Mikel Merino, ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na Spain, ya ci gaba da zama ɗaya daga cikin manyan ‘yan wasa a gasar La Liga. Dan wasan tsakiya na Real Sociedad ya nuna ƙwarewa sosai a cikin wasanninsa na baya-bayan nan, inda ya taka rawar gani wajen taimakawa ƙungiyarsa ta samu nasara.
Merino, wanda ya fara aikinsa a ƙungiyar Osasuna, ya shafe lokaci a ƙungiyar Borussia Dortmund da Newcastle United kafin ya koma Spain a shekarar 2018. Tun daga lokacin, ya zama babban jigo a Real Sociedad, inda ya taimaka wa ƙungiyar ta kai matsayi mai kyau a gasar La Liga da kuma gasar cin kofin Turai.
A cikin shekarar 2023, Merino ya ci gaba da nuna ƙwarewarsa ta hanyar zura kwallaye da yin taimako masu mahimmanci. An yaba masa saboda ƙwarewarsa a cikin tsakiyar filin wasa, da kuma ikonsa na sarrafa wasa da kuma yin tsaro.
Baya ga aikinsa a kulob, Merino ya kuma wakilci ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Spain a matakin ƙasa da ƙasa. Ya taka leda a gasar Olympics ta shekarar 2020 da kuma wasannin sada zumunci da yawa, inda ya nuna cewa yana da gwiwa don zama ɗaya daga cikin manyan ‘yan wasan Spain a nan gaba.