#8 Mikel Merino

Real Sociedad

LaLiga League level: Spain

First Tier Joined: Jul 12, 2018 Contract expires: Jun 30, 2025

Date of birth/Age: Jun 22, 1996 (27)
Place of birth: Pamplona
Citizenship: Spain

Height: 1,89 m
Position: Central Midfield

Current international: Spain
Caps/Goals: 20 / 1

€50.00m

Last update: Dec 22, 2023

National team career

#	National team		Debut			Coach at debut	Age at debut
	Spain
6		Spain	Sep 3, 2020	20	1	Luis Enrique	24 years 02 months 12 days
	Spain U23
8		Spain U23	Jul 17, 2021	1	-	Luis de la Fuente	25 years 25 days
	Spain U21
8		Spain U21	Sep 1, 2016	20	4	Albert Celades	20 years 02 months 10 days
	Spain U19
20		Spain U19	Nov 13, 2014	12	1	Luis de la Fuente	18 years 04 months 22 days
	Spain
8		Spain Olympic Team	Jul 22, 2021	5	1	Luis de la Fuente	25 years 01 month 00 days

Stats of Mikel Merino

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Competition		wettbewerb
Total :			20	4	3	1	5	4	4	-	-	-	340'	1.361'
	UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification	9	1	2	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	809'	809'
	2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship	7	-	-	-	5	-	2	-	-	-	-	256'
	U21-International Friendlies	4	3	1	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	99'	296'

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	Matchday	Venue	Date			Result	Pos.
	UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualifying
	Group 6	Castellón	Sep 1, 2016	Spain U21	San Marino U21	6:0	DM							90'
	Group 6	Malmö	Sep 5, 2016	Sweden U21	Spain U21	1:1	DM			1				90'
	Group 6	Serravalle	Oct 5, 2016	San Marino U21	Spain U21	0:3	DM							90'
	Group 6	Pontevedra	Oct 10, 2016	Spain U21	Estonia U21	5:0	on the bench
	Play Off 1st leg	St. Pölten	Nov 11, 2016	Austria U21	Spain U21	1:1	on the bench
	Play Off 2st leg	Albacete	Nov 15, 2016	Spain U21	Austria U21	0:0	DM				44'			90'
	International Friendlies
		Murcia	Mar 23, 2017	Spain U21	Denmark U21	3:1	DM	1					69'	69'
		Roma	Mar 27, 2017	Italy U21	Spain U21	1:2	on the bench
	2017 European Under-21 Football Championship
	Group B	Gdynia	Jun 17, 2017	Spain U21	Macedonia U21	5:0	on the bench
	Group B	Gdynia	Jun 20, 2017	Portugal U21	Spain U21	1:3	CM					90'		1'
	Group B	Bydgoszcz	Jun 23, 2017	Serbia U21	Spain U21	0:1	CB				90'			90'
	Semi-Finals	Kraków	Jun 27, 2017	Spain U21	Italy U21	3:1	on the bench
	Final	Kraków	Jun 30, 2017	Germany U21	Spain U21	1:0	on the bench
	International Friendlies
		Toledo	Sep 1, 2017	Spain U21	Italy U21	3:0	DM	1	1				70'	70'
	UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualifying
	Group 2	Tallinn	Sep 5, 2017	Estonia U21	Spain U21	0:1	CM							90'
	Group 2		Oct 10, 2017	Slovakia U21	Spain U21	1:4	DM	1					89'	89'
	Group 2	Murcia	Nov 9, 2017	Spain U21	Iceland U21	1:0	Back injury
	Group 2	Cartagena	Nov 14, 2017	Spain U21	Slovakia U21	5:1	Back injury
	Group 2		Mar 22, 2018	N. Ireland U21	Spain U21	3:5	CB		1					90'
	Group 2	Ponferrada (León)	Mar 27, 2018	Spain U21	Estonia U21	3:1	CB							90'
	Group 2	Córdoba	Sep 6, 2018	Spain U21	Albania U21	3:0	DM		1					90'
	Group 2	Albacete	Sep 11, 2018	Spain U21	N. Ireland U21	1:2	Not in squad
	Group 2	Tirana	Oct 11, 2018	Albania U21	Spain U21	0:1	Groin injury
	Group 2		Oct 16, 2018	Iceland U21	Spain U21	2:7	Groin injury
	International Friendlies
		Logroño	Nov 14, 2018	Spain U21	Denmark U21	4:1	Groin injury
		Caen	Nov 19, 2018	France U21	Spain U21	1:1	Groin injury
		Granada	Mar 21, 2019	Spain U21	Romania U21	1:0	CM	1			27'		67'	67'
		Algeciras	Mar 25, 2019	Spain U21	Austria U21	3:0	DM							90'
	2019 European Under-21 Football Championship
	Group A	Bologna	Jun 16, 2019	Italy U21	Spain U21	3:1	DM					46'		45'
	Group A	Reggio Emilia	Jun 19, 2019	Spain U21	Belgium U21	2:1	DM				49'			90'
	Group A	Bologna	Jun 22, 2019	Spain U21	Poland U21	5:0	DM					75'		15'
	Semi-Finals	Reggio Emilia	Jun 27, 2019	Spain U21	France U21	4:1	DM					85'		5'
	Final	Udine	Jun 30, 2019	Spain U21	Germany U21	2:1	DM					78'		12'
Squad: 26, Starting eleven: 15, Substituted in: 5, On the bench: 6, Suspended: 0, Injured: 6,