Mikel Saizar
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mikel Saizar Soroa | ||
| Date of birth | 18 January 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Ibarra, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | AEK Larnaca | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| 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– | AEK Larnaca | 2 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:50, 25 October 2015 (UTC). | |||
Mikel Saizar Soroa (born 18 January 1983) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Cypriot club AEK Larnaca F.C. 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, 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 link 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Saizar rescinded his contract on 21 July 2015, after suffering relegation.[7]
Club statistics
- As of 17 September 2015
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Real Unión | 2001–02[8] | Segunda División B | 4 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| Real Sociedad B | 2003–04[8] | Segunda División B | 20 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 0 | ||
| 2004–05[8] | Segunda División B | 11 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||
| 2005–06[8] | Segunda División B | 27 | 0 | — | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| Total | 58 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 60 | 0 | |||
| Pontevedra | 2006–07[8] | Segunda División B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
| 2007–08[8] | Segunda División B | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2008–09[8] | Segunda División B | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 39 | 0 | ||
| Total | 42 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0 | ||
| Cultural Leonesa | 2009–10[8] | Segunda División B | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 24 | 0 | |
| Guadalajara | 2010–11[8] | Segunda División B | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 2011–12[8] | Segunda División | 42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 43 | 0 | ||
| Total | 68 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 69 | 0 | |||
| Córdoba | 2012–13[8] | Segunda División | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |
| 2013–14[8] | Segunda División | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 31 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15[8] | La Liga | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| Total | 39 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | 47 | 0 | |||
| AEK Larnaca | 2015–16[9] | 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 (Spanish)
- ↑ 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 (Spanish)
- ↑ Vitolo evita una victoria histórica del Guadalajara (Vitolo avoids an historical victory from Guadalajara); Marca, 27 August 2011 (Spanish)
- ↑ El Córdoba ficha al meta Saizar (Córdoba signs goalkeeper Saizar); Marca, 10 July 2012 (Spanish)
- ↑ Saizar, hasta 2016 (Saizar, until 2016); El Día de Córdoba, 14 February 2013 (Spanish)
- ↑ El Valencia sufre en el Nuevo Arcángel (Valencia suffers at the Nuevo Arcángel); Marca, 21 February 2015 (Spanish)
- ↑ Comunicado oficial (Official statement); Córdoba's official website, 21 July 2015 (Spanish)
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Saizar: Mikel Saizar Soroa". BDFutbol. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ↑ "Mikel Saizar". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
External links
- Mikel Saizar profile at BDFutbol
- Futbolme profile (Spanish)
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