#23Midfield - Central Midfield

Mikel Merino

Mikel Merino Zazón

SpainÂge29Central Midfield

Market Value€25.00m

Arsenal FC· Premier League

Joués

Buts

Passes Décisives

Cartons Jaunes

Cartons Rouges

11g

90min blocks

Position

Midfield - Central Midfield

Main Position

Central Midfield

Date of Birth

1996-06-22(29)

Height

1,88

Preferred Foot

left

Place of Birth

Pamplona

Citizenship

Spain

Contract & Agent

Joined

2024-08-27

Contract Until

2028-06-30

Agent

Bahía Internacional ✓

Outfitter

adidas

Market Value

€25.00m

Last Updated

2026-06-03

Honours

European championEnglish ChampionGerman cup winnerWinner UEFA Nations LeagueSpanish cup winner

Career Achievements

Mikel Merino a remporté l'Euro 2024 avec l'Espagne, la Ligue des Nations en 2023, la Premier League avec Arsenal, la Coupe d'Allemagne avec le Borussia Dortmund et la Coupe d'Espagne avec la Real Sociedad.

Biography

Mikel Merino, né à Pampelune, est un milieu de terrain central espagnol évoluant à Arsenal FC. Il a fait ses débuts professionnels à Osasuna avant de briller à Newcastle United, à la Real Sociedad, puis de rejoindre les Gunners. International espagnol, il a remporté l'Euro 2024 avec la Roja.

Playing Style

Merino est un milieu box-to-box doté d'une excellente vision du jeu et d'une grande capacité à récupérer des ballons. Sa qualité de passe et son sens du placement lui permettent d'être un relais efficace entre la défense et l'attaque. Il est également dangereux de par sa frappe de loin et son jeu de tête.

Market Value History

Season Stats (Premier League)

All seasons (67)

Season	Comp	Apps	G	A	YC	RC	Min
25/26	Premier League	22	4	3	1	0	1027
25/26	International Friendlies	2	0	0	0	0	51
25/26	FA Cup	1	0	0	0	0	90
25/26	UEFA Champions League	7	2	0	3	0	515
25/26	EFL Cup	4	0	0	1	0	273
24/25	UEFA Nations League A	3	0	0	0	0	173
24/25	Premier League	28	7	2	2	0	1581
24/25	FA Cup	1	0	0	0	0	73
24/25	LaLiga	0	0	0	0	0	0
24/25	UEFA Champions League	12	2	3	1	0	817
24/25	EFL Cup	3	0	0	0	0	164
23/24	International Friendlies	2	0	0	0	0	119
23/24	LaLiga	32	5	3	10	0	2485
23/24	UEFA Champions League	7	2	1	2	0	630
23/24	Copa del Rey	6	1	1	2	0	486
22/23	UEFA Nations League A	0	0	0	0	0	0
22/23	International Friendlies	0	0	0	0	0	0
22/23	LaLiga	33	2	9	6	1	2498
22/23	European Qualifiers	6	1	2	1	0	372
22/23	UEFA Europa League	7	0	0	0	0	543
22/23	Copa del Rey	3	1	0	0	0	127
21/22	International Friendlies	1	0	0	0	0	55
21/22	LaLiga	34	3	4	8	0	2896
21/22	UEFA Europa League	6	1	0	1	0	516
21/22	Copa del Rey	3	0	0	0	0	270
2026	CONMEBOL-UEFA Cup of Champions	0	0	0	0	0	0
2025	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	6	6	1	1	0	467
2025	UEFA Nations League Finals	4	2	0	0	0	177
2024	UEFA Euro	7	1	0	0	0	177
2023	UEFA Nations League Finals	2	0	0	0	0	116
2022	World Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	3	0	1	0	0	50
2021	UEFA Nations League Finals	2	0	0	0	0	21
2021	Olympic Games	5	1	0	1	0	351
2021	UEFA Euro	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019	UEFA Under-21 Euro	5	0	0	1	0	167
2017	UEFA Under-21 Euro	2	0	0	1	0	91
2015	UEFA Under-19 Euro	5	1	0	1	0	369
20/21	UEFA Nations League A	5	0	1	1	0	339
20/21	Supercopa	1	0	0	0	0	120
20/21	International Friendlies	1	0	0	0	0	45
20/21	LaLiga	26	2	4	5	0	2157
20/21	UEFA Europa League	8	0	2	2	0	695
20/21	Copa del Rey	1	0	0	1	0	120
19/20	LaLiga	36	5	1	9	0	3144
19/20	Copa del Rey	7	1	0	2	0	561
18/19	International Friendlies	2	1	0	1	0	157
18/19	LaLiga	29	3	5	8	0	2059
18/19	Copa del Rey	3	1	0	0	0	142
17/18	UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualifying	5	1	2	0	0	449
17/18	Premier League	24	1	1	4	0	1343
17/18	International Friendlies	1	1	1	0	0	70
17/18	FA Cup	1	0	0	0	0	81
17/18	EFL Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0
16/17	Bundesliga	8	0	0	1	0	293
16/17	International Friendlies	1	1	0	0	0	69
16/17	Franz-Beckenbauer-Supercup	0	0	0	0	0	0
16/17	DFB-Pokal	1	0	0	0	0	19
16/17	UEFA Champions League	0	0	0	0	0	0
15/16	UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualifying	4	0	0	1	0	360
15/16	LaLiga2	34	4	0	12	1	2903
15/16	Promoción de ascenso a LaLiga	4	3	1	1	0	354
15/16	Copa del Rey	0	0	0	0	0	0
14/15	UEFA EURO U19 Championship Qualifiers	3	0	0	0	0	197
14/15	International Friendlies	2	0	0	1	0	180
14/15	LaLiga2	29	1	4	9	1	1825
14/15	Copa del Rey	0	0	0	0	0	0

