Álex Remiro

Álex Remiro
Personal information
Full name Alejandro Remiro Gargallo
Date of birth (1995-03-24) 24 March 1995
Place of birth Cascante, Spain
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Athletic Bilbao
Number 1
Youth career
Aluvión
2009–2013 Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Basconia 28 (0)
2014–2016 Bilbao Athletic 56 (0)
2016– Athletic Bilbao 0 (0)
2016–2017 → Levante (loan) 4 (0)
2017–2018 → Huesca (loan) 41 (0)
National team
2013–2014 Spain U19 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 June 2018

Alejandro "Álex" Remiro Gargallo (born 24 March 1995) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Athletic Bilbao.

Club career

Born in Cascante, Navarre, Remiro joined Athletic Bilbao's youth system in 2009, aged 14. He made his debut as a senior with the farm team in the 2012–13 season, in Tercera División.

On 26 May 2014, Remiro was promoted to the reserves in Segunda División B.[1] He was named first-choice after the departure of Kepa Arrizabalaga in January,[2] and finished the campaign with 23 appearances – play-offs included – as they returned to Segunda División after a 19-year absence.[3]

Remiro made his professional debut on 24 August 2015, starting in a 0–1 home loss against Girona FC.[4] On 22 June of the following year, he was promoted to the first team in La Liga.

On 1 July 2016, Remiro was loaned to second level side Levante UD for one year.[5] He was recalled by his parent club late into the following transfer window, however, due to an injury to Arrizabalaga.[6]

On 21 July 2017, Remiro moved to SD Huesca in the second division, on a one-year loan deal.[7] He played a major role in the Aragonese club achieving promotion to the top tier for the first time in their history.[8]

On his return to Athletic Bilbao, Remiro seemed set to play in the first team after Arrizabalaga moved to Chelsea and the other established goalkeeper Iago Herrerín sustained an injury. However, his representatives failed to agree terms on a new contract with the club, and in response his understudy Unai Simón was selected to play in the first match of the 2018–19 La Liga campaign against CD Leganés.[9] With Simón becoming established in the team and no resolution to the contractual dispute, some weeks later it was confirmed that Remiro wished to leave Athletic and would be allowed to do so at the end of the season.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Registrations and de-registrations in Bilbao Athletic". Athletic Bilbao. 26 May 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "La portería del Athletic tiene un gran presente y futuro" [Athletic's goal has a great present and future]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 18 March 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "El Bilbao Athletic, a Segunda 19 años después y el Cádiz tendrá que esperar" [Bilbao Athletic, into Segunda 19 years later and Cádiz will have to wait] (in Spanish). EFE. 28 June 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "El que la sigue, la consigue" [He who wants it, gets it]. Marca (in Spanish). 24 August 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Alex Remiro's transfer". Athletic Bilbao. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  6. ↑ "Retorno al pasado" [Return to the past]. Marca (in Spanish). 28 January 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  7. ↑ "Remiro on-loan". Athletic Bilbao. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  8. ↑ "El Huesca es de Primera" [Huesca are in the Primera]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 21 May 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  9. ↑ Zubieta, Jon (21 August 2018). "Simón debuta con un paradón providencial" [Simón debuts with a providential save] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  10. ↑ "Athletic Bilbao confirm Alex Remiro will leave". Football España. 3 October 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
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