Unai Simón

Unai Simón
Personal information
Full name Unai Simón Mendibil
Date of birth (1997-06-11) 11 June 1997
Place of birth Vitoria, Spain
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Athletic Bilbao
Number 25
Youth career
Aurrerá Vitoria
2011–2014 Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Basconia 36 (0)
2016–2018 Bilbao Athletic 60 (0)
2018– Athletic Bilbao 3 (0)
National team‡
2013 Spain U16 1 (0)
2015 Spain U18 3 (0)
2015–2016 Spain U19 4 (0)
2017– Spain U21 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 September 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 October 2018

Unai Simón Mendibil (born 11 June 1997) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Athletic Bilbao.

Club career

Simón was born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, Basque Country, and joined Athletic Bilbao's youth system in 2011, from CD Aurrerá de Vitoria.[1] He made his debut as a senior with the farm team in the 2014–15 season, in Tercera División.

On 8 June 2016, Simón was promoted to the reserves, freshly relegated to Segunda División B.[2] He immediately became a starter for the side, contributing with 29 appearances during the campaign.

On 2 June 2017, Simón was called up to the main squad for the pre-season by new first team manager José Ángel Ziganda,[3] but continued to appear exclusively for the Bs. On 13 July 2018, he signed a contract extension until 2023,[4] and was loaned to Segunda División side Elche CF two weeks later.[5]

On 15 August 2018, after Iago Herrerín's injury, Simón was recalled by Athletic.[6] He made his professional – and La Liga – debut five days later, starting in a 2–1 home win against CD Leganés.[7][8] In just his third league appearance for Athletic Bilbao Simón played in a 1–1 draw with Real Madrid where he made several key saves and was named player of the match.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Entrevista a Unai Simon" [Interview to Unai Simon] (in Spanish). La Cantera de Lezama. 11 July 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "Leaving Basconia". Athletic Bilbao. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "Preseason with the premier team". Athletic Bilbao. 2 June 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "Renewal of Unai Simón". Athletic Bilbao. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "Unai Simón on-loan to Elche CF". Athletic Bilbao. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "Recovery of Unai Simón". Athletic Bilbao. 15 August 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  7. ↑ Zubieta, Jon (21 August 2018). "Simón debuta con un paradón providencial" [Simón debuts with a providential save] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  8. ↑ García, Óscar (21 August 2018). "Muniain gives Berizzo his first win as Athletic Club coach". Marca. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  9. ↑ Ruthven, Graham (15 September 2018). "Isco goal salvages point for Real Madrid away to Athletic Bilbao". Eurosport. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
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