Álex Remiro

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

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Remiro and the second or maternal family name is Gargallo.
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(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Real Sociedad
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)
2016–2019 Athletic Bilbao 0 (0)
2016–2017 → Levante (loan) 4 (0)
2017–2018 → Huesca (loan) 41 (0)
2019– Real Sociedad 20 (0)
National team
2013–2014 Spain U19 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 March 2020

Club career

Athletic Bilbao

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 Kepa.[6]

On 21 July 2017, Remiro moved to division two's SD Huesca 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, only missing one game in 42.[8][9]

On his return to the San Mamés Stadium, Remiro seemed set to play in the first team after Kepa moved to Chelsea and the other established goalkeeper Iago Herrerín sustained an injury.[9] However, his representatives failed to agree on 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 new campaign against CD Leganés;[10] 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 on 30 June 2019.[11]

Real Sociedad

Remiro agreed to a four-year deal with Athletic's rivals Real Sociedad on 10 June 2019, effective as of 1 July.[12] He made his league debut on 27 September, keeping a clean sheet in a 3–0 home victory over Deportivo Alavés.[13]

In May 2020, he was tested positive for COVID-19.[14]

References
  1. "Registrations and de-registrations in Bilbao Athletic". Athletic Bilbao. 26 May 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  2. Cuenca, Nika (18 March 2015). "La portería del Athletic tiene un gran presente y futuro" [Athletic's goal has a great present and future]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 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. García-Muñoz, Sergio (24 August 2015). "El que la sigue, la consigue" [He who wants it, gets it]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  5. "Alex Remiro's transfer". Athletic Bilbao. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  6. Briones, Macu (28 January 2017). "Retorno al pasado" [Return to the past]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  7. "Remiro on-loan". Athletic Bilbao. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  8. Marín, Javier (21 May 2018). "El Huesca es de Primera" [Huesca are in Primera]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  9. Ortiz de Lazcano, Javier (8 August 2018). "La salida de Kepa facilita la continuidad de Remiro" [Kepa's departure makes it easier for Remiro to continue]. El Correo (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  10. Zubieta, Jon (21 August 2018). "Simón debuta con un paradón providencial" [Simón debuts with a providential wonder save]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  11. "Athletic Bilbao confirm Alex Remiro will leave". Football España. 3 October 2018. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  12. "Agreement with Alejandro Remiro". Real Sociedad. 10 June 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  13. Badallo, Óscar; Clancy, Conor (27 September 2019). "Remiro's double debut was overshadowed by Oyarzabal and Odegaard". Marca. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  14. "Alex Remiro tests positive for coronavirus after serology test". marca.com. Marca. 9 May 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
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