Mikel Merino

Spain · 2026

Position: Midfielder · Nationality: Spain · Born: 22 Jun 1996 in Pamplona, Spain · Height: 1.89 m · Weight: 83 kg

3 goals and 1 assist recorded on gamesare.live.

UEFA Nations League 2026/27

• Assist 89' · Spain v Croatia · League A - 2, 29 Sep 2026 · scored by Nico Williams

EFL Cup 2026/27

• Goal 58' · Ipswich v Arsenal · Round of 32, 15 Sep 2026

FIFA World Cup 2026

• Goal 88' · Spain v Belgium · QF, 10 Jul 2026
• Goal 90' · Portugal v Spain · R16, 6 Jul 2026 · assisted by F. Torres

Recent match statistics

• Spain v Croatia · 29 Sep 2026 · for Spain · UEFA Nations League 2026/27
  Started, 33 min · rating 6.5 · 0 goals · 1 assist · 0 shots (0 on target) · 1 key passes
• England v Spain · 26 Sep 2026 · for Spain · UEFA Nations League 2026/27
  Started, 8 min · rating 6.0 · 0 goals · 0 assists · 0 shots (0 on target) · 0 key passes
• Brighton v Arsenal · 19 Sep 2026 · for Arsenal · Premier League 2026/27
  Started, 30 min · rating 5.7 · 0 goals · 0 assists · 0 shots (0 on target) · 0 key passes
• Ipswich v Arsenal · 15 Sep 2026 · for Arsenal · EFL Cup 2026/27
  Started, 90 min · rating 7.8 · 1 goal · 0 assists · 1 shots (1 on target) · 4 key passes
• Sunderland v Arsenal · 12 Sep 2026 · for Arsenal · Premier League 2026/27
  Started, 5 min · rating 6.4 · 0 goals · 0 assists · 0 shots (0 on target) · 0 key passes
• Napoli v Arsenal · 9 Sep 2026 · for Arsenal · UEFA Champions League 2026/27
  Started, 65 min · rating 6.4 · 0 goals · 0 assists · 2 shots (2 on target) · 1 key passes
• Arsenal v Chelsea · 6 Sep 2026 · for Arsenal · Premier League 2026/27
  Started, 13 min · rating 6.0 · 0 goals · 0 assists · 0 shots (0 on target) · 0 key passes · 1 yellow
• Aston Villa v Arsenal · 31 Aug 2026 · for Arsenal · Premier League 2026/27
  Substitute, 29 min · rating 7.2
• Arsenal v Coventry · 21 Aug 2026 · for Arsenal · Premier League 2026/27
  Substitute, 14 min · rating 6.9 · 0 assists · 1 shots (1 on target)

Career moves

• Real Sociedad to Arsenal · 27 Aug 2024 · € 32M
• Newcastle to Real Sociedad · 12 Jul 2018 · € 12M
• Borussia Dortmund to Newcastle · 3 Jan 2018 · € 7M
• Borussia Dortmund to Newcastle · 28 Jul 2017 · Loan
• Osasuna to Borussia Dortmund · 1 Jul 2016 · € 3.8M

Honours

• Emirates Cup — Winner · 2025 · World
• UEFA Nations League — 2nd Place · 2024/2026 · Europe
• Premier League — 2nd Place · 2024/2025 · England
• UEFA European Championship — Winner · 2024 · Europe
• UEFA Nations League — Winner · 2022/2024 · Europe
• Olympics Men — 2nd Place · 2021 · World
• UEFA Nations League — 2nd Place · 2020/2022 · Europe
• Copa del Rey — Winner · 2019/2021 · Spain
• UEFA U21 Championship — Winner · 2017/2019 · Europe
• DFB Pokal — Winner · 2016/2017 · Germany
• Super Cup — 2nd Place · 2016 · Germany
• UEFA U21 Championship — 2nd Place · 2015/2017 · Europe
• UEFA U19 Championship — Winner · 2014/2015 · Europe

Recorded absences

• Knock · 23 Apr 2025 to 28 Apr 2025
• Knee Injury · 30 Nov 2024 to 3 Dec 2024
• Concussion · 7 Nov 2024 to 9 Nov 2024
• Shoulder Injury · 29 Aug 2024 to 30 Sep 2024
• Hamstring · 18 Jan 2023 to 9 Feb 2023
• Calf Injury · 26 Nov 2021 to 17 Dec 2021
• Back Injury · 8 Apr 2021 to 3 Jun 2021
• Calf/Shin Injury · 1 Feb 2020 to 5 Feb 2020
• Thigh Injury · 30 Sep 2018 to 23 Nov 2018
• Knock · 25 Apr 2018 to 4 May 2018