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Sabin Merino

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Sabin Merino
Merino with Athletic Bilbao in 2016
Personal information
Full name Sabin Merino Zuloaga
Date of birth (1992-01-04) 4 January 1992 (age 34)
Place of birth Urduliz, Spain
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Winger
Team information
Current team
 Barakaldo
Number 10
Youth career
2001–2002 Danok Bat
2002–2005 Athletic Bilbao
2005–2008 Danok Bat
2008–2009 Javanon
2009–2011 Danok Bat
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Basconia 70 (27)
2012–2015 Bilbao Athletic 81 (21)
2015–2019 Athletic Bilbao 48 (6)
2018–2019 → Leganés (loan) 12 (0)
2019–2020 Leganés 2 (0)
2020 Deportivo La Coruña 18 (5)
2020–2022 Leganés 50 (11)
2022–2024 Zaragoza 16 (0)
2022–2023 → Atlético San Luis (loan) 23 (2)
2023–2024 → Racing Ferrol (loan) 36 (5)
2025 Saprissa 10 (1)
2025– Barakaldo 28 (5)
International career
2016 Basque Country 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 June 2026

Sabin Merino Zuloaga (Basque: [s̺aβin meɾino]; Spanish: [saˈβim meˈɾino]; born 4 January 1992) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays mainly as a left winger for Primera Federación club Barakaldo.

Club career

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Athletic Bilbao

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Born in Urduliz, Biscay, Basque Country, Merino graduated from Danok Bat's youth academy following spells at Athletic Bilbao's Lezama and American club Javanon.[1] In the summer of 2011, he returned to the Lions, and made his debut as a senior with the farm team in the Tercera División.[2]

On 21 June 2013, Merino reached the reserves in the Segunda División B.[3] On 29 June 2015, after scoring a career-best 18 goals during the season as they returned to Segunda División after a 19-year absence,[4] he was promoted to the main squad in La Liga.[5]

Merino made his official debut with the first team on 6 August 2015, coming on as a second-half substitute for Javier Eraso in a 0–0 away draw against Inter Baku in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.[6] After the departure of Guillermo, he was finally granted a place in the roster, being assigned #25.[7]

Merino started the 4–0 home rout of Barcelona in the Supercopa de España on 14 August 2015 as a left winger, providing the assist for Aritz Aduriz's second goal.[8] He scored his first at the professional level six days later, opening an eventual 3–2 Europa League playoff round loss to Žilina.[9]

Merino scored his first goal in the Spanish top flight on 23 September 2015, in a 1–2 home defeat against Real Madrid.[10]

Leganés

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On 31 August 2018, Merino was loaned to Leganés in the same league for one year.[11] The following May, Athletic released him and he joined the Madrid club on a permanent one-year deal.[12]

Deportivo

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Merino signed for Deportivo de La Coruña of Segunda División on 14 January 2020, agreeing to a two-and-a-half-year contract.[13] He scored four times in his first four matches with the club, surpassing previous holder Bebeto who held the distinction since 1992;[14] this feat earned him January's Segunda División Player of the Month award.[15]

Return to Leganés

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On 17 August 2020, after Dépor's relegation, Merino returned to Leganés.[16] On 31 January 2022, he left as a free agent.[17]

Zaragoza

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On 31 January 2022, Merino joined fellow second-tier side Real Zaragoza on a three-and-a-half-year deal.[18] In July, he was loaned to Atlético San Luis of the Liga MX.[19]

On 25 July 2023, Merino went on loan to Racing de Ferrol for the upcoming season.[20] In August of the following year, he terminated his contract with Zaragoza.[21]

Later career

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Merino moved to the Costa Rican Liga FPD in December 2024, on a deal at Deportivo Saprissa.[22] The 33-year-old returned to both Spain and his region of birth in September 2025, joining Primera Federación club Barakaldo.[23]

International career

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Merino was never capped by Spain at any level. He did feature for the unofficial Basque Country regional team.[24]

