Asier Villalibre

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Villalibre and the second or maternal family name is Molina.
Asier Villalibre
Personal information
Full name Asier Villalibre Molina
Date of birth (1997-09-30) 30 September 1997
Place of birth Guernica, Spain
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 Bilbao Athletic
Number 12
Youth career
2011–2014 Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Basconia 45 (26)
2015– Bilbao Athletic 52 (10)
2016– Athletic Bilbao 1 (0)
National team‡
2013–2014 Spain U17 9 (2)
2014–2015 Spain U18 3 (1)
2015 Spain U19 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:58, 4 December 2016 (UTC).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 June 2015

Asier Villalibre Molina (born 30 September 1997) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Bilbao Athletic as a striker.

Club career

Born in Guernica, Biscay, Basque Country, Villalibre joined Athletic Bilbao's youth setup in 2011, aged 14. He made his debuts as a senior with the farm team Basconia in the 2013–14 campaign, in Tercera División. He scored on his debut for Basconia, aged 15 years 330 days. [1]

In May 2015, after scoring 20 goals for Basconia, Villalibre was promoted to the reserves in Segunda División; he already represented the side in the previous season, in Segunda División B.[2] He made his professional debut on 24 August, coming on as a second-half substitute for Gorka Santamaría in a 0–1 home loss against Girona FC.[3]

Villalibre scored his first professional goal for Bilbao Athletic on 6 September 2015, netting the last in a 3–1 home win against RCD Mallorca.[4] At 17 years 341 days old, this made him the second-youngest goalscorer for Bilbao Athletic when competing in the second level (behind Ander Garitano at 17 years 198 days in 1986).[5]

On 3 December 2016, Villalibre was called up to the first-team squad for the Basque derby against Eibar with first-choice striker Aritz Aduriz suspended after being sent off in the previous league match.[6] The next day, he made his first team – and La Liga – debut, replacing Iñaki Williams after 84 minutes and, having entered the pitch with Athletic leading 2–1, he assisted Iker Muniain for the final score of 3–1 in injury time.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Villalibre, his debut at 15 years" (in Spanish). 10 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Asier Villalibre, un nuevo cachorro en el Bilbao Athletic" [Asier Villalibre, a new youngster at Bilbao Athletic] (in Spanish). Vavel. 9 May 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "El que la sigue, la consigue" [The one that follows it, gets it] (in Spanish). Marca. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "El filial remonta al Mallorca y suma sus tres primeros puntos" [The reserves complete a comeback over Mallorca and sum their first points] (in Spanish). Marca. 6 September 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  5. ↑ "Asier Villalibre: segundo goleador más jóven de la historia del Bilbao Athletic en 2ª División" [Asier Villalibre: second-youngest goalscorer of Bilbao Athletic's history in Segunda División] (in Spanish). 7 September 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  6. ↑ San Cristóbal, Einara (3 December 2016). "Villalibre se estrena en convocatoria ante el Eibar". Mundo Deportive (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  7. ↑ "Un león a la carrera por Europa" [A lion in form for Europe] (in Spanish). Marca. 4 December 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2016.

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