Saúl (soccer player)
Saul | ||
Saúl (2018)
|
||
Personnel | ||
---|---|---|
Surname | Saúl Ñíguez Esclapez | |
birthday | November 21, 1994 | |
place of birth | Elche , Spain | |
size | 184 cm | |
position | Central midfield | |
Juniors | ||
Years | station | |
2006-2008 | real Madrid | |
2008-2010 | Atlético Madrid | |
Men's | ||
Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
2010-2013 | Atlético Madrid B | 70 | (8)
2012-2013 | Atlético Madrid | 2 | (0)
2013-2014 | → Rayo Vallecano (loan) | 34 | (2)
2014– | Atlético Madrid | 160 (18) |
National team | ||
Years | selection | Games (goals) 2 |
2009 | Spain U16 | 4 | (1)
2010-2011 | Spain U17 | 9 | (2)
2012 | Spain U18 | 3 | (0)
2012-2013 | Spain U19 | 11 | (0)
2013 | Spain U20 | 9 | (0)
2013-2017 | Spain U21 | 25 | (9)
2016– | Spain | 17 | (2)
1 Only league games are given. As of September 1, 2019 2 As of September 5, 2019 |
Saúl , with full name Saúl Ñíguez Esclapez (born November 21, 1994 in Elche ), is a Spanish football player . The central midfielder is under contract with Atlético Madrid in the Primera División and is a Spanish international .
Career
societies
Saúl joined Real Madrid's youth department at the age of eleven . After he was not happy there, he moved to city rivals Atlético Madrid in 2008 . There he moved up to the second team for the 2010/11 season and was used for this in Segunda División B , Spain's third highest league. By 2013 he had completed 70 games and scored eight goals.
Saúl played his first game for the first team on March 8, 2012 in a 3-1 home win against Beşiktaş Istanbul in the round of 16 of the Europa League , which he won with Atlético at the end of the season. Saúl made his debut in the Primera División on April 21, 2013 in a 1-0 away win over Sevilla FC after being substituted on for Koke in the 88th minute . At the end of the 2012/13 season he won the Copa del Rey with Atlético . After only two league appearances, Saúl was loaned to league rivals Rayo Vallecano in the 2013/14 season , for whom he scored his first goal in professional football on November 24, 2013 in the 4-1 loss to Espanyol Barcelona . In total, he came to Rayo on 34 league appearances and two goals.
For the 2014/15 season Saúl returned to Atlético Madrid. In August 2014, he won the Spanish Super Cup with the club with a 2-1 return leg against Real Madrid . On September 16, 2014, he made his debut in the 3-2 defeat in the group game against Olympiacos in the Champions League . At the beginning of May 2015, Saúl extended his contract until June 30, 2020. He scored his first goal in the Champions League on October 21, 2015 in a 4-0 home win in the group game against FK Astana . After Tiago broke his shin at the end of November 2015 , Saúl fought for a regular place in Atlético's midfield. He was used in all 13 games of his team in the Champions League and carried u. a. with a goal in the semifinals against FC Bayern Munich , the final against Real Madrid was reached. In the league he came to 31 appearances in which he scored four goals and finished with the team to third place . In mid-May 2016, his contract was extended for another year until 2021. In July 2017, he extended his contract until June 30, 2026. In the 2017/18 season , Saúl won the Europa League again with Atlético and the UEFA Super Cup for the first time in mid-August 2018 .
National team
From 2009, Saúl went from the U16 national team to all youth teams of the Spanish Football Association . With the U17 national team , he took part in the U17 European Championship in Liechtenstein in 2010 and was used once in the tournament. With the U19 selection , he won the U19 European Championship in Estonia in July 2012 . Saúl was used four times during the tournament. In the summer of 2013 he took part with the U20s in the U20 World Cup in Ukraine , where the team failed in the quarter-finals to Uruguay .
On September 5, 2013 Saúl made his debut in the 6-2 victory in Austria in the Spanish U21 national team . He scored his first goal for the U21s on October 10, 2013 in a 3-2 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina . In June 2017 he and the team took part in the U21 European Championship in Poland . Saúl scored all three goals in the 3-1 semi-final against Italy . In the final he defeated his team Germany with 0: 1 . Saúl was the tournament's top scorer with five goals . Overall, Saúl can have 25 appearances and nine goals for the U21 selection.
On September 1, 2016, Saúl played for the senior national team for the first time in a 2-0 win in the friendly against Belgium . On May 21, 2018, he was appointed to the Spanish squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia by national coach Julen Lopetegui , but was not used in the tournament.
successes
Atlético Madrid
- Europa League winner: 2012 , 2018
- Spanish Cup Winner : 2013
- Spanish Super Cup winner : 2014
- Champions League finalist: 2016
- UEFA Super Cup winner: 2018
National team
Personal awards
- Top scorer of the U21 European Championship : 2017 (5 goals)
Transfer rights
Revelations at Football Leaks revealed that Atlético Madrid gave 40 percent of Saúl's transfer rights at the age of 16 to a group of investors for 1.5 million euros. With the minimum transfer fee of 45 million euros set by the current contract, the investors would achieve a profit of 1000 percent if the player were sold. A tax haven fund of what is currently the world's most powerful player advisor, Jorge Mendes , is involved in this deal . Due to numerous criticisms of these investor models, FIFA banned such so-called “third party ownerships” in 2015. Contracts that have already been concluded are excluded from this.
family
Saúl's brothers Jonathan (* 1985) and Aarón (* 1989) are also professional football players. Her father is the former soccer player José Antonio Ñíguez (* 1962).
Web links
- Saúl in the database of weltfussball.de
- Saúl in the database of transfermarkt.de
- Saúl in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Quality and willingness to make sacrifices: Saúl is so important for Atlético on tz.de on April 27, 2016, accessed on April 27, 2016
- ↑ Atlético de Madrid: Saúl Ñíguez renueva hasta junio de 2020 on mercafutbol.com from May 5, 2015, accessed on April 27, 2016 (Spanish)
- ↑ Saúl renews until 2021 on the Atlético Madrid website from May 18, 2016, accessed on May 18, 2016 (English)
- ↑ Saúl, renewed until 2026 on the Atlético Madrid website from July 1, 2017, accessed on July 1, 2017 (English)
- ↑ Spain squad named for 2018 World Cup in Russia on sefutbol.com from May 21, 2018, accessed on June 3, 2018 (English)
- ↑ Der Spiegel , 19/2017, pp. 92–93
personal data | |
---|---|
SURNAME | Saul |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ñíguez Esclapez, Saúl (full name); Ñíguez, Saúl |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | spanish soccer player |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 21, 1994 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Elche , Spain |