National Team Matches (79)

Date	Opponent	H/A	Result	Competition	Min	G	A	YC
2026-06-04	Iraq	🏠	1:1	International Friendlies	22	0	0	0
2026-03-31	Egypt	🏠	0:0	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2026-03-27	Serbia	🏠	3:0	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2025-11-18	Turkiye	🏠	2:2	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	45	0	0	0
2025-11-15	Spain	✈	0:4	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	62	0	0	1
2025-10-14	Bulgaria	🏠	4:0	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	90	2	1	0
2025-10-11	Georgia	🏠	2:0	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	90	0	0	0
2025-09-07	Spain	✈	0:6	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	90	3	0	0
2025-09-04	Spain	✈	0:3	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	90	1	0	0
2025-06-08	Spain	✈	7:5	UEFA Nations League Finals	45	0	0	0
2025-06-05	Spain	✈	4:5	UEFA Nations League Finals	90	1	0	0
2025-03-23	Netherlands	🏠	8:7	UEFA Nations League Finals	36	0	0	0
2025-03-20	Spain	✈	2:2	UEFA Nations League Finals	6	1	0	0
2024-11-18	Switzerland	🏠	3:2	UEFA Nations League A	-	0	0	0
2024-11-15	Spain	✈	1:2	UEFA Nations League A	80	0	0	0
2024-10-15	Serbia	🏠	3:0	UEFA Nations League A	65	0	0	0
2024-10-12	Denmark	🏠	1:0	UEFA Nations League A	28	0	0	0
2024-09-08	Spain	✈	1:4	UEFA Nations League A	-	0	0	0
2024-09-05	Spain	✈	0:0	UEFA Nations League A	-	0	0	0
2024-07-14	Spain	✈	1:2	UEFA Euro	1	0	0	0
2024-07-09	Spain	✈	1:2	UEFA Euro	14	0	0	0
2024-07-05	Spain	✈	1:2	UEFA Euro	40	1	0	0
2024-06-30	Spain	✈	1:4	UEFA Euro	9	0	0	0
2024-06-24	Spain	✈	0:1	UEFA Euro	90	0	0	0
2024-06-20	Spain	✈	0:1	UEFA Euro	1	0	0	0
2024-06-15	Spain	✈	0:3	UEFA Euro	22	0	0	0
2024-06-08	Northern Ireland	🏠	5:1	International Friendlies	29	0	0	0
2024-06-05	Andorra	🏠	5:0	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2024-03-26	Brazil	🏠	3:3	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2024-03-22	Spain	✈	1:0	International Friendlies	90	0	0	0
2023-11-19	Georgia	🏠	3:1	European Qualifiers	-	0	0	0
2023-11-16	Spain	✈	1:3	European Qualifiers	45	0	1	0
2023-10-15	Spain	✈	0:1	European Qualifiers	-	0	0	0
2023-10-12	Scotland	🏠	2:0	European Qualifiers	67	0	0	1
2023-09-12	Cyprus	🏠	6:0	European Qualifiers	90	1	0	0
2023-09-08	Spain	✈	1:7	European Qualifiers	32	0	1	0
2023-06-18	Spain	✈	4:5	UEFA Nations League Finals	42	0	0	0
2023-06-15	Spain	✈	1:2	UEFA Nations League Finals	74	0	0	0
2023-03-28	Spain	✈	2:0	European Qualifiers	57	0	0	0
