Mikel Pagola Biurrun (born 4 March 1982) is a Spanish
footballer
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who plays as a
goalkeeper
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.
Apart from 18 months with
Salamanca
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in
Segunda División
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, he spent the vast majority of his career in
Segunda División B, where he made over 450 appearances in service of 11 teams.
Club career
Born in
Pamplona
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Lying at near above ...
,
Navarre
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, Pagola began his senior career with
CD Oberena in
Tercera División
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and joined
Segunda División B team
CA Osasuna B
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in 2001, also having
a season on loan at
SD Ponferradina
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before switching to
Burgos CF
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in 2004; he continued competing in the latter level in the following years, being relegated with
CD Móstoles in
2005–06.
Pagola earned his first transfer to a professional club,
UD Salamanca
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Founded on 9 February 1923 and nicknamed ''Los Charros'', the club played in white shirts and black ...
of
Segunda División
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, in the summer of 2007. He made the first of his 18 competitive appearances for the
Castile and León
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It was created in 1983, eight years after the end of the Francoist regime, by the merging of the ...
side on 5 September, in a 1–2 home loss against
Elche CF
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in
the second round of the
Copa del Rey
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. On 19 January 2008, having fallen to third-choice behind
Alberto
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and
Biel Ribas
Gabriel 'Biel' Ribas Ródenas (born 2 December 1985 in Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands) is a Spanish footballer who plays for UCAM Murcia CF as a goalkeeper.
Career statistics Club
Honours
UCAM Murcia
*Segunda División B: 2015–16
...
, he terminated his contract and returned to division three with Ponferradina.
After again being featured sparingly at the
Estadio El Toralín
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History
The stad ...
, Pagola represented in quick succession and always in the third tier
Deportivo Alavés
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,
CD Badajoz
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,
Real Balompédica Linense
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,
CD El Palo
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and
CD Tudelano
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. With the latter, for whom he signed in 2014, he had good form in the second half of the
2015–16 campaign, beating José Manuel Domínguez Vilches'
clean sheet
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record of 976 minutes without conceding a goal in the competition and eventually
Abel Resino
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Nicknamed ''El Gato'' (The Cat) due to his reflexes, 's of 1,275 across all
Spanish football
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, racking up 1,342 before letting in the only goal of a home defeat to
Hércules CF
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in the
promotion play-offs
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.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pagola, Mikel
1982 births
Living people
Spanish footballers
Footballers from Pamplona
Association football goalkeepers
Segunda División players
Segunda División B players
CD Oberena players
CA Osasuna B players
SD Ponferradina players
Burgos CF footballers
CF Badalona players
CD Móstoles footballers
CD Guijuelo footballers
UD Salamanca players
Deportivo Alavés players
CD Badajoz players
Real Balompédica Linense footballers
CD El Palo players
CD Tudelano footballers