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Koke (footballer, born 1992)

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Koke (footballer, born 1992)

Jorge Resurrección Merodio (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxorxe resureɣˈθjom meˈɾoðjo]; born 8 January 1992), known as Koke ([ˈkoke]), is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for and captains La Liga club Atlético Madrid. He has spent the entirety of his career with Atlético Madrid since making his debut with the first team in 2009, playing a club record of over 700 competitive matches and winning the 2013–14 and 2020–21 La Liga, two Europa League titles and two UEFA Super Cup trophies, while he was also a Champions League runner-up in 2014 and 2016. Koke won the 2013 European Championship with the Spain under-21 team. He also made his debut for the full side that year, and represented the country at three World Cups and two European Championships.

Infobox

2008
Spain U16
2011
Spain U20
2012
Spain U23
Full name
Jorge Resurrección Merodio
Date of birth
(1992-01-08) 8 January 1992 (age 33)
Place of birth
Madrid, Spain
Height
1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position
Midfielder
Current team
Atlético Madrid
Number
6
2000–2008
Atlético Madrid
Years
Team
2008–2010
Atlético Madrid B
2009–
Atlético Madrid
2008–2009
Spain U17
2010–2011
Spain U19
2011–2013
Spain U21
2013–2022
Spain

Tables

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition · Career statistics › Club
Division
Division
Club
Division
Season
Apps
League
Goals
League
Apps
League
Goals
Copa del Rey
Apps
Copa del Rey
Goals
Europe
Apps
Europe
Goals
Other
Apps
Other
Goals
Atlético Madrid B
Atlético Madrid B
Club
Atlético Madrid B
Season
2008–09
League
Segunda División B
League
28
League
3
Copa del Rey
0
Copa del Rey
0
Europe
—
Europe
—
Other
28
Other
3
2009–10
2009–10
Club
2009–10
Season
Segunda División B
League
25
League
2
League
0
Copa del Rey
0
Copa del Rey
—
Europe
—
Europe
25
Other
2
2010–11
2010–11
Club
2010–11
Season
Segunda División B
League
13
League
2
League
0
Copa del Rey
0
Copa del Rey
—
Europe
—
Europe
13
Other
2
Total
Total
Club
Total
Season
66
League
7
League
0
League
0
Copa del Rey
0
Copa del Rey
0
Europe
0
Europe
0
Other
66
Other
7
Atlético Madrid
Atlético Madrid
Club
Atlético Madrid
Season
2009–10
League
La Liga
League
4
League
0
Copa del Rey
0
Copa del Rey
0
Europe
0
Europe
0
Other
—
Other
4
Total
0
2010–11
2010–11
Club
2010–11
Season
La Liga
League
17
League
2
League
2
Copa del Rey
0
Copa del Rey
0
Europe
0
Europe
—
Other
19
Other
2
2011–12
2011–12
Club
2011–12
Season
La Liga
League
25
League
2
League
2
Copa del Rey
0
Copa del Rey
13
Europe
0
Europe
—
Other
40
Other
2
2012–13
2012–13
Club
2012–13
Season
La Liga
League
33
League
3
League
7
Copa del Rey
0
Copa del Rey
7
Europe
0
Europe
1
Other
0
Other
48
Total
3
2013–14
2013–14
Club
2013–14
Season
La Liga
League
36
League
6
League
7
Copa del Rey
0
Copa del Rey
13
Europe
1
Europe
2
Other
0
Other
58
Total
7
2014–15
2014–15
Club
2014–15
Season
La Liga
League
34
League
2
League
4
Copa del Rey
0
Copa del Rey
9
Europe
2
Europe
2
Other
0
Other
49
Total
4
2015–16
2015–16
Club
2015–16
Season
La Liga
League
35
League
5
League
5
Copa del Rey
0
Copa del Rey
11
Europe
0
Europe
—
Other
51
Other
5
2016–17
2016–17
Club
2016–17
Season
La Liga
League
36
League
4
League
6
Copa del Rey
1
Copa del Rey
