Saúl (soccer player)

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Saul
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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 0(8)
2012-2013 Atlético Madrid 2 0(0)
2013-2014 →  Rayo Vallecano  (loan) 34 0(2)
2014– Atlético Madrid 160 (18)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2009 Spain U16 4 0(1)
2010-2011 Spain U17 9 0(2)
2012 Spain U18 3 0(0)
2012-2013 Spain U19 11 0(0)
2013 Spain U20 9 0(0)
2013-2017 Spain U21 25 0(9)
2016– Spain 17 0(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

Saúl in the jersey of the U19 national team (2012)

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

National team

Personal awards

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

Commons : Saúl  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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
  2. ↑ Atlético de Madrid: Saúl Ñíguez renueva hasta junio de 2020 on mercafutbol.com from May 5, 2015, accessed on April 27, 2016 (Spanish)
  3. ↑ Saúl renews until 2021 on the Atlético Madrid website from May 18, 2016, accessed on May 18, 2016 (English)
  4. ↑ Saúl, renewed until 2026 on the Atlético Madrid website from July 1, 2017, accessed on July 1, 2017 (English)
  5. ↑ Spain squad named for 2018 World Cup in Russia on sefutbol.com from May 21, 2018, accessed on June 3, 2018 (English)
  6. ↑ 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