Mikel Saizar
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mikel Saizar Soroa | ||
Date of birth | 18 January 1983 | ||
Place of birth |
Ibarra , Spain | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Real Sociedad C (goalkeeping coach) | ||
Youth career | |||
Tolosa | |||
1998–2000 |
Athletic Bilbao | ||
2000–2001 | Tolosa | ||
2001 | Real Unión | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2001–2002 | Real Unión | 4 | (0) |
2002–2006 | Real Sociedad B | 58 | (0) |
2006–2009 | Pontevedra | 42 | (0) |
2009–2010 | Cultural Leonesa | 20 | (0) |
2010–2012 | Guadalajara | 68 | (0) |
2012–2015 | Córdoba | 39 | (0) |
2015–2016 | AEK Larnaca | 4 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Numancia | 1 | (0) |
2017–2019 | Burgos | 75 | (0) |
2019–2022 | Amorebieta | 63 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Mikel Saizar Soroa (born 18 January 1983) is a Spanish professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and the current goalkeeping coach of Real Sociedad C.
Club career
Born in
Saizar continued to compete in the third division the following years, representing Pontevedra CF, Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa[1] and CD Guadalajara.[2] With the latter side, he achieved promotion to Segunda División in 2011.
On 27 August 2011, aged 28, Saizar made his debut as a professional, starting in a 1–1 home draw against
On 10 July 2012, Saizar moved to Córdoba CF also in division two.[4] He spent his first year as a backup to Alberto García.
Saizar renewed his contract with the Andalusians on 14 February 2013,[5] and was an ever-present figure in 2013–14 as his team returned to La Liga after a 42-year absence.[6] He made his debut in the competition on 21 February 2015, starting in a 1–2 home loss to Valencia CF.[7]
Saizar cut ties with Córdoba on 21 July 2015, after suffering relegation.[8] On 30 November of the following year, after spending one season as a backup to compatriot Toño at AEK Larnaca FC from the Cypriot First Division, he signed a one-year deal with CD Numancia.[9] He played only once for the Soria-based club before dropping down a division to join Burgos CF, where he kept a clean sheet for the first nine games of the 2017–18 season before a 1–1 draw at CD Mirandés on 21 October.[10]
Club statistics
- As of 17 September 2015
Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Real Unión | 2001–02[11] | Segunda División B | 4 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
Real Sociedad B | 2003–04[11] | Segunda División B | 20 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 0 | ||
2004–05[11] | Segunda División B | 11 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||
2005–06[11] | Segunda División B | 27 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
Total | 58 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 60 | 0 | |||
Pontevedra | 2006–07[11] | Segunda División B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
2007–08[11] | Segunda División B | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
2008–09[11] | Segunda División B | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 39 | 0 | ||
Total | 42 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0 | ||
Cultural Leonesa | 2009–10[11] | Segunda División B | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 24 | 0 | |
Guadalajara | 2010–11[11] | Segunda División B | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
2011–12[11] | Segunda División | 42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 43 | 0 | ||
Total | 68 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 69 | 0 | |||
Córdoba | 2012–13[11] | Segunda División | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |
2013–14[11] | Segunda División | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 31 | 0 | ||
2014–15[11] | La Liga | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | ||
Total | 39 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | 47 | 0 | |||
AEK Larnaca | 2015–16[12] | Cypriot First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Career total | 232 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 254 | 0 |
- ^ Appearances in Promotion Play-offs
References
- ^ El portero Mikel Saizar y el central Álvaro Tejedor, primeros fichajes (Goalkeeper Mikel Saizar and stopper Álvaro Tejedor, first signings); Diario de León, 22 July 2009 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Guadalajara ficha al portero Mikel Saizar procedente de La Leonesa (Guadalajara sign goalkeeper Mikel Saizar from La Leonesa); El Digital Deportivo, 23 August 2010 (in Spanish)
- ^ Vitolo evita una victoria histórica del Guadalajara (Vitolo avoids an historical victory from Guadalajara); Marca, 27 August 2011 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Córdoba ficha al meta Saizar (Córdoba sign goalkeeper Saizar); Marca, 10 July 2012 (in Spanish)
- ^ Saizar, hasta 2016 (Saizar, until 2016); El Día de Córdoba, 14 February 2013 (in Spanish)
- ^ "Los héroes del ascenso" [The promotion heroes] (in Spanish). ABC. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- ^ El Valencia sufre en el Nuevo Arcángel (Valencia suffer at the Nuevo Arcángel); Marca, 21 February 2015 (in Spanish)
- ^ Comunicado oficial (Official statement) Archived 24 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine; Córdoba CF, 21 July 2015 (in Spanish)
- ^ Mikel Saizar, nuevo jugador del Numancia (Mikel Saizar, new player of Numancia); CD Numancia, 30 November 2016 (in Spanish)
- ^ "1–1. Empate a fútbol entre CD Mirandés y Burgos CF" [1–1. Football draw between CD Mirandés and Burgos CF] (in Spanish). Burgos Conecta. 22 October 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Saizar: Mikel Saizar Soroa". BDFutbol. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ^ "Mikel Saizar". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
External links
- Mikel Saizar at Athletic Bilbao
- Mikel Saizar at BDFutbol
- Mikel Saizar at Futbolme (in Spanish)