1996 - Today
Mikel Merino Zazón (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmikel meˈɾino]; born 22 June 1996) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for La Liga club Real Sociedad and the Spain national team. After starting out at Osasuna, he went on to play for Borussia Dortmund, Newcastle United and Real Sociedad. Merino represented Spain in two European Under-21 Championships, winning the 2019 edition. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mikel Merino has received more than 799,254 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Mikel Merino is the 7,116th most popular soccer player (up from 7,462nd in 2019), the 2,133rd most popular biography from Spain (down from 2,014th in 2019) and the 493rd most popular Spanish Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Mikel Merino ranks 7,116 out of 16,880. Before him are Paul Okon, Christian Bolaños, Jiang Jin, Adiel de Oliveira Amorim, Lee Chung-yong, and Mauricio Victorino. After him are Masahiro Endo, Nahuel Guzmán, Hidehiko Shimizu, Milan Osterc, Julio César Cáceres, and Sergio Porrini.
1972 - Present
HPI: 35.07
Rank: 7,110
1984 - Present
HPI: 35.06
Rank: 7,111
1968 - Present
HPI: 35.06
Rank: 7,112
1980 - Present
HPI: 35.06
Rank: 7,113
1988 - Present
HPI: 35.06
Rank: 7,114
1982 - Present
HPI: 35.05
Rank: 7,115
1996 - Present
HPI: 35.05
Rank: 7,116
1970 - Present
HPI: 35.05
Rank: 7,117
1986 - Present
HPI: 35.04
Rank: 7,118
1954 - Present
HPI: 35.04
Rank: 7,119
1975 - Present
HPI: 35.04
Rank: 7,120
1979 - Present
HPI: 35.04
Rank: 7,121
1968 - Present
HPI: 35.04
Rank: 7,122
Among people born in 1996, Mikel Merino ranks 144. Before him are Álex Márquez, Nico Elvedi, Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold, Viktor Kovalenko, Duje Ćaleta-Car, and Joel Courtney. After him are Ella Purnell, Lukas Klostermann, Harris Dickinson, Chung Hyeon, Austin Mahone, and Borna Ćorić.
1996 - Present
HPI: 35.23
Rank: 138
1996 - Present
HPI: 35.18
Rank: 139
1996 - Present
HPI: 35.15
Rank: 140
1996 - Present
HPI: 35.13
Rank: 141
1996 - Present
HPI: 35.13
Rank: 142
1996 - Present
HPI: 35.13
Rank: 143
1996 - Present
HPI: 35.05
Rank: 144
1996 - Present
HPI: 34.96
Rank: 145
1996 - Present
HPI: 34.89
Rank: 146
1996 - Present
HPI: 34.58
Rank: 147
1996 - Present
HPI: 34.49
Rank: 148
1996 - Present
HPI: 34.47
Rank: 149
1996 - Present
HPI: 34.45
Rank: 150
Among people born in Spain, Mikel Merino ranks 2,133 out of 2,932. Before him are José Antonio Alonso (1960), Serafín Zubiri (1964), Jordi Cuixart (1975), Silvia Navarro (1979), Oriol Romeu (1991), and Stefano Cerioni (1964). After him are Coke (1987), Joan Verdú (1983), Marcel Granollers (1986), Víctor Ruiz (1989), Carlos Soler (1997), and Isaac Gálvez (1975).
1960 - 2017
HPI: 35.08
Rank: 2,127
1964 - Present
HPI: 35.08
Rank: 2,128
1975 - Present
HPI: 35.08
Rank: 2,129
1979 - Present
HPI: 35.07
Rank: 2,130
1991 - Present
HPI: 35.07
Rank: 2,131
1964 - Present
HPI: 35.05
Rank: 2,132
1996 - Present
HPI: 35.05
Rank: 2,133
1987 - Present
HPI: 35.01
Rank: 2,134
1983 - Present
HPI: 35.01
Rank: 2,135
1986 - Present
HPI: 34.99
Rank: 2,136
1989 - Present
HPI: 34.92
Rank: 2,137
1997 - Present
HPI: 34.90
Rank: 2,138
1975 - 2006
HPI: 34.88
Rank: 2,139
Among soccer players born in Spain, Mikel Merino ranks 493. Before him are Sergio Escudero (1989), Miguel Torres Gómez (1986), Iván Marcano (1987), Mikel San José (1989), Mikel Balenziaga (1988), and Oriol Romeu (1991). After him are Coke (1987), Joan Verdú (1983), Víctor Ruiz (1989), Carlos Soler (1997), Diego Llorente (1993), and Fernando Pacheco Flores (1992).
1989 - Present
HPI: 35.26
Rank: 487
1986 - Present
HPI: 35.26
Rank: 488
1987 - Present
HPI: 35.22
Rank: 489
1989 - Present
HPI: 35.14
Rank: 490
1988 - Present
HPI: 35.10
Rank: 491
1991 - Present
HPI: 35.07
Rank: 492
1996 - Present
HPI: 35.05
Rank: 493
1987 - Present
HPI: 35.01
Rank: 494
1983 - Present
HPI: 35.01
Rank: 495
1989 - Present
HPI: 34.92
Rank: 496
1997 - Present
HPI: 34.90
Rank: 497
1993 - Present
HPI: 34.72
Rank: 498
1992 - Present
HPI: 34.68
Rank: 499