12
Europe
0
Europe
—
Other
54
Other
5
2017–18
2017–18
Club
2017–18
Season
La Liga
League
35
League
4
League
3
Copa del Rey
0
Copa del Rey
13
Europe
2
Europe
—
Other
51
Other
6
2018–19
2018–19
Club
2018–19
Season
La Liga
League
30
League
3
League
3
Copa del Rey
0
Copa del Rey
7
Europe
2
Europe
1
Other
1
Other
41
Total
6
2019–20
2019–20
Club
2019–20
Season
La Liga
League
32
League
4
League
0
Copa del Rey
0
Copa del Rey
9
Europe
0
Europe
1
Other
1
Other
42
Total
5
2020–21
2020–21
Club
2020–21
Season
La Liga
League
37
League
1
League
0
Copa del Rey
0
Copa del Rey
8
Europe
0
Europe
—
Other
45
Other
1
2021–22
2021–22
Club
2021–22
Season
La Liga
League
31
League
1
League
2
Copa del Rey
0
Copa del Rey
9
Europe
0
Europe
1
Other
0
Other
43
Total
1
2022–23
2022–23
Club
2022–23
Season
La Liga
League
33
League
0
League
5
Copa del Rey
0
Copa del Rey
4
Europe
0
Europe
—
Other
42
Other
0
2023–24
2023–24
Club
2023–24
Season
La Liga
League
35
League
0
League
5
Copa del Rey
0
Copa del Rey
9
Europe
0
Europe
1
Other
0
Other
50
Total
0
2024–25
2024–25
Club
2024–25
Season
La Liga
League
32
League
1
League
5
Copa del Rey
0
Copa del Rey
7
Europe
0
Europe
3
Other
0
Other
47
Total
1
2025–26
2025–26
Club
2025–26
Season
La Liga
League
16
League
1
League
1
Copa del Rey
0
Copa del Rey
6
Europe
0
Europe
0
Other
0
Other
23
Total
1
Total
Total
Club
Total
Season
501
League
39
League
57
League
1
Copa del Rey
137
Copa del Rey
7
Europe
12
Europe
2
Other
707
Other
49
Career total
Career total
Club
Career total
Season
567
League
46
League
57
League
1
Copa del Rey
137
Copa del Rey
7
Europe
12
Europe
2
Other
773
Other
56
Club
Season
League
Copa del Rey
Europe
Other
Total
Division
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Atlético Madrid B
2008–09
Segunda División B
28
3
0
0
—
—
28
3
2009–10
Segunda División B
25
2
0
0
—
—
25
2
2010–11
Segunda División B
13
2
0
0
—
—
13
2
Total
66
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
66
7
Atlético Madrid
2009–10
La Liga
4
0
0
0
0
0
—
4
0
2010–11
La Liga
17
2
2
0
0
0
—
19
2
2011–12
La Liga
25
2
2
0
13
0
—
40
2
2012–13
La Liga
33
3
7
0
7
0
1
0
48
3
2013–14
La Liga
36
6
7
0
13
1
2
0
58
7
2014–15
La Liga
34
2
4
0
9
2
2
0
49
4
2015–16
La Liga
35
5
5
0
11
0
—
51
5
2016–17
La Liga
36
4
6
1
12
0
—
54
5
2017–18
La Liga
35
4
3
0
13
2
—
51
6
2018–19
La Liga
30
3
3
0
7
2
1
1
41
6
2019–20
La Liga
32
4
0
0
9
0
1
1
42
5
2020–21
La Liga
37
1
0
0
8
0
—
45
1
2021–22
La Liga
31
1
2
0
9
0
1
0
43
1
2022–23
La Liga
33
0
5
0
4
0
—
42
0
2023–24
La Liga
35
0
5
0
9
0
1
0
50
0
2024–25
La Liga
32
1
5
0
7
0
3
0
47
1
2025–26
La Liga
16
1
1
0
6
0
0
0
23
1
Total
501
39
57
1
137
7
12
2
707
49
Career total
567
46
57
1
137
7
12
2
773
56
Appearances and goals by national team and year[68] · Career statistics › International
Spain
Spain
National team
Spain
Year
2013
Apps
7
Goals
0
2014
2014
National team
2014
Year
8
Apps
0
2015
2015
National team
2015
Year
5
Apps
0
2016
2016
National team
2016
Year
10
Apps
0
2017
2017
National team
2017
Year
6
Apps
0
2018
2018
National team
2018
Year
8
Apps
0
2019
2019
National team
2019
Year
0
Apps
0
2020
2020
National team
2020
Year
3
Apps
0
2021
2021
National team
2021
Year
14
Apps
0
2022
2022
National team
2022
Year
9
Apps
0
Total
Total
National team
Total
Year
70
Apps
0
National team
Year
Apps
Goals
Spain
2013
7
0
2014
8
0
2015
5
0
2016
10
0
2017
6
0
2018
8
0
2019
0
0
2020
3
0
2021
14
0
2022
9
0
Total
70
0

