Mikel Amondarain

Mikel Amondarain
Personal information
Full name Mikel Jesús Amondarain
Date of birth (2005-01-06) 6 January 2005
Place of birth General Mansilla, Argentina
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Bologna
Number 8
Youth career
Racing de Bavio
–2025 Estudiantes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2024–2026 Estudiantes 29 (2)
2026– Bologna 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 July 2026

Mikel Jesús Amondarain (born 6 January 2005) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bologna.

Early and personal life

Amondarain was born on 6 January 2005, as the younger of two siblings in General Mansilla, Argentina, and is of Basque descent through his father, who died in a traffic collision.[1]

Career

As a youth player, Amondarain joined the youth academy of Argentine side Racing de Bavio. Following his stint there, he joined the youth academy of Argentine side Estudiantes at the age of seven and captained the club's reserve team. In 2025, he signed his first professional contract with them.[2]

The same year, he was promoted to their senior team, where he made twenty-nine league appearances and scored two goals and helped them win the 2025 AFA Liga Profesional de Fútbol Clasura. On 26 July 2025, he debuted for them during a 1–0 away win over Racing in the league. On 23 March 2026, he scored his first goal for them during a 5–0 home win over Central Córdoba in the league.[3] During the 2026 season, he was regarded to have established himself as a regular starter while playing for them.[4]

Ahead of the 2026–27 season, he signed for Italian side Bologna.[5] Previously, he received interest from English side Nottingham Forest and Spanish side Betis.

Style of play

Amondarain plays as a midfielder. Right-footed, he is known for his dynamism.[6]

Italian news website Calciomercato.com wrote in 2026 that he "has a long, lean build. He's strong and agile thanks to his slender frame. He doesn't have great speed, but he's still capable of moving well, thanks to his great intuition and positional sense. Furthermore, thanks to his size and excellent jump, he also has excellent aerial ability. A natural right-footer, he has good individual technique, often plays with just two touches, and is adept at managing space, frequently switching play from one side of the pitch to the other with great precision. Some of his best goals have come from long range. He's also a good defensive midfielder: a potentially complete midfielder, with plenty of room for improvement".[4]

Career statistics

As of match played 24 August 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Estudiantes 2025 AFA Liga Profesional de Fútbol 131004[a]000171
2026 AFA Liga Profesional de Fútbol 162216[a]1—244
Total 2932110100415
Bologna 2026–27 Serie A 1000——10
career total 3032110100425
  1. 1 2 Appearances in Copa Libertadores

References

  1. ↑ "La vida en Bavio que cambió a la familia de Mikel Amondarain: de la tragedia al sueño de Mikelcho" [Life in Bavio that changed Mikel Amondarain's family: from tragedy to Mikelcho's dream] (in Spanish). 0221. 8 August 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
  2. ↑ "Mikel Amondarain, de Racing de Bavio a la Selección Argentina Sub-20" [Mikel Amondarain, from Racing de Bavio to the Argentine U-20 National Team] (in Spanish). Magdalena Web. 2 September 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
  3. ↑ "Mikel Amondarain, el nuevo polifuncional en el mediocampo de Estudiantes" [Mikel Amondarain, the new versatile player in the Estudiantes midfield] (in Spanish). El Día. 25 March 2026. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
  4. 1 2 "Bologna, chi è Amondarain: il profilo del nuovo centrocampista preso dall'Estudiantes" [Bologna, who is Amondarain: a profile of the new midfielder signed from Estudiantes] (in Italian). Calciomercato.com. 29 July 2026. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
  5. ↑ Mikel Amondarain at WorldFootball.net
  6. ↑ "Amondarain, el jugador Pincha del momento" [Amondarain, the Pincha player of the moment] (in Spanish). El Día. 27 August 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
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