2023-03-25	Norway	🏠	3:0	European Qualifiers	81	0	0	0
2022-12-06	Spain	✈	3:0	World Cup	-	0	0	0
2022-12-01	Spain	✈	2:1	World Cup	-	0	0	0
2022-11-27	Spain	✈	1:1	World Cup	-	0	0	0
2022-11-23	Spain	✈	0:7	World Cup	-	0	0	0
2022-11-17	Spain	✈	1:3	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2022-09-27	Spain	✈	0:1	UEFA Nations League A	-	0	0	0
2022-09-24	Switzerland	🏠	1:2	UEFA Nations League A	-	0	0	0
2022-06-12	Czechia	🏠	2:0	UEFA Nations League A	-	0	0	0
2022-06-09	Spain	✈	0:1	UEFA Nations League A	-	0	0	0
2022-06-05	Spain	✈	2:2	UEFA Nations League A	-	0	0	0
2022-06-02	Portugal	🏠	1:1	UEFA Nations League A	-	0	0	0
2022-03-29	Iceland	🏠	5:0	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2022-03-26	Albania	🏠	2:1	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2021-11-14	Sweden	🏠	1:0	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	17	0	0	0
2021-11-11	Spain	✈	0:1	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	-	0	0	0
2021-10-10	Spain	✈	2:1	UEFA Nations League Finals	6	0	0	0
2021-10-06	Spain	✈	1:2	UEFA Nations League Finals	15	0	0	0
2021-09-08	Spain	✈	0:2	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	4	0	1	0
2021-09-05	Georgia	🏠	4:0	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	29	0	0	0
2021-09-02	Spain	✈	2:1	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	-	0	0	0
2021-07-06	Spain	✈	5:3	UEFA Euro	-	0	0	0
2021-07-02	Spain	✈	2:4	UEFA Euro	-	0	0	0
2021-06-28	Spain	✈	3:5	UEFA Euro	-	0	0	0
2021-06-23	Slovakia	🏠	5:0	UEFA Euro	-	0	0	0
2021-06-19	Poland	🏠	1:1	UEFA Euro	-	0	0	0
2021-06-14	Sweden	🏠	0:0	UEFA Euro	-	0	0	0
2021-06-08	Lithuania	🏠	4:0	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2021-06-04	Portugal	🏠	0:0	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2021-03-31	Kosovo	🏠	3:1	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	-	0	0	0
2021-03-28	Spain	✈	1:2	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	-	0	0	0
2021-03-25	Greece	🏠	1:1	World Cup Qualifiers (Europe)	-	0	0	0
2020-11-17	Germany	🏠	6:0	UEFA Nations League A	-	0	0	0
2020-11-14	Spain	✈	1:1	UEFA Nations League A	81	0	0	0
2020-11-11	Spain	✈	1:1	International Friendlies	-	0	0	0
2020-10-13	Spain	✈	1:0	UEFA Nations League A	45	0	0	0
2020-10-10	Switzerland	🏠	1:0	UEFA Nations League A	90	0	1	1
2020-10-07	Spain	✈	0:0	International Friendlies	45	0	0	0
2020-09-06	Ukraine	🏠	4:0	UEFA Nations League A	90	0	0	0
2020-09-03	Spain	✈	1:1	UEFA Nations League A	33	0	0	0