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 | Numancia | ||
Number | 25 | ||
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– | Numancia | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:54, 15 May 2016 (UTC) |
Template:Spanish name Mikel Saizar Soroa (born 18 January 1983) is a Spanish footballer who plays for CD Numancia as a goalkeeper.
Club career
Born in Ibarra (Gipuzkoa), Saizar made his senior debuts with Real Unión in the 2001–02 season, in Segunda División B. In the 2002 summer he joined Basque neighbours Real Sociedad, being assigned to the reserves also in the third level.
Saizar continued to compete in the third division in 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 UD Las Palmas.[3] He played all 42 league games during the campaign, as the Castilla-La Mancha club narrowly avoided relegation.
On 10 July 2012, Saizar moved to Córdoba CF also in the second tier.[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. He made his debut in the competition on 21 February 2015, starting in a 1–2 home loss against Valencia CF.[6]
Saizar cut ties with Córdoba on 21 July 2015, after suffering relegation.[7] On 30 November of the following year, after spending one season as a backup for compatriot Toño at AEK Larnaca F.C., he signed a one-year deal with CD Numancia.[8]
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[9] | Segunda División B | 4 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
Real Sociedad B | 2003–04[9] | Segunda División B | 20 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 0 | ||
2004–05[9] | Segunda División B | 11 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||
2005–06[9] | Segunda División B | 27 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
Total | 58 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 60 | 0 | |||
Pontevedra | 2006–07[9] | Segunda División B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
2007–08[9] | Segunda División B | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
2008–09[9] | Segunda División B | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 39 | 0 | ||
Total | 42 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0 | ||
Cultural Leonesa | 2009–10[9] | Segunda División B | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 24 | 0 | |
Guadalajara | 2010–11[9] | Segunda División B | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
2011–12[9] | Segunda División | 42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 43 | 0 | ||
Total | 68 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 69 | 0 | |||
Córdoba | 2012–13[9] | Segunda División | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |
2013–14[9] | Segunda División | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 31 | 0 | ||
2014–15[9] | La Liga | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | ||
Total | 39 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | 47 | 0 | |||
AEK Larnaca | 2015–16[10] | 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 Template:Es icon
- ^ El Guadalajara ficha al portero Mikel Saizar procedente de La Leonesa (Guadalajara signs goalkeeper Mikel Saizar from La Leonesa); El Digital Deportivo, 23 August 2010 Template:Es icon
- ^ Vitolo evita una victoria histórica del Guadalajara (Vitolo avoids an historical victory from Guadalajara); Marca, 27 August 2011 Template:Es icon
- ^ El Córdoba ficha al meta Saizar (Córdoba signs goalkeeper Saizar); Marca, 10 July 2012 Template:Es icon
- ^ Saizar, hasta 2016 (Saizar, until 2016); El Día de Córdoba, 14 February 2013 Template:Es icon
- ^ El Valencia sufre en el Nuevo Arcángel (Valencia suffers at the Nuevo Arcángel); Marca, 21 February 2015 Template:Es icon
- ^ Comunicado oficial (Official statement); Córdoba CF, 21 July 2015 Template:Es icon
- ^ Mikel Saizar, nuevo jugador del Numancia (Mikel Saizar, new player of Numancia); CD Numancia, 30 November 2016 Template:Es icon
- ^ 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 BDFutbol
- Futbolme profile Template:Es icon
- 1983 births
- Living people
- People from Gipuzkoa
- Spanish footballers
- Basque footballers
- Association football goalkeepers
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- Real Unión footballers
- Real Sociedad B footballers
- Pontevedra CF footballers
- Cultural Leonesa footballers
- CD Guadalajara (Spain) footballers
- Córdoba CF footballers
- CD Numancia players
- Cypriot First Division players
- AEK Larnaca F.C. players
- Spanish expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Cyprus