eFootball Mikel Merino - Stats & Build (Spain 2026)

04/09/2026

In short

The card: a Highlight AMF that reaches 97 at max training
Strengths: Finishing (#1), Heading (#1), Jumping (#1)
How to train it: push the strengths further, starting with Finishing
What this page covers: the Highlight version of Mikel Merino (this player has 16 cards in total — see the position rankings for how the others compare)

Contents

Player Review
Basic info (Highlight)
Stats (Highlight · Lv1)
Position Proficiency
Player skills
Recommended Additional Skills
Player Progression
Compare with other players
Where this card ranks
Summary
More players from Spain 2026
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Player Review

Rating★★☆☆☆B

Counting every card in the game, this one sits #88 of 3,243 AMF cards and #86 of 2,702 Hole Player cards, with a max-level overall of 97.

How the rating is decided

SS Top 5 in either the position or the playing-style overall ranking
S Outside the top 5, but a max-level overall of 100 or more
A Overall 98–99
B Overall 95–97
C Overall below 95

Basic info (Highlight)

AMF

Mikel Merino

PositionAMF

Preferred footLeft

Attacking styleHole Player

Defensive styleBasic

Height189 cm

Age30

Max levelLv33

Progression points64

Overall at Lv182

Overall at max level97

Special skillsNone

Available fromSpain 2026

Stats (Highlight · Lv1)

Attacking

Attacking Awareness72

Ball Control76

Dribbling74

Tight Possession77

Low Pass74

Lofted Pass70

Finishing76

Heading77

Set Piece Taking53

Curl65

Physical

Speed73

Acceleration74

Kicking Power77

Jumping76

Physical Contact79

Balance66

Stamina75

Defending

Defensive Awareness68

Tackling71

Aggression79

Defensive Engagement74

Goalkeeping

GK Awareness40

GK Catching40

GK Parrying40

GK Reflexes40

GK Reach40

Weak foot usageAverage

Weak foot accuracyAverage

Form3

Injury resistanceAverage

Position Proficiency

LWF

LMF

AMF

CMF

DMF

RWF

RMF

Best position (AMF, CMF, SS, CF) / Also playable (DMF)

Not suited

Player skills

Dribbling

Marseille Turn

Passing

One-touch Pass

Through Passing

Outside Curler

Shooting

Heading

Long-range Curler

Long-range Shooting

First-time Shot

Defending

Aerial Superiority

Mental

Super-sub

Recommended Additional Skills

If you are adding skills through skill training, these suit a AMF.

＋Low Lofted Passfast, accurate balls in behind

＋Weighted Passsoft, controllable lobs

＋Pinpoint Crossingbetter crossing

＋No Look Passdisguised distribution

Player Progression

Spend the progression points, add boosters and pick a manager to see how the stats and the overall change.

Compare with other players

This card is already loaded against Mikel Merino (Show Time, 98) — the strongest Mikel Merino card released so far. Change either side to compare against anyone.

Where this card ranks

By position

AMF overall ranking

#175 ~~/ 3,243 cards~~

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By playing style

Hole Player overall ranking

#143 ~~/ 2,702 cards~~

Rankings →

Among this player’s cards

Mikel Merino all-time cards

#2 ~~/ 16 cards~~

Rankings →

Overall is compared at max level, across every card in the game — Standard, Epic and pack-exclusive alike. Cards on the same overall are ordered by the sum of their stats.

Summary

✓Mikel Merino (Highlight)

Mikel Merino (Highlight) caps at Lv33 with a max-level overall of 97
It has 64 progression points to spend
Among the 16 cards of this player it ranks #2 — see the position rankings for how it compares to Epic and pack cards

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Author of this article

Mikel

Mikel is the editor of eFootball LABO. A long-time eFootball player (peak Division 1, peak rating 1,920), he writes from real play and hands-on testing.