Name Mikel Martins Years Team Weight 68 kg | Height 1.77 m Role Footballer Current team Real Union | |
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Full name Mikel Martins das Neves Date of birth (1983-05-28) 28 May 1983 (age 32) | ||
Place of birth San Sebastian, Spain | ||
Mikel Martins das Neves (born 28 May 1983) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Real Unión as a defensive midfielder.
Football career
A product of Athletic Bilbao's youth system, Martins was born in San Sebastián, Basque Country, and started his senior career with the club's farm and B-teams. He played nine of his first ten seasons as a professional in Segunda División B, also representing RCD Espanyol B, CD Baza, CD Guijuelo, Benidorm CF and CD Mirandés, joining the latter in June 2010.
Martins started in 27 of his 35 appearances for Mirandés in 2011–12, as the Castile and León side reached Segunda División for the first time ever. He played his first match in the competition on 17 August 2012, coming on as a late substitute in a 0–1 loss against SD Huesca. On 21 July 2015 Martins signed for Real Unión.
