Mikel Lasa
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mikel Lasa Goikoetxea | ||
Date of birth | 9 September 1971 | ||
Place of birth | Legorreta, Spain | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Youth career | |||
Real Sociedad | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1988–1989 | Real Sociedad B | 17 | (3) |
1989–1991 | Real Sociedad | 77 | (2) |
1991–1997 | Real Madrid | 139 | (3) |
1997–2001 | Athletic Bilbao | 51 | (1) |
2001–2003 | Murcia | 49 | (0) |
2003–2004 | Ciudad Murcia | 19 | (0) |
Total | 352 | (9) | |
National team | |||
1987–1988 | Spain U16 | 11 | (3) |
1988 | Spain U17 | 1 | (0) |
1989 | Spain U18 | 4 | (1) |
1988–1989 | Spain U19 | 4 | (0) |
1989–1990 | Spain U20 | 4 | (0) |
1990–1994 | Spain U21 | 17 | (0) |
1991–1992 | Spain U23 | 13 | (1) |
1993 | Spain | 2 | (0) |
1993–1997 | Basque Country | 3 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Olympic medal record | ||
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Representing Spain | ||
Men's Football | ||
1992 Barcelona | Team Competition |
Mikel Lasa Goikoetxea (born 9 September 1971) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a left back.
He played 267 La Liga matches over 13 seasons (six goals scored), representing Real Sociedad, Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao.
Lasa was part of the squad that won the Olympic gold medal in 1992.
Club career[]
Lasa was born in Legorreta, Gipuzkoa. He was a product of local Real Sociedad's youth academy, and made his La Liga debut not yet aged 18, as the Basque side was coached by John Toshack, during the 1988–89 season.
After delivering as a young talent, Lasa signed with Real Madrid for the 1991–92 campaign for approximately €1.7 million, seen as a replacement for ageing Rafael Gordillo. After struggling initially, barred by Francisco Villarroya, he eventually became the starter, also scoring in the club's 2–0 win in the 1993 Copa del Rey final against Real Zaragoza;[1] however, he would be virtually absent from the lineups after the 1996 signing of Brazilian Roberto Carlos.
Lasa joined Real Sociedad's neighbours, Athletic Bilbao, in 1997–98, being an important first-team element as they achieved a runner-up place. He played very little in his final three seasons and retired altogether in 2004, after Segunda División spells with neighbours Real and Ciudad de Murcia.
International career[]
Lasa played twice for Spain in 1993, incidentally both matches being against Lithuania during the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.[2][3] He was also a member of the side that won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics, in Barcelona.[4]
Honours[]
Club[]
Real Madrid
Murcia
International[]
Spain U16
Spain U23
Spain U21
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship: Third-place 1994
References[]
- ^ "Una Copa para el consuelo" [Consolation Cup]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 27 June 1993. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
- ^ "La selección repite otro 5–0 en Sevilla" [The national team repeat another 5–0 in Seville]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 25 February 1993. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
- ^ "0–2: La necesaria victoria en Lituania llegó por el camino de la angustia y el desgaste" [0–2: The needed win in Lithuania came via anguish and friction]. ABC (in Spanish). 3 June 1993. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
- ^ "La Roja de 1992, nuestra medalla de oro Olímpica" [1992's La Roja, our Olympic gold medal] (in Spanish). Antena 3. 3 July 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ^ "Supervivientes de oro" [Golden survivors]. El País (in Spanish). 25 February 2007. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
External links[]
- Mikel Lasa at BDFutbol
- Mikel Lasa at Athletic Bilbao
- Mikel Lasa at National-Football-Teams.com
- Mikel Lasa – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Spain stats at Eu-Football
- 1971 births
- Living people
- People from Goierri
- Spanish footballers
- Footballers from the Basque Country (autonomous community)
- Association football defenders
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- Real Sociedad B footballers
- Real Sociedad footballers
- Real Madrid CF players
- Athletic Bilbao footballers
- Real Murcia players
- Ciudad de Murcia footballers
- Spain youth international footballers
- Spain under-21 international footballers
- Spain under-23 international footballers
- Spain international footballers
- Footballers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of Spain
- Olympic gold medalists for Spain
- Olympic medalists in football
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Basque Country international footballers