References

  1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearance in UEFA Super Cup
  3. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. Appearances in Supercopa de España
  5. Four appearances and two goals in UEFA Champions League, nine appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League
  6. Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
  7. In isolation, Resurrección is pronounced [resureɣˈθjon].
  8. "Acta del partido celebrado el 18 de mayo de 2019, en Valencia"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20200308100537/http://actas.rfef.es/actas/NLogin
  9. "Koke"
    https://en.atleticodemadrid.com/jugadores/jorge-resurreccion-merodio-2022-2023-2
  10. Koke at AS.com (in Spanish)
    https://resultados.as.com/resultados/ficha/deportista/koke/18540
  11. "El equipo ideal de los nacidos en 1992"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20200718121935/https://www.90min.com/es/posts/3488948-el-equipo-ideal-de-los-nacidos-en-1992
  12. "Barca rout Atletico"
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    http://www.20minutos.es/deportes/noticia/atletico-almeria-cronica-525398/0/
  14. El País
    https://elpais.com/deportes/2010/05/09/actualidad/1273389714_850215.html
  15. Diario AS
    https://as.com/futbol/2010/05/16/mas_futbol/1273991241_850215.html
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  19. "Falcao rescues Atletico"
    https://archive.today/20120714212632/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report/_/id/323707?cc=5739
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    https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/0250-0c50fb7a9e5f-dc5a349f670c-1000--falcao-at-double-as-atletico-march-to-title/
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    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22558379
  22. Marca
    http://www.marca.com/2012/12/12/futbol/equipos/atletico/1355300886.html
  23. "Koke, el pasador de lujo del Atlético de Madrid"
    https://www.vavel.com/es/futbol/atletico-de-madrid/266367-koke-el-pasador-de-lujo-del-atletico.html
  24. "La Liga 2013: Atletico Madrid holds on against Real Sociedad"
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  25. "Premios BBVA a los mejores de octubre"
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    https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/mar/02/real-madrid-atletico-madrid-la-liga
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    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/champions-league/10754920/Atletico-Madrid-vs-Barcelona-live.html
  28. "Atlético Madrid 1–0 Barcelona"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/26914626
  29. "Koke takes Atlético through at Barcelona's expense"
    https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0214-0e8a0b0bb0ef-8da56a3cd7d7-1000--koke-takes-atletico-through-at-barcelona-s-expense/
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    https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/may/17/barcelona-atletico-madrid-la-liga
  33. "Gala de premios LFP 2013/14"
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  34. Diario AS
    http://futbol.as.com/futbol/2014/06/25/primera/1403701488_399732.html
  35. "Clinical Atlético grind down Malmö ardour"
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  36. "Atl Madrid 1–0 Bayer Levkn"
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    http://www.mundodeportivo.com/futbol/atletico-madrid/20160409/40999520705/koke-seis-asistencias-en-los-ultimos-siete-partidos-y-cuarto-gol-del-curso.html
  39. Marca
    http://www.marca.com/futbol/primera-division/2016/04/18/57147c3aca4741d3208b45c6.html
  40. "Koke named Liga BBVA Player of the Month for April"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20170814055120/http://www.laliga.es/en/news/koke-named-liga-bbva-player-of-the-month-for-april
  41. Mundo Deportivo
    http://www.mundodeportivo.com/futbol/atletico-madrid/20161023/411245571342/koke-roja-atleti.html
  42. The Independent
    https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/koke-agrees-new-five-year-contract-with-atletico-madrid-a7752456.html
  43. "Koke enters top ten appearances for our club"
    https://en.atleticodemadrid.com/noticias/koke-enters-top-ten-appearances-for-atletico-de-madrid
  44. Marca
    https://www.marca.com/en/football/spanish-football/2019/01/20/5c4446a222601d5f788b456f.html
  45. "Koke set to lead Atlético into new era"
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    https://www.marca.com/en/football/spanish-football/2019/08/17/5d573c7c268e3e5b5d8b45b4.html
  47. "Koke reaches 450 Atleti matches"
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    https://as.com/futbol/koke-llega-a-lo-mas-alto-n/
  50. "Koke becomes the player with the most games in our history in LaLiga"
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  51. "Our captain will continue to defend the colours of Atlético de Madrid"
