Mikel Vesga

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Vesga and the second or maternal family name is Arruti.
Mikel Vesga
Personal information
Full name Mikel Vesga Arruti
Date of birth (1993-05-21) 21 May 1993
Place of birth Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Athletic Bilbao
Number 12
Youth career
Aurrerá Vitoria
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Aurrerá Vitoria 25 (2)
2013–2014 Alavés B 8 (0)
2014–2016 Bilbao Athletic 79 (4)
2016– Athletic Bilbao 0 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 June 2016.


Mikel Vesga Arruti (born 21 May 1993) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Athletic Bilbao as a defensive midfielder.

Club career

Born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, Basque Country, Vesga made his debuts as a senior with CD Aurrerá de Vitoria in 2012, in Tercera División. In the 2013 summer he moved to Deportivo Alavés, being assigned to the reserves also in the fourth division.

On 1 July 2014, after refusing a new deal,[1] Vesga joined another reserve team, Bilbao Athletic in Segunda División B.[2] He was an ever-present figure for the club during the season, appearing in 38 matches and scoring three goals as the B-side returned to Segunda División after 19 years.

Vesga made his professional debut on 24 August 2015, starting in a 0–1 home loss against Girona FC.[3] He scored his first professional goal on 7 February of the following year, netting the winner in a 3–2 success at RCD Mallorca.

References

  1. ↑ "El Athletic ficha a los canteranos que el Alavés vetó por no querer renovar" [Athetic signs two youth players that Alavés put apart for not wanting to renew] (in Spanish). El Correo. 1 July 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "New addition to Bilbao Athletic". Ahtletic's official website. 1 July 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "El que la sigue, la consigue" [The one that follows it, gets it] (in Spanish). Marca. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
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