Place of birth Pamplona, Spain Role Footballer Parents Demetrio San Jose Name Mikel Jose Career start 2007 | 2005–2007 Athletic Bilbao Weight 77 kg Number 6 Height 1.86 m | |
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Full name Mikel San Jose Dominguez Date of birth (1989-05-30) 30 May 1989 (age 26) Playing position Current teams Athletic Bilbao (#6 / Defender), Spain national football team (Defender, Midfielder) Profiles | ||
Mikel san jos athletic bilbao
Mikel San José Domínguez ([miˈkel saŋxoˈse ðoˈmiŋɡeθ]; born 30 May 1989) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Athletic Bilbao as a defensive midfielder or a central defender.
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- Mikel san jos athletic bilbao
- Gol de mikel san jos athletic bilbao 1 0 fc barcelona spain supercup 2015
- Early years Liverpool
- Athletic return
- International career
- Club statistics
- Club
- Country
- References
After starting out at Liverpool's reserves he joined Athletic Bilbao in 2009, initially on loan, and went on to make over 200 appearances for the club in La Liga.
San José won European Championships with Spain at under-19 and under-21 level. He also represented the country at the 2012 Olympics, and made his senior international debut in 2014, being part of the squad at Euro 2016.
Gol de mikel san jos athletic bilbao 1 0 fc barcelona spain supercup 2015
Early years / Liverpool
Born in Pamplona, Navarre, San José progressed through the youth teams at Athletic Bilbao in the neighbouring Basque Country, playing for the Juvenil B team and moving to the As in the 2006–07 season, where he made 27 appearances and scored five goals.
Aged just 18, he signed a three-year contract with Liverpool, in August 2007, and subsequently played regularly for the reserves, in 2007–08 and 2008–09.
Athletic return
In August 2009 San José returned to Bilbao on a season-long loan, to gain more first-team experience. He was awarded the number 12 shirt, making his debut on 17 September 2009 in a 3–0 group stage home win against FK Austria Wien for the UEFA Europa League. It was reported in early November 2009 that he was frustrated by the lack of first-team opportunities, and that if this did not improve he would look to shorten the loan agreement and move either back to Liverpool or on loan to another club in January 2010; on the 8th he finally made his La Liga debut, playing the last minute of the 2–0 win at Racing de Santander, and finished the campaign with 30 overall appearances, netting three times.
On 19 May 2010 San José was signed permanently by Athletic, for five years. In his first year he was periodically charged with penalty-taking by manager Joaquín Caparrós, replacing longtime incumbent Andoni Iraola.
On 5 December 2010, in his first Basque derby, against Real Sociedad, San José committed a penalty which resulted in the first goal, and scored in his own net in the beginning of the second half, for the game's final 2–0 at the Anoeta Stadium. The following season, he was an unused substitute in the Copa del Rey and the Europa League finals, both lost.
San José finished the 2012–13 campaign with six goals all competitions comprised, netting five goals in the league as the Lions finished 12th, and was often utilized as a defensive midfielder by coach Marcelo Bielsa. His other successful strike was his first in a European competition, in a 3–3 draw at HJK Helsinki for the Europa League play-off round second leg.
San José scored the first-ever goal for Athletic Bilbao at the new San Mamés Stadium (second overall) on 16 September 2013, netting from close range in a 3–2 win over Celta de Vigo. He began to be overshadowed by fellow youth graduate Aymeric Laporte, however. Around that time he began to play more regularly as a defensive midfielder, having previously been considered a central defender.
On 25 November 2014 San José scored his first goal in the UEFA Champions League, the only one in a group match away to FC Shakhtar Donetsk – nonetheless, the opponents advanced at Athletic's expense. He also netted the opening goal in a 4–0 win against FC Barcelona for the first leg of the Supercopa de España, from 50 meters after a clearance from Marc-André ter Stegen.
International career
San José was part of the Spanish team who captured the 2007 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. Having made 16 appearances in that category, he progressed to the under-21s in early 2009.
On 29 August 2014, San José was named by full side manager Vicente del Bosque in a 23-man squad for matches against France and Macedonia in September. He made his debut on 4 September, featuring the full 90 minutes in a 0–1 friendly loss to the former, and was subsequently selected for the UEFA Euro 2016 tournament alongside Athletic teammate Aritz Aduriz.
San José also featured for the unofficial Basque Country regional side.