Mikel Dañobeitia

Mikel Dañobeitia
Personal information
Full name	Mikel Dañobeitia Martín
Date of birth	5 March 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Barakaldo, Spain
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1995–1996	Danok Bat
1996–2000	Athletic Bilbao
2000–2002	Danok Bat
2002–2004	Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years	Team
2004	Basconia
2005	→ Sestao (loan)
2005	Bilbao Athletic
2005–2007	Athletic Bilbao
2007–2009	Salamanca
2009–2011	Córdoba
2011–2012	Logroñés
2013–2014	Barakaldo
2015–2016	Portugalete
2016	Balmaseda
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 November 2017

Mikel Dañobeitia Martín (born 5 March 1986 in Barakaldo, Basque Country) is a Spanish footballer who plays mainly as a forward.

Club career

An Athletic Bilbao youth graduate, Dañobeitia served some loans (including at its farm team, CD Basconia), before being promoted to the main squad for the 2005–06 season. He made his La Liga debut on 26 October 2005, playing 70 minutes in a 2–3 away loss against CA Osasuna.^[1]

After a relatively successful first year, Dañobeitia only appeared in four matches in his second, being released and joining UD Salamanca in the second division. In the 2008–09 campaign, he reunited with former Athletic youth teammate Gorka Azkorra.

In July 2009, Dañobeitia moved to another club in that level, joining Córdoba CF. After only six games in his second season, he left the Andalusians and signed for UD Logroñés in division three.

^ "Webó deja tocado al Athletic en el descuento" [Webó leaves Athletic hurting in injury time]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 26 October 2005. Retrieved 24 September 2017.