Ane Azkona Fuente (born 15 July 1998) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga F club Athletic Club and the Spain women's national team.
_(cropped).jpg) Azkona (centre) with Athletic Club in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ane Azkona Fuente | ||
| Date of birth | 15 July 1998[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Pamplona, Spain[2] | ||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Athletic Club | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2012–2014 | Gazte Berriak | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2015 | Gazte Berriak | ||
| 2015–2016 | Ardoi | ||
| 2016–2019 | Athletic Club B | 62 | (71) |
| 2016– | Athletic Club | 134 | (26) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016–2017 | Spain U19 | 5 | (4) |
| 2022– | Spain | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:43, 30 June 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 October 2022 | |||
Club career
editA keen rock climber and ballerina as a child, Azkona started her career playing futsal for Gazte Berriak, a team based in Ansoain.[3] Following this, she spent a year at Ardoi before signing for Athletic Club aged 18.[4] On 13 January 2019, she scored her first league goal for Athletic, in the 94th minute of a match against Sporting de Huelva.[5][6] In the 2019–20 Primera División season, she provided more assists than any other Athletic player and signed a new three-year contract with the club at the end of that season.[7][8]
On 10 June 2020, it was announced that she had torn the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee during a training session.[9] She returned from this injury over eight months later.[7] She became an increasingly important member of the team over the subsequent seasons as other players departed;[3] in March 2023 she agreed a new contract running to 2026.[10]
International career
editAzkona was part of the Spain under-19 squad which won the 2017 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship.[11][3] In October 2019, she was called up to the inaugural squad for España Promesas (essentially Spain B), along with two clubmates.[12][13] She made her full debut as a late substitute in a 2–0 friendly victory over the United States (played in her hometown Pamplona) in October 2022.[14]
References
edit- ^ Ane Azkona at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ "Azkona". BDFutbol. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ a b c David Menayo (22 September 2022). "Ane Azkona, la 'bailarina' que pide paso en la selección" [Ane Azkona, the 'ballerina' who asks for a place in the national team]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ Grande, Juan Carlos (16 November 2019). "Ane Azkona: "Pedimos unos mínimos, tenemos que luchar por nuestros derechos"" [Ane Azkona: "We ask for a minimum, we have to fight for our rights"]. Noticias de Navarra (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ Garnández, Beatriz (13 January 2019). "Ane Azkona: «Era cuestión de tiempo que entrase el primer gol»" [Ane Azkona: "It was a matter of time before the first goal went in"]. El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ "Athletic Club vs Sporting de Huelva". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ a b González, Laura (23 February 2021). "Ane Azkona, disponible ocho meses y medio después" [Ane Azkona, available eight and a half months later]. El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ ""I knew I wanted to stay here"". Athletic Club. 9 April 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ Jiménez, Mayca (10 June 2020). "Ane Azkona se rompe el ligamento cruzado anterior" [Ane Azkona tears her anterior cruciate ligament]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ Carlos Zaballa (24 March 2023). ""Yo también me he subido a este barco"" ["I have also boarded this boat"]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ 2017 WU19 EURO results in full, UEFA.com, 20 August 2017
- ^ Oroz, Azkona and Damaris, with the Spanish Promesas, Athletic Bilbao, 30 October 2019
- ^ Oficial: La RFEF crea la Selección Absoluta Promesas, una nueva selección femenina de fútbol (Official: The RFEF creates the Absolute Promises Selection, a new women's team) Archived 15 November 2021 at the Wayback Machine, SEfutbol (in Spanish), 29 October 2019
- ^ USWNT stunned by reserve Spain side amid protests, ESPN, 11 October 2022
External links
edit- Ane Azkona at Athletic Club
- Ane Azkona at FBref.com
- Ane Azkona at ESPN FC
- Ane Azkona at Soccerway
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