Mikel Goti

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Goti and the second or maternal family name is López.
Mikel Goti
Personal information
Full name Mikel Goti López
Date of birth (2002-05-23) 23 May 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Gorliz, Spain
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Real Sociedad
Number 30
Youth career
2012–2020 Athletic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2021 Basconia 25 (6)
2021–2023 Athletic B 59 (6)
2023– Real Sociedad B 40 (7)
2024– Real Sociedad 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 November 2024

Mikel Goti López (born 23 May 2002) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Real Sociedad.

Career

At the age of ten, Goti joined the youth academy of La Liga side Athletic Bilbao.[1] In 2020, he signed for Basconia, before playing for the reserve team of Athletic by the second half of the season. Two and a half years later, he signed for the reserve team of La Liga side Real Sociedad. By the summer of 2024, he was training with the club's first team and received offers from a number of Spanish second tier sides, which he rejected.[2] On 21 November 2024, he debuted and scored his first goal for the first team during a 5–0 away win over Jove Español in the Copa del Rey.

Style of play

Goti can play as a midfielder or as a winger and is left-footed. Speaking to Spanish newspaper El Diario Vasco, Goti's former coach Enrique Rapado compared his style of play to that of Athletic legend Francisco Yeste.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Goti, el atacante zurdo criado en Lezama" [Goti, the left-footed attacker raised in Lezama] (in Spanish). El Correo. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Mikel Goti no tiene prisa pero sí 'novias'" [Mikel Goti is not in a hurry but he does have 'girlfriends'] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 14 July 2024. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  3. ^ ""Mikel Goti se parece a Yeste en su estilo de juego"" [«Mikel Goti is similar to Yeste in his style of play»] (in Spanish). Diario Vasco. 19 May 2023. Retrieved 22 November 2024.