Honours

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Athletic Bilbao

References

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  1. ↑ Martín, Asís (4 December 2013). "El cachorro Sabin Merino es seguido por varios clubes ingleses" [Pup Sabin Merino is tracked by several English clubs] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  2. ↑ Ruiz, Pako (16 June 2015). "La apuesta del Athletic es Sabin Merino" [Athletic's bet is Sabin Merino]. Deia (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  3. ↑ "Bilbao Athletic pre-season". Athletic Bilbao. 21 June 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  4. ↑ García, Alberto (29 June 2015). "Sabin Merino: El capitán de récord que pudo ser también héroe" [Sabin Merino: the record captain who could also have been the hero]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Dismissals in Bilbao Athletic". Athletic Bilbao. 29 June 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  6. ↑ Cuenca, Nika (30 July 2015). "Eraso arranca con el pie derecho en Bilbao" [Eraso starts off on the right foot in Bilbao]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  7. ↑ "Williams hereda el '15' de Iraola y Bóveda el '2' de Toquero" [Williams inherits the '15' from Iraola and Bóveda the '2' from Toquero]. Marca (in Spanish). 13 August 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  8. 1 2 Estepa, Javier (14 August 2015). "Aduriz echa al Barça a los leones" [Aduriz throws Barça to the lions]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  9. ↑ Ballesteros, Cristian (20 August 2015). "El Athletic se deja sorprender por el Zilina" [Athletic let themselves be surprised by Zilina]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  10. ↑ "Ath Bilbao 1–2 Real Madrid". BBC Sport. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  11. ↑ "El extremo Sabin Merino, cedido al C.D. Leganés para la presente temporada" [Winger Sabin Merino, loaned to C.D. Leganés for the current season] (in Spanish). CD Leganés. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  12. ↑ Martín, Francisco Javier (8 May 2019). "El Athletic libera a Merino, que seguirá en el Leganés hasta 2020" [Athletic release Merino, who will continue at Leganés until 2020]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  13. ↑ "New 2019–2020 Deportivo player! Sabin Merino". Deportivo La Coruña. 14 January 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  14. ↑ Fuentes, Fran (2 February 2020). "Sabin Merino supera el hito de Bebeto" [Sabin Merino surpasses Bebeto's milestone] (in Spanish). El Desmarque. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  15. ↑ "Merino named LaLiga SmartBank Player of the Month for January". La Liga. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  16. ↑ "Sabin Merino will be part of C.D Leganés again for the 2020/21 season". CD Leganés. 17 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  17. ↑ "El C.D. Leganés y Sabin Merino no continuarán juntos" [C.D. Leganés and Sabin Merino will not continue together] (in Spanish). CD Leganés. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  18. ↑ "El Real Zaragoza refuerza su ataque con Sabin Merino" [Real Zaragoza bolster their attack with Sabin Merino] (in Spanish). Real Zaragoza. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  19. ↑ Rodríguez Bravo, Chema (2 July 2022). "El Zaragoza hace oficial la cesión de Sabin Merino" [Zaragoza confirm Sabin Merino loan]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  20. ↑ "Acuerdo con el Racing de Ferrol para la cesión de Sabin Merino" [Agreement with Racing de Ferrol for the loan of Sabin Merino] (in Spanish). Real Zaragoza. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  21. ↑ Marín, Javier (30 August 2024). "Oficial: Sabin Merino rescinde el año que le restaba de contrato" [Official: Sabin Merino rescinds the remaining year of his contract]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  22. ↑ Zaballa, Carlos (28 December 2024). "El ex jugador del Athletic Sabin Merino prosigue su carrera en Costa Rica" [Former Athletic player Sabin Merino continues his career in Costa Rica]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  23. ↑ Olazabal, Peru (18 September 2025). "«Me gustaría volver a ese Sabin que hizo siete goles en su debut en Primera»" ["I would love to see that Sabin who got seven goals on his debut in Primera again"]. El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  24. ↑ "Catalunya 0–1 Euskal Selekzioa" [Catalonia 0–1 Basque XI] (in Spanish). Basque Football Federation. 26 December 2015. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
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