Mikel Santamaría Ciprián (born 20 July 1987) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a centre-back for CD Izarra.
Club career Born in Pamplona, Navarre, Santamaría finished his development at CA Osasuna, and made his senior debut with the reserves in the Segunda División B. In 2008, he signed with CD Alfaro of the same league.El Alfaro cierra la plantilla (Alfaro complete squad); La Rioja, 27 August 2008 (in Spanish)
Santamaría joined Athletic Bilbao in the summer of 2009, being assigned to the B team also in the third division. He subsequently represented, still in that tier, Albacete BalompiéMikel Santamaría ficha por el Albacete (Mikel Santamaría signs for Albacete); El Correo, 9 July 2011 (in Spanish) and CD Leganés,Mikel Santamaría, refuerzo defensivo procedente del Albacete (Mikel Santamaría, defensive signing from Albacete); CD Leganés, 8 August 2013 (in Spanish) being promoted to Segunda División with the latter club at the end of the 2013–14 season.El Leganés ya es de Segunda (Leganés belong to Segunda now); Marca, 22 June 2014 (in Spanish)
On 24 August 2014, Santamaría played his first match as a professional, starting in a 1–1 home draw against Deportivo Alavés.El Alavés amarga la fiesta a un Leganés con poca pegada (Alavés bitter party to Leganés with little power); Marca, 24 August 2014 (in Spanish) On 21 July of the following year, he moved to Racing de Santander, recently relegated from division two.Mikel Santamaría, séptimo refuerzo racinguista de la campaña 2015/16 (Mikel Santamaría, seventh racinguista addition of the 2015/16 campaign); Racing Santander, 21 July 2015 (in Spanish)
Personal life Santamaría's older brother, Roberto, was also a footballer. A goalkeeper, he too was developed at Osasuna.Mikel Santamaría: "Ningún equipo ha sido muy superior a nosotros" (Mikel Santamaría: "No team has bested us by far"); Diario de Navarra, 30 December 2014 (in Spanish) In 2022, both siblings signed for CD Tudelano and played together for the first time.El sueño de un día de verano para los hermanos Santamaría (The dream of a summer day for the Santamaría brothers); Diario de Navarra, 11 October 2022 (in Spanish)
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