Mikel Saizar
{{short description|Spanish footballer (born 1983)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{family name hatnote|Saizar|Soroa|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Mikel Saizar
| image = Saizar.jpg
| full_name = Mikel Saizar Soroa
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|1|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = Ibarra, Spain
| height = {{convert|1.88|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| position = Goalkeeper
| currentclub = Real Sociedad C (goalkeeping coach)
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Tolosa
| youthyears2 = 1998–2000 | youthclubs2 = Athletic Bilbao
| youthyears3 = 2000–2001 | youthclubs3 = Tolosa
| youthyears4 = 2001 | youthclubs4 = Real Unión
| years1 = 2001–2002 | clubs1 = Real Unión | caps1 = 4 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2002–2006 | clubs2 = Real Sociedad B | caps2 = 58 | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2006–2009 | clubs3 = Pontevedra | caps3 = 42 | goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2009–2010 | clubs4 = Cultural Leonesa | caps4 = 20 | goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2010–2012 | clubs5 = Guadalajara | caps5 = 68 | goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2012–2015 | clubs6 = Córdoba | caps6 = 39 | goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2015–2016 | clubs7 = AEK Larnaca | caps7 = 4 | goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2016–2017 | clubs8 = Numancia | caps8 = 1 | goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2017–2019 | clubs9 = Burgos | caps9 = 75 | goals9 = 0
| years10 = 2019–2022 | clubs10 = Amorebieta | caps10 = 63 | goals10 = 0
| totalcaps = | totalgoals =
}}
Mikel Saizar Soroa (born 18 January 1983) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and the current goalkeeping coach of Real Sociedad C.
Club career
Born in Ibarra (Gipuzkoa), Saizar made his senior debut with Real Unión in the 2001–02 season, in the Segunda División B. In the summer of 2002 he joined Basque neighbours Real Sociedad, being assigned to the reserves also in the third tier.
Saizar continued to compete in the third division the following years, representing Pontevedra CF, Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa[http://www.diariodeleon.es/noticias/deportes/portero-mikel-saizar-central-alvaro-tejedor-primeros-fichajes_467102.html 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) and CD Guadalajara.[http://www.eldigitalcastillalamancha.es/articulo_deportivo.asp?idarticulo=17837 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) 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.[http://www.marca.com/2011/08/27/futbol/2adivision/1314473021.html Vitolo evita una victoria histórica del Guadalajara (Vitolo avoids an historical victory from Guadalajara)]; Marca, 27 August 2011 (in Spanish) 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 division two.[http://www.marca.com/2012/07/10/futbol/equipos/cordoba/1341954868.html El Córdoba ficha al meta Saizar (Córdoba sign goalkeeper Saizar)]; Marca, 10 July 2012 (in Spanish) He spent his first year as a backup to Alberto García.
Saizar renewed his contract with the Andalusians on 14 February 2013,[http://www.eldiadecordoba.es/article/deportes/1460041/saizar/hasta.html Saizar, hasta 2016 (Saizar, until 2016)]; El Día de Córdoba, 14 February 2013 (in Spanish) and was an ever-present figure in 2013–14 as his team returned to La Liga after a 42-year absence.{{cite news|url=https://sevilla.abc.es/andalucia/cordoba/20140623/sevp-heroes-ascenso-20140623.html|title=Los héroes del ascenso|trans-title=The promotion heroes|publisher=ABC|language=Spanish|date=23 June 2014|accessdate=17 September 2018}} He made his debut in the competition on 21 February 2015, starting in a 1–2 home loss to Valencia CF.[http://www.marca.com/eventos/marcador/futbol/2014_15/la-liga/jornada_24/cor_val/ El Valencia sufre en el Nuevo Arcángel (Valencia suffer at the Nuevo Arcángel)]; Marca, 21 February 2015 (in Spanish)
Saizar cut ties with Córdoba on 21 July 2015, after suffering relegation.[http://www.cordobacf.com/-/comunicado-ofic-50 Comunicado oficial (Official statement)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724175507/http://www.cordobacf.com/-/comunicado-ofic-50|date=24 July 2015}}; Córdoba CF, 21 July 2015 (in Spanish) 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.[http://www.cdnumancia.com/noticia/mikel-saizar-nuevo-jugador-del-numancia Mikel Saizar, nuevo jugador del Numancia (Mikel Saizar, new player of Numancia)]; CD Numancia, 30 November 2016 (in Spanish) 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.burgosconecta.es/2017/10/21/1-1-empate-a-futbol-entre-cd-mirandes-y-burgos-cf.html|title=1–1. Empate a fútbol entre CD Mirandés y Burgos CF|trans-title=1–1. Football draw between CD Mirandés and Burgos CF|publisher=Burgos Conecta|language=Spanish|date=22 October 2017|accessdate=23 December 2017}}
Club statistics
{{updated|17 September 2015}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | ||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="1"|Real Unión
|2001–02{{cite web|url=http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/j/j100205.html|title=Saizar: Mikel Saizar Soroa|publisher=BDFutbol|accessdate=30 July 2015}} |4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 0 | |||
| rowspan="4"|Real Sociedad B
|Segunda División B |20 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 20 | 0 | |||
| 2004–05
|Segunda División B |11 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 11 | 0 | |||
| 2005–06
|Segunda División B |27 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 2{{efn|Appearances in Promotion Play-offs|name=PPO}} | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!58 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | 60 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="4"|Pontevedra
|Segunda División B |2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2007–08
|Segunda División B |2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2008–09
|Segunda División B |38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 39 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!42 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0 | |
| Cultural Leonesa
|Segunda División B |20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 24 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Guadalajara
|Segunda División B |26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
| 2011–12
|42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 43 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!68 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 69 | 0 | ||
| rowspan="4"|Córdoba
|Segunda División |2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14
|Segunda División |31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 31 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15
|6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 8 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!39 | 0 | 8 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 47 | 0 | ||
| AEK Larnaca
|2015–16{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/mikel-saizar-soroa/103589/|title=Mikel Saizar|publisher=Soccerway|accessdate=30 July 2015}} |1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!232 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 254 | 0 |
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References
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External links
- {{Athletic Bilbao profile|id=1404/mikel-saizar-soroa}}
- {{BDFutbol|100205}}
- {{Futbolme|9653}}
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Category:People from Tolosaldea
Category:Spanish men's footballers
Category:Footballers from Gipuzkoa
Category:Men's association football goalkeepers
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Category:Real Unión footballers
Category:Real Sociedad B footballers
Category:Pontevedra CF footballers
Category:Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa players
Category:CD Guadalajara (Spain) footballers
Category:Burgos CF footballers
Category:SD Amorebieta footballers
Category:Cypriot First Division players
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Category:Spanish expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus