Mikel Martins

Mikel Martins das Neves 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 CF and CD Mirandés, joining the latter in 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. 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.
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.