Miguel Goñi

Miguel Goñi
Personal information
Full name	Miguel Goñi Gallego
Date of birth	10 March 1998
Place of birth	Santander, Spain
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Gimnástica Torrelavega
Number	4
Youth career
	Bansander
2008–2017	Racing Santander
Senior career*
Years	Team
2017–2020	Racing B
2020–2021	Racing Santander
2020–2021	→ Laredo (loan)
2021–2022	Laredo
2022–	Gimnástica Torrelavega
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 June 2025

Miguel Goñi Gallego (born 10 March 1998) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Gimnástica Torrelavega.

Club career

Goñi was born in Santander, Cantabria, and joined Racing de Santander's youth setup in 2008 at the age of ten, from Club Bansander.^[1] He made his senior debut with the reserves during the 2016–17 season, in Tercera División.

Goñi made his first team debut on 11 July 2020, coming on as a late substitute for Nando García in a 1–0 Segunda División home win against SD Huesca.^[2] On 28 September, he was loaned to Segunda División B side CD Laredo for the season.^[3]

Goñi's twin brother Pablo is also a footballer. A forward, he too was groomed at Racing.^[4]^[5]

^ "Miguel Goñi, cuarto canterano que debuta con el primer equipo racinguista en LaLiga SmartBank" [Miguel Goñi, fourth youngster who debuts with the first team racinguista in LaLiga SmartBank] (in Spanish). Racing Santander. 12 July 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
^ "La casta del Racing frena a un Huesca confundido" [Racing's pedigree stops a confused Huesca] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 11 July 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
^ "Racing y Club Deportivo Laredo acuerdan la cesión de Miguel Goñi hasta el 30 de junio de 2021" [Racing and Club Deportivo Laredo agree the loan of Miguel Goñi until 30 June 2021] (in Spanish). Racing Santander. 28 September 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
^ "Los gemelos golpean por partida doble en las secciones inferiores del Racing" [The twins appear twice in Racing's youth setup] (in Spanish). El Diario Montañés. 6 May 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
^ Jon Baraja (23 October 2020). "Un duelo entre los mellizos Goñi en el Laredo-Barakaldo" [A duel between the Goñi twins in Laredo-Barakaldo] (in Spanish). Deia. Retrieved 24 May 2021.