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  52. "Koke hace historia y alcanza los 100 partidos en Champions con el Atlético"
    https://onefootball.com/en/news/koke-hace-historia-y-alcanza-los-100-partidos-en-champions-con-el-atletico-40360422
  53. "Koke to continue making history at Atlético de Madrid"
    https://en.atleticodemadrid.com/noticias/koke-to-continue-making-history-at-atletico-de-madrid
  54. "Spain beat Korea Republic on penalties"
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  55. "Euro 2012 trio Mata, Alba & Martinez in Spain Olympic squad"
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  57. "Thiago leads all-star squad dominated by Spain"
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  58. Taconeo
    http://www.marca.com/eventos/marcador/futbol/2012_13/amistosos_seleccion/8/ecu_spa/
  59. "Spain on the verge following Finland win"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20130908044027/http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2014/matches/round=2000294/match=2008413/postmatch/report/index.html
  60. "World Cup 2014: Diego Costa and Fernando Torres in Spain squad"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/27394287
  61. "World Cup 2014: Spain drop Alvaro Negredo and Jesus Navas"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/27647635
  62. "Spain 0–2 Chile"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/25285155
  63. "Australia 0–3 Spain"
    https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/25285263
  64. "Morata misses out on Spain's 23-man World Cup squad"
    http://www.goal.com/en/news/morata-misses-out-on-spain-world-cup-squad/1ub1qz7jod09i1lfvdcy84ea2l
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    https://jerseyeveningpost.com/sport/uk-sport/2018/07/01/russia-reach-last-eight-thanks-to-penalty-shoot-out-win-over-sorry-spain/
  66. Mundo Deportivo
    https://www.mundodeportivo.com/seleccion-espanola/20201111/49412457189/koke-morata-esa-pregunta-es-para-el-seleccionador.html
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    http://futbol.as.com/futbol/2015/10/11/primera/1444520468_593553.html
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    http://www.marca.com/2015/11/27/futbol/equipos/atletico/1448617680.html
  70. Marca
    http://www.marca.com/2014/10/24/futbol/equipos/atletico/1414145229.html
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    https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/barcelonas-xavi-hails-atletico-madrids-koke-he-is-extraordinaryhe-will-be-my-successor-for-spain-9224423.html
  72. Koke at Soccerway
    https://int.soccerway.com/players/jorge-resurrecion-merodio/152879/
  73. Koke at ESPN FC
    https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/140791
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    https://www.besoccer.com/player/koke-33661
  75. Koke at EU-Football.info
    https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=28286
  76. "Atletico Madrid win La Liga"
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  77. "Así ganó la liga el Atlético, partido a partido"
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  80. "Marseille 0–3 Atlético Madrid"
    https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/44113764
  81. "Chelsea 1–4 Atletico Madrid"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/19423702
  82. "Real Madrid 2–4 Atlético Madrid"
    https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/45188611
  83. "Madrid finally fulfil Décima dream"
    https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0250-0c51093bd4a7-41ccc377a75c-1000--madrid-finally-fulfil-decima-dream/
  84. "Real Madrid 1–1 Atlético Madrid"
    https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/36254652
  85. El Mundo
    https://www.elmundo.es/elmundodeporte/2009/11/15/futbol/1258305443.html
  86. "France fight back to claim U19 crown"
    https://www.uefa.com/under19/news/0257-0deaac815d5b-3a17f6811728-1000--france-fight-back-to-claim-u19-crown/
  87. "Los campeones del Europeo sub-21 en 2013 en la España actual"
    https://es.uefa.com/under21/news/0257-0dee1455b79a-c1914d5d44a3-1000--los-campeones-del-europeo-sub-21-en-2013-en-la-espana-actual/
  88. "Spain 1–2 France"
    https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030761--spain-vs-france/
  89. "The Liga BBVA team of the season"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20181205133841/https://www.laliga.es/en/news/the-liga-bbva-team-of-the-season
  90. "UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season"
    https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/022d-0e948891dc6b-533ac6fffce1-1000--uefa-champions-league-squad-of-the-season/
  91. "UEFA Europa League Squad of the 2017/18 Season"
    https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/0245-0e98cea4ee1c-d6da1165e8ef-1000--uefa-europa-league-squad-of-the-2017-18-season/
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