Mikel Martins das Neves (born 28 May 1983) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
Club career A product of Athletic Bilbao's youth system, Martins was born in San Sebastián, Basque Country, and started his senior career with the club's farm and B teams. He spent nine of his first ten seasons as a professional in the Segunda División B, also representing RCD Espanyol B, CD Baza, CD Guijuelo, Benidorm CFEl Benidorm cierra los fichajes de Peque y Mikel Martins para la próxima campaña (Benidorm complete signings of Peque and Mikel Martins for next season); Diario Información, 3 July 2009 and CD Mirandés, joining the latter in June 2010.Mikel Martins, tercer fichaje del Mirandés (Mikel Martins, Mirandés' third signing); Diario de Burgos, 25 June 2010
Martins started in 27 of his 35 appearances for Mirandés in 2011–12, as the Castile and León side reached Segunda División for the first time ever.Mikel Martins refuerza el centro del campo del Real Unión (Martins reinforces Real Unión midfield); El Diario Vasco, 21 July 2015 He played his first match in the competition on 17 August 2012, coming on as a late substitute in a 0–1 home loss against SD Huesca.El Huesca amarga el estreno del Mirandés (Huesca bitter Mirandés debut); Marca, 17 August 2012
On 21 July 2015, Martins signed with Real Unión from Hércules CF. He retired at the age of 36, after one year with SD Amorebieta also in the third tier and his native region.Martins (Amorebieta): «Tenemos una plantilla corta, joven y con mucha ilusión» (Martins (Amorebieta): "We have a short squad, young and full of hunger"); El Correo, 29 August 2018
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