Álex Remiro

This name 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 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Bilbao Athletic
Number 13
Youth career
Aluvión Cascante
2009–2013 Athletic Bilbao
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Basconia 28 (0)
2014– Bilbao Athletic 24 (0)
National team
2013–2014 Spain U19 5 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 August 2015.

† Appearances (goals)

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

Club career

Born in Cascante, Navarre, Remiro joined Athletic Bilbao's youth setup in 2009, aged 14. He made his debuts as a senior with the farm team in the 2012–13 campaign, 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 season with 23 appearances as the B-side returned to Segunda División after a 19-year absence.

Remiro made his professional debut on 24 August 2015, starting in a 0–1 home loss against Girona FC.[3]

References

  1. "Registrations and de-registrations in Bilbao Athletic". Athletic's official website. 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] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 18 March 2015. Retrieved 11 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.

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