Mikel Oyarzabal
#21 · Forward · age 28
Scored Euro 2024 final winner.
91
WC26 rating
- Recent form
- 71
- Career peak
- 83
- League level
- 90
- Competition pedigree
- 98
- International pedigree
- 87
- Longevity
- 70
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Career by season
Source: transfermarkt · fetched 2026-05-29
Oyarzabal competes with Ferran Torres for the false-nine slot in De la Fuente’s 4-2-3-1, and his selling point over Ferran is his press intensity — he is the player Rodri trusts to set the first trap. Spain rarely play with a target striker, so Oyarzabal’s role is to draw centre-backs forward and open the lane for Yamal to cut inside. If Spain go deep, expect him to start the games where De la Fuente wants the front-foot press from the first whistle.
Strengths
- instinctive box positioning on cutbacks
- left-footed finishing across both posts
- press-leading from the front
- set-piece delivery
Recent form
Reliable goal contributor for Real Sociedad through 2025-26; goals-per-90 remain strong despite La Real's broader struggles.
His Euro 2024 final goal made him the first Spaniard to score a major-tournament-final winner since Iniesta's 2010 World Cup strike — and like Iniesta's, it came from a low cross to the back post.