain and joined the first division club Real Sociedad San Sebastián . He signed a contract that runs until June 30, 2023.

National team

Merino played for the first time for the Spanish U19 national team in November 2014 in two friendly matches . In July 2015 he took part with her at the U19 European Championship in Greece . In the course of the tournament, he was used five times, scored one goal and won the title with the team after a 2-0 final victory against Russia on July 19, 2015.

On September 1, 2016, Merino made his debut in the 6-0 win against San Marino in the U21 national team . He scored his first goal on March 23, 2017 in a 3-1 win over Denmark . In June 2017 he and the team took part in the U21 European Championship in Poland and became vice European champion after beating Germany 0-1 in the final . Two years later he won the title with his team at the U21 European Championship 2019 in Italy and San Marino .

successes

CA Osasuna

Borussia Dortmund

National team

family

His father Ángel (* 1966) was also a soccer player and spent most of his career at CA Osasuna .

Web links

Commons : Mikel Merino  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mikel Merino, noveno juvenil en debutar , Diario de Navarra , March 17, 2014, accessed December 30, 2016 (Spanish).
  2. ^ Message on Borussia Dortmund's official Twitter profile from February 15, 2016, accessed on February 15, 2016.
  3. ↑ Mikel Merino on loan to Newcastle United on Borussia Dortmund's website on July 28, 2017, accessed on July 28, 2017.
  4. ↑ Merino pens permanent deal at United , nufc.co.uk, October 13, 2017, accessed October 13, 2017.
  5. ↑ Real Sociedad sign Mikel Merino , realsociedad.eus, July 12, 2018, accessed on July 12, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Merino, Mikel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Merino Zazón, Mikel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION spanish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH June 22, 1996
PLACE OF BIRTH Pamplona , Spain